Love triangle ends badly as dour DJ tries to get lost cell phone from lover’s lair

CRUZ BAY — A woman said to be looking for her lost cell phone forced her way into her lover’s house — then spotted another woman in the house, so she assaulted him — then left the residence, but smashed the windshield of his van on the way out.

Ivanka Pickering appeared at the Leander Jurgen Command police station in St. John one afternoon in early August to tell police that she had been assaulted by a lover. She told them that she had been working as a nightclub DJ, and realized after her set that she did not have her cell phone. Remembering that she had left it in a man’s vehicle, she told police that she went to his residence to retrieve the device.

When she arrived, the woman said that the man was upset, because a female companion was in the house. Pickering reportedly told the man that she did not care about the other woman — she just wanted her phone. At that, the man reportedly shouted to her that she was never in his car, but Pickering admitted that she nevertheless forced her way inside the house because she was not about to leave without her phone.‌

She told police that once inside, a physical altercation ensued, with the man allegedly choking her, dragging her, and throwing her to the ground. She said that once the altercation was over, she found the phone on top of the dashboard of the man’s vehicle. She also admitted to damaging the window of one of his vehicles.