Eleven out of 15 inmates considered for release last week have been granted parole, including prisoners convicted of murder, manslaughter, and other violent crimes, according to a news release from the V.I. Bureau of Corrections.
The V.I. Parole Board determined that four inmates should not be granted parole at this time, including Winston Carter, convicted of first-degree assault; Jermall Evans, convicted of first-degree robbery; and Rusiel Encarnacion, convicted of third-degree robbery.
The fourth inmate denied parole, Jahzeel Fenton, was convicted of first-degree assault, domestic violence. Fenton was 17 years old when he shot a woman in the stomach in front of her young children in March 2010.
A 34-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a shooting in a St. Croix neighborhood. Police also are seeking a 37-year-old man said to be an accomplice.
Michelle Wakefield of Estate Concordia was arrested at 7:05 a.m. Wednesday on a warrant charging her with first-degree reckless endangerment, discharging or aiming a firearm, carrying of firearms openly or concealed, third-degree assault, possession of ammunition and third degree false reporting, V.I. Police spokesman Toby Derima said in a released statement.
âWakefield and her boyfriend, 37-year-old Tony Elizee, are accused discharging a firearm at individuals in the Mt. Pleasant West neighborhood, which resulted in damages to homes,â he said, adding there is a warrant out for Elizeeâs arrest.