Search of armed robbery suspect’s crash pad nets loaded gun, ammunition, drugs

CHRISTIANSTED — An authorized search of an armed robbery suspect’s living space turned up a loaded gun, ammunition and drugs early Thursday morning.

Darnley N. Petersen, 22, of St. Croix, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree robbery and first-degree reckless endangerment, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

The Criminal Investigation Bureau and the Special Operation Bureaus members executed a search warrant and two arrest warrants on Darnley N. Petersen at a family member’s home at 6:19 a.m., according to the VIPD.

The warrants were issued in connection to a an armed robbery incident and an incident of reckless endangerment that occurred on different dates and locations, police said.

The armed robbery occurred on January 26, 2024, by Valmy Thomas Sporting Goods, where Petersen, along with two others, robbed an adult at gunpoint, VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said.