U.S. Virgin Islands – Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea today joined a bipartisan coalition of 38 attorneys general from across the country in calling on Congress to pass the Youth Substance Use Prevention and Awareness Act, a federal bill that aims to reduce youth drug use through research-based public education and strategic community outreach.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced today that the Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ), through the St. Thomas/ St. John DOJ Criminal Division, has partnered with Emory University under the Special Assistance Funding (SAFE) Program grant to establish a network of trained Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This initiative will enable nurses to conduct forensic medical exams in sexual assault cases and support the development of a coordinated community Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea today joined Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, and Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark and 35 other state attorneys general in a bipartisan letter to Congress voicing opposition to a sweeping and dangerous U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation bill that imposes a 10-year prohibition on states from enforcing any state law or regulation addressing artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making systems.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea announced that Honorable Judge Douglas Brady of the Virgin Islands Superior Court sentenced 32-year-old Sayif Brooks to eight years active incarceration for Negligent Homicide by Motor Vehicle on May 14, 2025.
Recent media reports have raised questions about the Virgin Islands Department of Justice’s recent decision to move for the dismissal, without prejudice, of criminal charges against Joshawn Ayala and Anthony Schneider in connection with the 2022 homicides of Stacie Schjang and Arnold Jarvis Jr.