U.S. Virgin Islands – Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announces that 32-year-old fugitive Kaley L. Lund of Colorado was apprehended in Corpus Christi, Texas, on June 19, 2025, and transported back to St. Croix, where she appeared today before the Honorable Yolan Brow-Ross at V.I. Superior Court for her Advice of Rights Hearing. Lund is being charged with Failure to Appear in a Criminal Proceeding and was formally arraigned on the new charge this morning.
U.S. Virgin Islands – Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announces that all 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. The Sackler family has also informed the attorneys general of its plan to proceed with the settlement, which would resolve litigation against Purdue and Sacklers for their role in the creating and worsening the opioid crisis across the country. Now that the state sign-on period has concluded, local governments across the country will be asked to join the settlement contingent on bankruptcy court proceedings.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea delivered a welcome address to 591 attendees at the 2025 Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Annual Meeting, which officially began this week in St. Thomas.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – The V.I. Access and Visitation Program (AVP) within the Paternity and Child Support Division (PCSD) of the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ), hosted a special certificate ceremony on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at G & D Seafood in Subbase, honoring participants of the 4th Fatherhood Buzz program—a locally led initiative under the DOJ’s AVP Program aimed at strengthening father-child relationships and promoting positive parenting in the Territory.
U.S. Virgin Islands – The Superior Court of the Virgin Islands has granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing the Board of Parole from hearing pending parole applications while its membership lacks a quorum. At a later date the Court will hear arguments with respect to the Governor’s motion to enjoin the retroactive application of Act No. 8791(which would make geriatric parole available to those otherwise ineligible for parole under the law applicable at the time of their sentencing).