U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that Honorable Judge Douglas Brady of the Virgin Islands Superior Court sentenced 32-year-old Sayif Brooks to eight years active incarceration for Negligent Homicide by Motor Vehicle on May 14, 2025.
On March 12, 2025, Brooks pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of 79-year-old Howard Dyer. The incident occurred on June 7, 2022, when Brooks hit Dyer with his car while Dyer was crossing the street in front of Two Plus Two Restaurant and Bar on Northside Road in La Grande Princesse, St. Croix. At the time, Brooks was driving 40 mph in a 20-mph zone, and his vehicle was neither registered nor insured. Dyer tragically succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Attorney General Rhea expressed gratitude to everyone involved for their hard work, including prosecutor Robert Pickett, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, and Juliet John-Hope, Victim Witness Advocate, from the St. Croix District of the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division. He also expressed gratitude to Officer Shaverna Chooran of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), who investigated the case.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2025
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