U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Deputy Attorney General Ian S.A. Clement has announced a call to action for fathers and male caregivers to accompany their children on the first day of school, in support of National DADS Take Your Child to School Day. The Access and Visitation Program (AVP) within the Paternity and Child Support Division (PCSD) at the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ), aims to foster positive family involvement as the new school year begins. The AVP program will be distributing school supplies to clients across the territory as an incentive to kick off the 2024 school year positively.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Ariel Smith has announced that 63-year-old Ivan J. Chinnery, a registered sex offender, was arrested by V.I. Dept. of Justice (VIDOJ) Special Agents (SID), and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unit on St. Thomas. Chinnery was arrested for failure to comply with registration requirements for sex offenders in the Virgin Islands.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Ariel Smith has announced that 65-year-old Robert S. Bastian, a registered sex offender, was arrested by V.I. Dept. of Justice (VIDOJ) Special Agents (SID), and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unit on St. Thomas. Bastian was arrested for failure to comply with registration requirements for sex offenders in the Virgin Islands.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Attorney General Ariel Smith is advising the public of the early closure of The Paternity and Child Support Office (PCSD) at 8000 Nisky Shopping Center, Suite 500, – 2nd Floor, St. Thomas on Friday, February 2nd.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Ariel M. Smith announces that on October 25, 2023, a conviction and judgment was entered against Rosemary-Sauter Frett, a real estate agent charged with embezzling millions of dollars from clients between 2008-2010 in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sauter-Frett was sentenced in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands in the St. Thomas district.