Man sexually assaults St. Croix woman after hiding in her apartment until she came home

A St. Croix man who hid in a woman’s apartment and attacked her when she came home is in jail today.

Ahmad A. Gachette, 20, was arrested Sunday and charged with first-degree rape, home invasion, false imprisonment, first-degree assault, second-degree assault and grand larceny, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

The case began at 12:09 p.m. Sunday, when an adult female called the VITEMA 911 emergency dispatchers to report that she needed assistance in having a man removed from her Lorraine Village Apartment, according to the VIPD.

Responding officers and Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives were informed that Ahmad Gachette snuck into the female’s home and hid until she came back inside the apartment, where he physically and sexually assaulted her, VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said.