Two Arrested in December 2020 Marley Homes Shooting

ST. CROIX, USVI — On June 25, at approximately 12:56 p.m., officers of the Virgin Islands Police Department Criminal Investigation and Special Operations Bureaus arrested 26-year-old Charles Frazer, Jr. of Campo Rico. At approximately 4:51 p.m., they arrested Ian Benjamin, Jr. Both men were arrested on warrants issued by the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. Both men were charged with 1st Degree Attempted Murder.

Frazer and Benjamin were arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred at Marley Homes in downtown Frederiksted on December 22, 2020. Bail for Frazer and Benjamin was set at $100,000 each. Unable to post bail, both men were turned over to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections, pending their Advice of Rights hearings.

Sidney Elskoe, St. Croix District Chief of Police, commended the work of detectives of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, led by Commander Lieutenant Naomi Joseph and Assistant Commander Lieutenant Marisol Colon, for the tenacity in investigating this incident. “The detectives’ continued hard work led to these arrests,” Chief Elskoe said.

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