Department of Justice in the Virgin Islands is the agency handling crime prosecutions in the Virgin Islands, with criminal, civil, and specialty units. updates highlight ongoing case activity and sentencing results for Saint Thomas/St. John and Saint Croix. fiscal-year reporting opened 308 new matters, including violence-related cases and domestic violence, plus unregistered-gun cases. its divisions include civil divisions like Defensive Civil Litigation Unit and Affirmative Civil Litigation Unit, and the White-Collar Crimes Unit among criminal divisions. Criminal Division works under Criminal Division Chiefs for St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix districts to handle Superior Court prosecutions of the Virgin Islands.
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this fiscal year, they have opened 308 new cases; 176 involved crimes of violence, 89 involved domestic violence, and 51 involved illegal and unregistered guns. 6 cases involved homicide and murder, including People of the Virgin Islands v. Justin Matthews, in which the Superior Court sentenced Matthews to 30 years … opened 307 cases and closed (through trials, pleas, or other dispositions) 431 cases. Among the new case were 19 homicides, 108 domestic violence matters, 10 sex crimes, and 53...
legvi.orgThe Civil Division consists of the Defensive Civil Litigation Unit and the Affirmative Civil Litigation Unit. The Criminal Division consists of the White-Collar Crimes Unit, the Special Prosecutions unit, and the Drug and Violent Crimes Unit. Updated September 29, 2021
www.justice.govThe Criminal Division, under the supervision of the Criminal Division Chiefs in the Districts of St. Thomas/St. John and St. Croix, is responsible for the prosecution, in the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, of all criminal matters on behalf of the Government of the Virgin Islands, which include felony, misdemeanor and traffic violation cases.
usvidoj.comsupervisors, and police officers; and review of more than 25,000 pages of documents. In addition, in October 2005, DOJ sent the Virgin Islands a letter providing detailed technical assistance regarding VIPD practices and policies in the areas of use of force, citizen complaints, investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. Throughout the investigation, there were numerous problems and delays regarding VIPD’s responses to DOJ’s investigatory requests, including the...
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