A 19-year-old St. Thomas man faces several charges after he was pulled over in Red Hook when officers with the Special Operations Bureau recognized his car as one that allegedly fled a traffic stop two weeks earlier, according to the V.I. Police Department.
On Saturday around 9:44 p.m. at American Yacht Harbor, Kerwan Warrington was driving a black Acura ILX withthe same license plate number involved in the incident Aug. 8 near Palm Passage in downtown Charlotte Amalie, in which the driver fled a traffic stop initiated by the officers for failure to display a front license plate — including swerving through heavy traffic, stop signs and red lights, police said.
When stopped on Saturday in Red Hook, officers confirmed Warrington was driving the vehicle during the earlier incident, took him into custody and had the car towed to the Alexander Farrelly Justice Complex, according to a probable cause fact sheet filed in V.I. Superior Court.
“An inventory search of the vehicle was conducted by Officer D. Duggins, and Officer B. Francis which revealed a license plate bearing number TIK-317 located in the trunk and on the rear passenger seat. Also located inside the vehicle was a black face mask, a black jacket, an empty box of Monarch FMJ 223 rounds, and a mason jar containing green leafy substance. A registration check confirmed this plate was assigned to a gray Jeep Wrangler reported stolen in St. John. The black Acura ILX was later released to Mr. Warrington’s mother,” the probable cause fact sheet stated.
Warrington was taken to the Richard N. Callwood Command, read his rights and placed under arrest for reckless endangerment, disobeying lawful orders, interfering with law enforcement discharge of duties, and failure to display a front license plate.
At his advice of rights hearing Monday in Magistrate Court on St. Thomas Warrington’s bail was set at $30,000 and he was released from custody with the conditions that he must live at a designated address in Estate Frydendahl, not leave the island without the court’s permission, report to the Office of Probation once a week, remain employed, refrain from using alcohol or drugs and not possess any firearms, ammunition or dangerous weapons.
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