THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT “To Protect and Serve” Office of the Commissioner AAF Justice Complex, 5400 Veterans Drive St. Thomas, 00802 * (340) 774-2211 Administrative Services Building 45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted St. Croix, 00840 * (340) 778-2211 www.vipd.vi.gov VIPD RELEASE- 112022-312 For Immediate Media Distribution November 20, 2022 Attempted Murder Leads CIB To Arrest 17-year-old Male St. Croix, USVI - On November 18, 2022, members of the Criminal Investigation Bureau executed an arrest warrant on Mr. Kaden Christian Durand. Mr. Durand was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant that was signed by Superior Court Judge Ernest E. Morris Jr., on November 16, 2022.This arrest is in reference to an attempted murder where the victim was shot and robbed at gun point on April 19, 2022, in the vicinity of Kmart Sunny Isles. Mr. Durand was bounded over from the juvenile system as an adult by the Superior court. He was charged as an adult, booked and unable to post bail, he was transported to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility where he was remanded pending his Advice of Rights Hearing on Monday November 21, 2022 at the Superior Court. Durand was charged with Assault 1st, Assault 3rd, Robbery 1st, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm during a Crime of Violence and Grand Larceny. ###