Police make gun arrest after probation violation

CHRISTIANSTED — Police charged a St. Croix man with illegal gun possession Saturday morning after a probation violation, authorities said.

Special Operations Bureau (SOB) officers executed a bench warrant on Oshanie Cornelius on King Street in Christiansted because of a probation violation, the Virgin Islands Police Department said. When SOB officers made contact with Cornelius, he was found with a “’ghost gun’ with an automatic switch and an extended magazine inserted in the firearm,” according to the VIPD.

Cornelius, 26 was arrested and charged with carrying of a firearm openly or concealed and possession or sale of ammunition, VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said.