St. Croix Man Sentenced to 24 Months In Prison For Possessing Firearm

St. Thomas, USVI –U.S. Attorney Adam F. Sleeper announced today that Jahmar Frederick, 32, of St. Croix, was sentenced yesterday by visiting District Court Judge Timothy Savage to 24 months of imprisonment for being in possession of a firearm as a felon. Frederick was also placed on three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.

According to court documents, on May 11, 2024, a Virgin Islands Police Department officer observed a Ford F-150 pickup truck with no license plate in the vicinity of the Frontline Bar and Grill. The F-150 fled from the officer before ultimately losing control and sliding off the roadway. The driver, later identified as Jahmar Frederick, pulled a ski mask over his face then continued to flee on foot, before falling and being apprehended. When apprehended, Frederick had a fanny pack over his chest that contained a black Glock model 22 Gen4 .40 caliber firearm with a 30-round magazine that contained 18 rounds of ammunition with one round chambered.

Frederick is a convicted felon with three prior convictions. In 2018, he was convicted of forgery, and for failing to report firearms obtained outside or brought into the Virgin Islands, and in 2023 he was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses.

The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations and the Virgin Islands Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhonda Williams-Henry prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands.