A St. Croix man wanted for murder was arrested Saturday, the V.I. Police Department reported.
On July 2, 2022, officers responded to the Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix after two male victims arrived at the Emergency Room with gunshot wounds, according to the police report.
A Criminal Investigation Bureau detective’s investigation revealed that the suspect, Geraldo Ojeda Montiel, and his accomplice engaged in an argument with the two victims at Yamasa Bar. Ojeda Montiel left the bar and returned with a firearm, shooting one victim in the back and the other in the foot, the police report stated.
The victim shot in the back fell to the ground, at which point Ojeda Montiel, operating a gray Toyota Tundra, struck him with the vehicle and ran over him. The suspects fled the scene in the Toyota Tundra and later abandoned the vehicle in the Work and Rest area. Both suspects escaped the territory on Montiel’s boat to St. Martin and subsequently disappeared, the report stated.
A warrant for Ojeda Montiel’s arrest was issued on Sept. 28, 2022. On May 9, agents from Customs and Border Protection apprehended him in Texas, charging him with illegal entry into the United States, for which he was detained for six months. He was extradited back to the Virgin Islands on Saturday, the report stated.
Ojeda Montiel, 34, was placed under arrest for attempted murder, booked, and transported to the John Bell Correctional Facility, pending his advice of rights hearing scheduled for Monday, it said.
