A St. Croix man was arrested Sunday after fleeing from police during a vehicle pursuit in the Old Fredensborg area of St. Croix, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
The 911 Emergency Call Center received a radio transmission around 8:40 a.m. from detectives investigating a shooting incident earlier that morning, police said. Detectives reported observing two suspicious vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed and operating in a reckless manner near Food Town Supermarket.
Officers attempted to stop both vehicles, but a dark-colored sedan fled the area. Police followed a grey Acura TL and intercepted it in a residential area of Old Fredensborg, according to the police report.
The driver, identified as Roy Christopher, abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot through nearby bushes toward the Alfredo Andrews School. Officers apprehended him shortly after in the area, police said.
Christopher was transported to the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Station, advised of his Miranda rights, and arrested on a charge of reckless endangerment in the first degree, the report stated.
Bail was set at $30,000. Christopher was unable to post bail and was remanded to the John Bell Adult Correctional Facility pending his advice of rights hearing, police said.
