Tenant Attacks Maintenance Workers with Machete and Stun Gun During Routine Apartment Repairs on St. Croix

ST. CROIX — A woman must contend with felony assault charges after she reportedly attacked a V.I. Housing Authority employee who had come to her apartment to supervise repairs.

Police were called to the David Hamilton Jackson Terrace on Tuesday afternoon and spoke to a senior VIHA employee. He told them that he and his partner had visited the apartment to conduct urgent electrical repairs. A health inspector had flagged serious health and safety concerns, and the VIHA staffer said that he was given a 24-hour deadline to effect the needed repairs.

The man told police that when he first spoke to Christin Willie, the tenant, she complained that the usual 48-hour notice had not been provided, however he explained that due to the safety concerns of the inspector, the repairs needed to be conducted immediately. Ms. Willie reportedly allowed him to enter the property, but when the man told her that they were awaiting the arrival of a maintenance worker, she indicated that she needed to close her door to pray.

Concerned that she would use the opportunity to lock him out of the apartment, the VIHA manager asked her not to close the door. Upon noticing that the maintenance worker had indeed arrived, the man tried to step into the apartment but was pushed back outside by the tenant.