{"id":54577,"date":"2017-07-18T23:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=54577"},"modified":"2017-07-18T23:30:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:30:45","slug":"police-make-arrest-in-stabbing-related-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=54577","title":{"rendered":"Police Make Arrest In Stabbing-Related Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; The V.I.P.D. today said that it arrested a man said to have stabbed another man to death.<\/p>\n<p>Recounting the incident, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte said that on Wednesday, May 17, at approximately 1:50 p.m., a citizen reported to the 911 emergency call center that someone had been stabbed near the back street close to Gutte&#8217;s Gade.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, detectives made contact with a male individual at the Schneider Regional Medical Center, who was admitted with puncture wounds to his chest area, according to Mr. Dratte.\u00a0The male victim stated that he was involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown female, when a male the victim knows as \u201cHerbie\u201d, approached him and assaulted him by stabbing him.<\/p>\n<p>The male victim, who later succumbed to his wounds, was identified as 50-year-old Ronald Kern of Estate Bellevue. The case was upgraded to a homicide with the passing of Mr. Kern, according to Mr. Dratte.<\/p>\n<p>Today police arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ROBERT-HERBIE-MOORE.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Robert &#8220;Herbie&#8221; Moore<\/span><\/a> near General Gade. He was then transported to the Bureau of Corrections, where he admitted to stabbing Mr. Kern. Mr. Moore however, alleged that the stabbing was in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Moore was charged with first-degree murder, and first and third-degree assault, according to Mr. Dratte. He was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections Detention Center pending his advisement hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; The V.I.P.D. today said that it arrested a man said to have stabbed another man to death. Recounting the incident, V.I.P.D. 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