{"id":47803,"date":"2016-12-24T12:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=47803"},"modified":"2016-12-24T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T14:50:10","slug":"police-seeking-communitys-assistance-locating-man-accused-raping-14-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=47803","title":{"rendered":"Police Seeking Community&#8217;s Assistance In Locating Man Accused Of Raping 14-Year-Old (UPDATE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Police apprehended the suspect at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. He was charged with second-degree aggravated rape and remanded to the Bureau of Corrections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Story:<\/strong> ST. CROIX &#8212; The Virgin Islands Police Department late Friday called on the community for its assistance in locating a man accused of raping a 14-year-old minor in the wee hours of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According Glen Dratte, the V.I.P.D.&#8217;s public information officer, on Friday at approximately 1:28 a.m., the 911 emergency call center received a complaint in reference to a rape incident. Police officers were dispatched to the location and upon their arrival, a 14-year-old female minor told the officers that she had been raped by an acquaintance, 30-year-old <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Michael-Ortiz_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Ortiz<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ortiz is a Hispanic male with a low hair cut, according to police. When last seen, he was wearing red basketball shorts and a cream-colored long sleeve shirt. No other description of Mr. Ortiz was given.<\/p>\n<p>The force is asking anyone who may know of Mr. Ortiz&#8217;s whereabouts to call the V.I.P.D.&#8217;s Domestic Violence Unit at 340-778-7211. You can also contact Crime stoppers\u00a0USVI, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/TipForm.aspx?ID=737&amp;DSID=737\" target=\"_blank\">where your tip could lead to a payday worth thousands<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Police apprehended the suspect at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. He was charged with second-degree aggravated rape and remanded to the Bureau of Corrections. Original Story: ST. CROIX &#8212; The Virgin Islands Police Department late Friday called on the community for its assistance in locating a man accused of raping a 14-year-old minor in the wee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4400,147],"tags":[6295,1129,71,121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police Seeking Community&#039;s Assistance In Locating Man Accused Of Raping 14-Year-Old (UPDATE) - V.I. 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