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 
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For Immediate Release
September 12, 2020
  
PRESS RELEASE 
 
VIPD Guns and Drugs Crime Initiative Nabs St. Croix Man 
 
ST. CROIX, USVI – On September 9 at approximately 10:44 p.m., police arrested Damon C. 
John, age 48 of Estate Whim, charging him with Carrying an Unlicensed Firearm Openly or 
Concealed and Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute. 
 
John was found with a firearm, marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop in Upper 
Love.  
 
Bail for John was set at $50,000. Unable to post bail, he was turned over to the custody of the 
Bureau of Corrections pending his Advice of Rights hearing. 
 
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