MAN FACES ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER STRIKING HIS FATHER WITH A MACHETE: VIPD

A St. Thomas man surrendered to police without incident after striking his father “several times” with the sharp side of a machete, authorities said.

Naj’Jah Crabbe, 34, was arrested Tuesday and charged with third-degree assault-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

“Crabbe threw stones at his father and later struck him several times with a bladed side of a machete causing injuries about the body,” VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.

Crabbe was later turned in by a family member at the Special Operation Bureau where he was transported to the Schneider Regional Medical Center and placed under arrest, according to Dratte.