{"id":272176,"date":"2026-08-25T22:52:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272176\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:52:36","slug":"vipd-arrests-wilfredo-carmona-iii-following-bethlehem-village-assaultinvestigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272176\/","title":{"rendered":"VIPD ARRESTS WILFREDO CARMONA III FOLLOWING BETHLEHEM VILLAGE ASSAULTINVESTIGATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WILFREDO-CARMONA-STX-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3191\" style=\"width:348px;height:auto\"  \/>WILFREDO CARMONA III<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands \u2014 August 22, 2026: The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD)<br \/>announces the arrest of Wilfredo Carmona III in connection with an assault and property<br \/>damage investigation in the Bethlehem Village area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, August 8, 2026, at approximately 10:12 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center<br \/>dispatched police officers to Bethlehem Village in response to a reported assault. Upon<br \/>arrival, responding officers met with the complainant, who reported that Carmona had<br \/>assaulted him inside his residence and damaged his property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A detective assigned to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) assumed responsibility for the<br \/>investigation. The investigation determined that, on the night of August 8, a female neighbor<br \/>and Carmona arrived outside the complainant\u2019s apartment to confront him regarding an<br \/>ongoing dispute. An argument ensued, during which Carmona allegedly assaulted the<br \/>complainant, resulting in visible injuries and a physical altercation inside the residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the incident, Carmona allegedly damaged a bamboo plant and removed a surveillance<br \/>camera from outside the complainant\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On August 20, 2026, an arrest warrant for Carmona was signed by a Superior Court Judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, August 21, 2026, Carmona was taken into custody, processed, and transported to<br \/>the John Bell Adult Correctional Facility, where he remains pending his Advice of Rights<br \/>Hearing, scheduled for August 24, 2026, at the Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WILFREDO CARMONA III ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands \u2014 August 22, 2026: The Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD)announces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-272176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}