St. Thomas Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of an A-15 Rifle with an Obliterated Serial Number

St. Thomas, USVI – Arthur Greaves, Jr., 19, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in District Court before Judge Curtis Gomez, to possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.

According to court documents, on May 17, 2018, Greaves pointed an A-15 rifle at an individual as the individual and his four year-old son attempted to enter a residence on Garden Street. Greaves grabbed a gold chain from the individual’s neck and ran to a building on Bunker Hill where responding officers discovered him hiding under a stairwell. Greaves directed the officers to an adjacent abandoned building to reveal the rifle, a .22 cal. DPMS model A-15 with its serial number removed along with a double stack magazine and cartridges.

Greaves faces a minimum sentence of 10 years incarceration, a period of supervised release of not more than three years, and a maximum fine of $250,000. His sentencing is scheduled for August 15, 2019.

This case was investigated by the Virgin Islands Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being  prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Everard E. Potter.