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Woman Leaps From Moving Car at Airport To Escape Alleged Domestic Assault

Virgin Islands News

A woman jumped out of a moving rental vehicle at Cyril E. King Airport July 3 to escape what she described as a series of violent assaults by her husband, according to the Virgin Islands Police Department.

Officers responded to the airport terminal after being alerted to a female victim seeking assistance. When they arrived, they met with an adult Hispanic woman who said her husband, 54-year-old Tizoni Mahoney, had repeatedly strangled her and driven her around the island while threatening her life, according to the police report.

The woman told officers the abuse began on June 22 when Mahoney began accusing her of infidelity. She said Mahoney told her he would force her to “self-deport” to the Dominican Republic and later drove her to a remote location in the Fortuna area, where he pointed a firearm at her head and threatened to kill her. She also said Mahoney repeatedly returned to the airport to harass her. Fearing for her life, she said, she jumped from the moving vehicle and ran for help, the police report stated.

According to the police, Mahoney appeared at the Domestic Violence Unit Tuesday where he was read his rights and declined to provide a statement. He was arrested, booked, and turned over to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing.

Mahoney has been charged with second-degree assault (domestic violence), third-degree assault (domestic violence), simple assault (domestic violence), disturbance of the peace (threat, domestic violence), and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, the report stated.

The case is being investigated by the Domestic Violence Unit. Police urge anyone with information to contact 911, the unit at 340-715-5534, or the Office of the Police Chief.

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