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.
U.S. Virgin Islands – As the nation observes Police Week from May 11 to May 17, 2025, Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea extends his deepest gratitude to the dedicated men and women of the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) for their unwavering service to our community.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea, joined by a bipartisan group of 39 other attorneys general across the country, is urging Congress to keep in place critical funding for the Legal Services Corporation, or LSC.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Gordon C. Rhea joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 state and territory Attorneys General in a letter urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy to require better cooperation with local law enforcement from the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline.