U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Nominee Gordon C. Rhea announced that a V.I. Superior Court jury has found Ramon A. Ledesma German guilty of felony assault, following a machete attack that resulted in injuries to Nilvo Mateo.
U.S. Virgin Islands – In a letter to Chief Territorial Public Defender Julie S. Todman, Esq., today, V.I. Attorney General Nominee Gordon C. Rhea expressed his willingness to cooperate with her request for the V.I. Department of Justice (DOJ) to identify the clients connected to the devices handed over to Mon Ethos by the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD). He also agreed to provide a list of prosecutions from 2022 to the present in which the Whitaker Entities offered support, assistance, or bailment services. The AG Nominee’s letter was sent today in response to Chief Todman’s request dated August 19, 2024, seeking this information.
U.S. Virgin Islands – In a letter to Congress, V.I. Attorney General Nominee Gordon C. Rhea and 41 other attorneys general called on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. The letter comes amidst growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people’s mental health.
U.S. Virgin Islands – V.I. Attorney General Nominee Gordon C. Rhea has announced that Jiovani Smith, 24, has been sentenced today for the Second-Degree Homicide of Selena Chitolie in 2020. V.I. Superior Court Judge Alfonso Andrews Jr. imposed a thirty-year prison term on Smith.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS –V.I. Attorney General Nominee Gordon Rhea announced that Samuel Rivera Jr. and I’Koyo Matthias, both 32 years old and residents of St. Croix, were arrested on August 23, 2024. They face charges related to a violent armed robbery that occurred in February 2024, during which the victim was pistol-whipped, and his money and car were stolen.