St. Thomas, V.I. – On January 15, 2020, the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands Denise N. George filed a civil enforcement action on behalf of the government against Jeffrey E. Epstein’s estate, his 1953 Trust and five associated entities based in the Virgin Islands. The lawsuit alleges that that Jeffrey Epstein and these associated entities participated in carrying out an expansive scheme of trafficking and sexually abusing young women and underage girls in the Virgin Islands. Through the lawsuit, the Virgin Islands seeks civil penalties, damages, injunctive relief, forfeiture of Epstein’s islands, and restitution for his victims.
ST. CROIX, U.S.V.I. – Attorney General Denise George announced that a St. Croix Superior Court jury found Kenson Barley guilty of Unlawful Sexual Contact in the First Degree stemming from his sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl in St. Croix. Barley faces up to 15 years imprisonment.
St. Croix, V.I. – Attorney General Denise George announced that a St. Croix man who was facing criminal charges for killing Terrance Moorehead in 2015, confessed to the crime by pleading guilty moments before trial was to begin in Superior Court of the V.I., and he is scheduled to be sentenced on January 29, 2020.
St. Croix, V.I. – Attorney General Denise George announced that Elvis Fredericks, Jr. was arraigned today in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands on the formal criminal charges filed by the Attorney General against him for possession of stolen property; a 2017 gray Ford Focus registered to Metro Motors, values with a list price of $29,900.
St. Thomas, V.I. – Atty General Denise George reminds residents that the 2020 Census of the United States Virgin Islands will begin in February 2020. Census workers will walk neighborhoods to list all living quarters (e.g., housing units, group quarters and transitory locations such as marinas). They will conduct 2020 Census in-person interviews at all living quarters between March and July 2020.