ST. THOMAS — A man was jailed on Friday night after he waived his rights and admitted to police that he had raped a victim, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte announced late Saturday. Police did not reveal the sex of the victim, but the facility where the rape occurred houses mentally ill individuals.
According to Mr. Dratte, citing a police report, at about 9:21 p.m. on Friday, officers made their way to the Eldra Schulterbrandt Facility in Estate Tutu in regards to a sexual assault.
Upon officers’ arrival, contact was made with the suspect, who was transported to the force’s Criminal Investigation Bureau for questioning. While being interviewed by police, the suspect, identified by police as 59-year-old Wingrove Clark, waived his rights and admitted to police that he had indeed sexually assaulted the victim.
Mr. Clark was charged with first-degree rape and remanded to the Bureau of Corrections after failing to make bail of $85,000.
Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340)714-9800, or Crime Stoppers USVI here.
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