A St. Thomas man was taken into custody Saturday following an early-morning confrontation at his nephew's home that left the front door in ruins, police said.
Angelo M. Floyd arrived at the Smith Bay residence shortly before 8:30 a.m. on October 24 armed with a hammer and Phillips screwdriver. A resident inside was asleep when banging sounds from the entrance woke him. Upon investigation, he found Floyd at the doorway systematically removing hinge pins from the frame.
Floyd confronted his nephew and pressed him about whether he or his brother had taken Floyd's radio and tools. The resident denied the accusation and told Floyd to leave the property. Floyd departed, but the structural damage was already underway.
Minutes later, when the resident's brother tried to open the front door, the entire door separated from its jamb and fell to the floor, scattering broken glass across the entrance. Police Officer Tavia Morton responded around 9:11 a.m. and found the door lying flat with missing hinge pins and glass debris scattered at the threshold.
When questioned, Floyd admitted he had deliberately removed the hinge pins because he thought his tools were stored inside the home. He was transported to the Richard N. Callwood Command police station, where Crime Scene Technician Teflon Marsham booked and processed him.
Floyd faced charges of destruction of property domestic violence and disturbance of the peace by threats. He appeared before Magistrate Judge Simone M. VanHolten-Turnbull on Monday for an Advice of Rights hearing in the St. Thomas Magistrate Division. He was held at the Bureau of Corrections without bail under territorial domestic violence statutes pending further court proceedings.
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