Adelbert Bryan is a U.S. Virgin Islands politician and former senator.
Political Career
Adelbert Bryan served as
Frederiksted
Frederiksted is both the town and one of the two administrative districts of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is a grid-planned city, designed by surveyor Jens Beckfor, originally to 14x14 blocks but built 7x7 to enhance the island commerce in ...
police commander. In 1989, he won 35 percent of the vote for USVI Governor.
Bryan has also served as Senator and on the Board of Education.
Personal life
In 1989, Bryan was charged with looting after
Hurricane Hugo.
In 1996, Bryan shot and killed his son, Pell.
Law enforcement called the shooting "an act of self-defense"
while political rival Alden Alicia Pickering (AKA Alicia Hansen, AKA Chucky) has claimed that it was murder.
In 2001, Bryan's 25-year-old son, Kaunda, was shot and killed in
St. Croix
Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincor ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Senators of the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands police officers
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