A St. Croix man invaded a woman’s home Sunday and physically and sexually assaulted her, the V.I. Police Department reported.
At approximately 12:09 p.m., a woman called 911 to report that she needed assistance to have a man removed from her apartment, according to the police report.
Responding officers and Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives were informed that Ahmad Gachette snuck into the woman’s home and hid until she came back inside the
apartment, where he physically and sexually assaulted her. He prevented her from leaving the apartment, however, the woman was able to escape from Gachette and ran to a neighbor’s house to call for police assistance, the police report stated.
At approximately 2:59 p.m., Ahmad Gachette, 20, was present at the Wilbur H. Francis Command to turn himself in; however declined to provide a statement, the report stated.
Gachette was placed under arrest for rape in the first degree, home invasion, false
imprisonment, assault first, assault second, and grand larceny. Unable to post bail of
$100,000, Gachette was transported to the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing, police said.
