CHARLESTOWN, Nevis — Police in Nevis said on Monday that a suspect is in custody in the recent robbery of US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at his vacation home on the island.
Sergeant Cledwyn Jeffers of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force said 28-year-old Vedel Browne turned himself in on Sunday, after officials declared him “a person of interest,” and released his photo to the media. Browne has not yet been officially charged, authorities said.
Breyer, 73, and his wife were robbed by an intruder who broke into their home on February 9. The machete-wielding intruder fled the scene after taking about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
The robbery was reported to local authorities shortly after it happened. Breyer and his family have since returned home.
Police officials in a news release said Browne has worked as a gardener and Jeffers described him as a “Rastafarian.”
A local law enforcement official had said the evidence indicated the incident was “a crime of opportunity,” and that police had seen nothing to indicate Breyer was targeted for robbery.
St Kitts and Nevis Police Commissioner C.G. Walwyn had said earlier, “Our American-trained crime scene investigators and the members of our Criminal Investigators (unit) are working closely with the FBI on this case.”
Source: Caribbean News Now
