Detectives from the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested a 44-year-old woman Wednesday for allegedly assaulting her minor child, the V.I. Police Department reported.
According to the VIPD, Donnise Nicholas was taken into custody Wednesday, after officers responded to the scene and conducted an investigation into a reported child abuse incident, according to the police report.
Nicholas was charged with child abuse, second-degree assault, and simple assault and battery. She was advised of her Miranda rights, booked, and held without bail under the territory’s domestic violence laws, the police report stated.
Authorities transported her to the John Bell Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility, where she awaits her advice of rights hearing, the report stated.
