Man Demands Pate After Breaking Into Woman's Home

After a bizarre break-in on St. Thomas, a man confronts a homeowner with a culinary demand for pâté, leading to his arrest on multiple charges, including burglary and assault on a law enforcement officer

ST. THOMAS — One man is facing several felony charges after reportedly breaking into a woman’s house and demanding she cook him a popular local delicacy.

According to court documents, police were dispatched to Lindbergh Bay on June 27 in reference to a burglary. As they approached the location, the responding officer heard a woman screaming for help, and then spotted a man standing on a wall nearby. He ignored the officer’s commands to approach and instead jumped off the wall and reportedly took off running eastward on Crown Mountain Road, police in pursuit.

The man, subsequently identified as Caleb Browne, reportedly circled back to the residence, and the officer found him sitting behind a wall on the lower level of the structure. Browne again reportedly ignored the instructions given by police, resulting in the officer deploying their taser twice to gain compliance. With the taser only partially effective, Browne began to struggle as the officer attempted to handcuff him, resulting in the two individuals tumbling together down the hill into some bushes at the bottom.