Two men were arrested after attempting to evade the police, the V.I. Police Department reported Monday.
On Friday, March 3, police officers were conducting routine traffic stops on Backstreet when they initiated the stop of a 2022 white Toyota Corolla without a front license plate, according to the police report.
Officers approached the driver, who did not have the proper documents for the vehicle. The driver permitted officers to search a bag on the back seat of the vehicle, which had an impression of a drum-style magazine used in firearms, the police report stated.
During the search, Lamar Richardson, who had identified himself, turned on the vehicle and drove through the checkpoint at a high rate of speed and against the normal flow of traffic. In an attempt to locate the vehicle, officers made inspections in the Bunker Hill and Mafolie Hill areas with no success locating the vehicle, the report stated.
Richardson was located the following day when he again attempted to evade officers, but this time with a friend who was later identified as 25-year-old Javorn Vanterpool. As officers followed the suspects, each in their own vehicles, it was difficult to keep pace with the suspects without putting other motorists in harm’s way, it said.
Richardson, age 28, with the aid of other sources, turned himself into the police at the Richard Callwood Command. Richardson was charged with felon in possession of illegal ammunition, delaying and obstructing, and reckless endangerment. Bail was set at $100,000. He was unable to post bail, and he was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections, police said.
Vanterpool was charged with aiding and abetting a fugitive, delaying and obstructing, and reckless endangerment. Bail was set at $50,000. He was unable to post bail, and he was remanded to the Bureau of Corrections, police said.
