U.S. Virgin Islands – Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea today joined a bipartisan coalition of 47 state attorneys general in calling on major search engines and payment platforms to take stronger action against the growing spread of computer-generated deepfake nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII), commonly known as “deepfakes.” In a letter to search engines, the coalition outlines the failures of these companies to limit the creation of deepfakes and calls for stronger safeguards – such as warnings and redirecting users away from harmful content – to better protect the public. In a separate letter to payment platforms, the coalition urges these companies to take bolder action to protect the public by identifying and removing payment authorization for deepfake NCII content.
The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD), in coordination with federal law enforcement partners, actively responded to recent threats targeting schools in the St. Croix District. All public schools in the St. Croix District were closed on Monday, August 25, 2025, out of an abundance of caution to protect students, faculty, and staff. Heightened security measures were also implemented across both districts, with VIPD carrying out precautionary searches in the St. Thomas–St. John District. Schools in the ST. John District remained open, as no active threats were reported there.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announces that 43-year-old Alan Motta, was arrested on Friday, August 15, 2025, for failing to comply with mandatory registration requirements for sex offenders in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Motta, a Tier 3 registered offender, failed to update his registration information with the Virgin Islands Department of Justice (VIDOJ), as required by law.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that on July 21, 2025, the Honorable Judge Ernest E. Morris sentenced 48-year-old Anson Gallaway of Estate Frydendal St. Thomas, to 5 years’ probation for Obtaining Money by False Pretense in V.I. Superior Court. Gallaway pled guilty on April 30, 2025, to taking money from multiple individuals in St. Thomas and St. Croix between February 2020 and December 2021 for the construction of prefabricated homes but failed to fulfill his contractual obligations.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea, along with the Access and Visitation Program (AVP) within the Paternity and Child Support Division (PCSD) at the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ), has issued a call to action for parents, guardians, fathers, male caregivers, and father figures to accompany their children on the first day of school in support of National DADS Take Your Child to School Day. Together, they aim to foster positive family involvement as the new school year begins.