St. Thomas Man Charged with Assaulting Daughter

ST. THOMAS — A man is facing the charges for reportedly kicking down his daughter’s bedroom door and assaulting her during an argument.

Police were summoned to a residence in Estate Contant on Sunday afternoon, just around 5:30 p.m. Responding officers met a woman who said that about half an hour earlier, she had been awakened from her sleep by her father Avery Dawson, who barged into her bedroom demanding contact information for a family member.

She didn't have the phone number Dawson was looking for and recommended that he ask his mother, the girl's grandmother, for it. After leaving her room, her father came back a short while later, which led to an argument, reportedly because she had locked her door in his absence.

During the argument, Dawson allegedly kicked in his daughter’s bedroom door, damaging the door, its locking mechanism and the doorframe. The force applied was so great that it knocked over objects on the woman’s dresser, she told police.