St. Croix fugitive arrested at Delaware racetrack after 10 months on run

Federal marshals have arrested a St. Croix man who fled the territory after a shooting left two people injured, tracking him down at a Delaware racetrack where he was employed as a horse handler.

Dumaray Iles, 34, was taken into custody on October 7 at Delaware Park Racetrack in Wilmington by the U.S. Marshals Service's Delaware First State Fugitive Task Force. The Virgin Islands Police Department had been seeking him on charges of first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and mayhem connected to a November 27, 2025 incident in Golden Rock.

According to federal investigators, Iles departed for Philadelphia in May 2026, roughly six months after the shooting. On September 30, marshals learned he was working at the racetrack. The VIPD had requested help from the U.S. Marshals Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force on August 4 to locate him. Once Delaware authorities were alerted, the task force there tracked Iles to his workplace and made the arrest without resistance.

He is now held at the Howard R. Young Correctional Facility in Wilmington awaiting return to the U.S. Virgin Islands to face charges.

"Those wanted for violent crimes should understand that crossing state lines or traveling thousands of miles will not stop the U.S. Marshals Service from pursuing them," U.S. Marshal for the District of the Virgin Islands Kwesi R. Howard said in a statement.

The November 2025 incident unfolded when police responded to gunfire reports on Northside Road near Pueblo Supermarket around 11:40 p.m. Officers discovered two gunshot victims inside a vehicle, who were taken to Juan F. Luis Hospital. One suffered non-life-threatening injuries; the other was in critical but stable condition.

Two other men have been arrested in connection with the same shooting. On October 5, police announced the arrests of Jamil Saker, 27, and Niquan Joseph, 20, after a Superior Court judge signed warrants for them on September 29. Both face charges of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, with bail set at $100,000 each. They were taken to the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility.

While in Delaware, Iles also faced a separate matter. On June 26, 2026, the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission fined him $200 for omitting required arrest-history information from a racing license application. The commission ruling identified him as a groom.