A 20-year-old man was arrested Monday after police said he threw rocks at a home, damaged a vehicle with a knife and later damaged a police vehicle while in custody.
Officers responded at approximately 10:44 a.m. Monday to a report of a male causing damage to property in Estate Mariendahl on St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
Police met with the complainant and her sister, identified as the suspect’s partner. The complainant told officers that around 10 a.m., she arrived at the residence and heard J’Lorn Henley shouting about the whereabouts of his phone before he began throwing rocks at the house, according to the police report.
The complainant said she saw Henley searching her sister’s black Acura for his phone. When he could not find it, he went to the porch door and banged on it until it cracked, police said.
She also reported seeing Henley holding a knife, which he allegedly used to damage the hood of the black Acura and slash the right front tire of the complainant’s vehicle, the police report stated.
Henley, 20, was later located and detained by officers and was positively identified as the person responsible for the property damage, according to police.
While in custody inside a police vehicle, Henley damaged the vehicle’s door, rendering it unable to close properly, the report stated.
Henley was arrested, booked and processed. He was charged with disturbance of the peace, destruction of property, DV, and destruction of government property. He was transferred to the Bureau of Corrections to await his advice of rights hearing.
Due to the domestic violence statute, Henley was not granted bail, police said.
