2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 14 - Crimes
Chapter 13 - Assault and Battery
§ 297. Assault in the third degree
(a) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree—
(1) assaults another person with intent to commit a felony;
(2) assaults another with a deadly weapon;
(3) assaults another with premeditated design and by use of means calculated to inflict great bodily harm;
(4) assaults another and inflicts serious bodily injury upon the person assaulted; or whoever under any circumstances;
(5) [Deleted.]
shall be fined not less than $500 and not more than $3,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both.
(b) Whoever, under circumstances not amounting to an assault in the first or second degree assaults a peace officer in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office with a weapon of any kind, if it was known or declared to the defendant that the person assaulted was a peace officer discharging an official duty, shall be fined not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
