U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea has announced that 42-year-old Steven Thomas Greeran was arrested on February 23 for failure to comply with registration requirements for sex offenders in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Greeran, a registered sex offender, was detained by Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) officers near Midre Cummings Park in Frederiksted, St. Croix and later arrested at the Wilbur H. Francis Command Police Station by Agent Shanavia Martin of the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ) Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
Greeran appeared for his Advice of Rights hearing and arraignment in V.I. Superior Court on February 24 before Honorable Magistrate Venetia H. Velasquez. He was charged with Title 14 VIC Section 1724(b)(1) – Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Bail was set at $5,500, and as he was unable to post bail, he remains in custody.
Pursuant to Chapter 86, Section 1722 of Title 14 of the V.I. Code Greeran is required to register as a sex offender with VIDOJ and keep his registration current. As a registered Tier 1 sex offender, he is required to appear once every year from his initial registration date for 15 years.
On February 21, a wanted flyer was issued for Greeran, after he failed to appear at the DOJ on October 28, 2024, or any subsequent dates to update his registration information, as mandated by law. His most recent registration was on October 27, 2023. Greeran was convicted in California for child pornography with the intent to sell or distribute. After relocating to St. Croix, his initial registration date was October 28, 2022.
A team of Special Agents from the VIDOJ and Sexual Offender Registry (SORNA) unit, with the assistance of U.S. Marshals and other local and federal agencies, routinely conducts unannounced inspections of registered sexual offenders to verify their locations and other personal information, such as their work and home addresses. The Attorney General/VIDOJ is legally mandated to administer and enforce the sex offender registration laws. A registered sexual offender must notify the VIDOJ of his/her name, residence, temporary lodging information, vehicle information, Internet identifiers, telephone numbers, school information, and employment status. Registered sexual offenders in the territory are prosecuted by the Attorney General for failing to register or not keeping their registration current, as required by this law, and if convicted, the penalty is a fine of not less than $3,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00, or imprisonment for not less than three months or more than two years, or both. The law also provides that it is an offense to assist a sex offender to evade the registration requirements, which carries a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $2,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
The sex offender registry is available for public view at https://usvi.nsopw.gov.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 28, 2025
Sandra Goomansingh
Media Relations Director
(340) 774-5666 ext. 10105
Email: sandra.goomansingh@doj.vi.gov