Incident Date: 2025-05-22 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: hard dinghy / 6HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight thieves stole an in-the-water and not locked dinghy / 6HP Mercury from an occupied yacht. The painter had been cut. ||6HP Mercury outboard Model 1FX6201KK SN 1R201332
Incident Date: 2025-05-17 at 22:30
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: nothing
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: At approximately 2230HRS a cruiser was leaving his car in Brewers Bay beach in St Thomas, USVI and was attacked from behind by a young man with a machete. He received multiple severe wounds to the head/neck but the assailant finally ran off when headlights seemed to be approaching. The victim made it to his dinghy and back to the yacht were he received treatment from his spouse. The police and ambulance were called and the victim was transported to the hospital for further treatment. He was later released. A full report was made to the police.
Incident Date: 2025-05-21 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Fishing rod and reel
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A fishing rod/reel were stolen from the rod holder of moored yacht's stern rail.
Incident Date: 2025-05-14 at 23:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Red panga "Casa de Tortugas"
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: The red panga “Casa de Tortugas” was stolen from the dock at the northern end of Isla Popa. || It is not know if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2025-05-10 at 19:15
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers returned to the main dinghy dock with friends at 1915HRS and as the second dinghy was departing some young men began hurling objects/rocks at them from the dinghy dock and stuck one of the cruisers in the head. Injuries were described as minor and both crews returned to their yachts. ||It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2025-05-05 at 00:30
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners of a yacht anchored near Boya de Vida awoke to noise at 0030HRS and were able to disrupt a boarding. A man rowed/paddled away when discovered. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2025-05-03 at 04:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 2023 West Marine RIB-260, Mercury 8HP-2S outboard (dinghy recovered)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A singlehanded cruiser arrived Chaguaramas in the afternoon and took a mooring. Their in-the-water and cable locked dinghy was stolen between 0400-0700HRS. Both the rope painter and cable were cleanly cut. A police report will be made. ||UPDATE: police recovered the (engineless) dinghy||Dinghy HIN CNWMPEX074L223 – POXS2092
Incident Date: 2025-04-17 at 08:23
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Propane tank
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored off Red Frog was boarded overnight while the owners slept onboard. The thief stole a propane tank from the deck. Wet footprints were found on the swim platform.
Incident Date: 2024-12-05 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy fuel tank
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight the fuel tank (not locked) was stolen from an in-the-water and not locked dinghy. A police report was made the next day.
