Robber's gun malfunctions during robbery attempt in USVI
CRUZ BAY, St John, USVI— A man has been arrested on a long list of criminal charges following an attempted robbery on St John, US Virgin Islands.
Lee Christian faces more than twenty charges including attempted robbery, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, aiding and abetting, assault and reckless endangerment.
According to police, officers were dispatched to a bar in Cruz Bay St. John just after midnight on Tuesday. Employees of the business told police that they had closed the gates and went to put away the money when two masked men entered from the beach. According to one of the workers, one of the suspects put a gun in his face and pulled the trigger twice but the weapon jammed. One of the other staff members then grabbed the gun and wrestled both suspects for it.
The second suspect then ran out of the building and one of the employees followed him while the other two continued to fight the first suspect. They were eventually able to get the gun away from him and pulled his mask off while they held him down. At that point, one of the employees recognised the suspect and asked him what he was doing. The employee reportedly told the intruder that he knew him and his family. The suspect then ran out of the business but returned to ask for his weapon. The men did not return the weapon to him and he exited the business once more.
Police later discovered that the handgun contained a seventeen-round magazine with fifteen 9mm bullets. They also reviewed surveillance footage of the incident which showed the two masked men entering the enclosed bar area. The footage depicted one of the suspects pointing the firearm at the victim and pulling the trigger multiple times. Police noted that based on the video, the weapon appeared to have malfunctioned. Officers also viewed footage of the bar staff engaged in an altercation with the intruders before they were able to retrieve the weapon and secure it. The footage showed the victims releasing suspect one who then fled the business but returned minutes later only to leave again after a brief verbal confrontation.
Police were able to identify suspect one as Lee Christian and a wanted poster was issued. Christian reportedly surrendered himself to police later that day and he was arrested and charged with several offenses.
At the time, bail was set at $500,000. When he appeared before a judge on Wednesday, he was informed that he would be released upon the posting of 20 percent of the initial bail figure. As a condition of his release, Christian must provide the court with a suitable third-party custodian. If he is able to post bail he will be placed on 24-hour house arrest.
The defendant has been ordered to maintain a minimum distance of 50 feet from the bar in question and is prohibited from having any form of contact with the employees who intercepted the robbery attempt.
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16 Responses to “Robber's gun malfunctions during robbery attempt in USVI”
I guess realizing who the person was, put a level of hurt behind the shock and fear of the crime. Nevertheless, that person needs therapy; take it please.
These BASTARDS came with the intent of killing the workers. The gun jammed thank goodness. They should have beat his @## so bad, that he wouldn't be able to walk or talk again because he came to kill them. They both need to go to prison for 20 years. Lazy good for nothing punks don't want to work for a living, just take take take. Yes, I agree with Well, they should have taken them out so they never would come back again. I really HATE these low-life SCUM.
If anyone is ever in a dangerous situation and manage to get the upper hand then show no mercy quickly and fully incapacitate the aggressor.
This year a martial arts champ took down a aggressive man at a bar and let him go. The man then shot the champ in the head leaving him brain dead.
This robber should have got his teeth kicked in and be off to jail in a wheelchair no way he’d ever run up on anyone again without spinal surgery after pulling the trigger several times.
Attempted murder and they let him go in good shape to argue for his gun back?!
Let’s not be fools good people no mercy in that situation.