St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands — Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea confirms that the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) has arrested Cleo A. Taylor, 39, in connection with the violent assault of a female jogger in Estate La Grange on November 28, 2025. The victim, arrived at the Wilbur Francis Command Station bleeding from the head and hands, reporting she had been struck repeatedly with a glass bottle by an unknown female. Surveillance footage, government CCTV, witness accounts, and vehicle evidence led investigators to identify Taylor as the suspect.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that the Honorable Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. sentenced 34-year-old Kertis Tonge, Jr. to a life sentence without parole on November 19, 2025, for the murder of Quanza Heath. This sentence comes after a jury convicted Tonge of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Third Degree, Reckless Endangerment, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, and Unauthorized Possession of Ammunition on September 10, 2025.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea today announced a significant development in the Territory’s long-standing federal Settlement Agreement regarding conditions of confinement at the John A. Bell Adult Correctional Facility on St. Croix. For more than four decades, the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands and its Bureau of Corrections (BOC) have devoted substantial time and resources to achieve full compliance with the terms of the Agreement.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea confirmed the arrest of eight juveniles on St. Thomas in connection with recent bomb threats targeting local schools.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – The Access and Visitation Program (AVP) within the Paternity and Child Support Division (PCSD) of the Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) is celebrating the success of its recent Parenting: Mothers Matter Workshop. The free virtual and in-person workshop ran from August 27 through September 24, concluding with a heartfelt certificate ceremony on St. Thomas at the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS) Senior Strive Center.