ST. CROIX — V.I.P.D. officers in the wee hours of Saturday morning arrested a man who was accused of raping and assaulting a woman he was acquainted with, the force’s public information officer, Glen Dratte has announced.<\/p>\n
Police arrested\u00a0Steven E. Matta II, above, at 4:36 this morning on first-degree rape and assault charges.<\/p>\n
According to police, residents of the neighborhood where Mr. Matta lives, heard loud screams of what sounded like a female voice coming from Mr. Matta’s home. The neighbors then called police at about 11:16 p.m. on Friday, to report the matter.<\/p>\n
Contact was made with the victim, who told police that Mr. Matta had sexually assaulted her, punched her in the face and slammed her to the ground.<\/p>\n
Mr. Matta was located by patrol officers and was immediately detained and arrested, according to Mr. Dratte.<\/p>\n
Keeping in line with the territory’s domestic violence laws, no bail was granted to the suspect, and he was remanded to the Golden Grove Detention Center pending his advise-of-rights hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ST. CROIX — V.I.P.D. officers in the wee hours of Saturday morning arrested a man who was accused of raping and assaulting a woman he was acquainted with, the force’s public information officer, Glen Dratte has announced. Police arrested\u00a0Steven E. Matta II, above, at 4:36 this morning on first-degree rape and assault charges. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4400,191,147],"tags":[1129,6694,121],"yoast_head":"\n