VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT 
Office of the Police Commissioner 
Contact: 
Toby Derima 
Telephone: (340) 642-9310 
Email: 
toby.derima@vipd.vi.gov  
Website: 
www.vipd.gov.vi 
Twitter: 
@VirginIslandsPD 
Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/VIPoliceDept 
For Immediate Release
September 6, 2020
  
PRESS RELEASE 
 
Another Firearm Removed from the Community 
 
ST. CROIX, USVI – On September 5 at approximately 6:49 p.m., officers arrested 36-year-old 
Ronald Lopez of Castle Burke, charging him with Carrying a Firearm Openly or Concealed and 
Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance. The arrest was a result of the Virgin Islands Crime 
Initiative in full effect throughout the Territory.  
 
Lopez was found with a firearm and marijuana in his vehicle during a traffic stop on the Melvin 
Evans Highway, near East Airport Road. 
 
Bail for Lopez was set at $50,000. He was unable to post bail and was turned over to the custody 
of the Bureau of Corrections pending his Advice of Rights hearing. 
 
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