(Update: Since posting this story Saturday morning, CIF has received additional documents that provide further insight into the background on this case. Now attached are the response from Amos Carty, Jr., then CEO of the SRMC, to the 2008 IG Audit Report, and a letter from Atty. General Vincent Frazer to June Adams, the...
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Back in September of 2008, one Roane Dowe, son of Sen. Carlton “Ital” Dowe, was arrested and charged with possession of an unauthorized firearm and ammunition after he showed up at his girlfriend’s house at 2:40 a.m. and, among other things, “disturbed the peace.” According to the complaint filed against him, the police officer...
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Don’t blame me, blame the policy. That’s what we heard from Virgin Islands Chief Prosecutor Wilson J. Campbell Wednesday when he defended himself against ethics violations filed against him for an “intimate relationship” he had with a bailiff in his courtroom in New Jersey. And based on information received by CIF this week from...
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Virgin Islands Chief Prosecutor Wilson J. Campbell told a panel of New Jersey Supreme Court Judges on Tuesday that an ethics complaint filed against him was a “rush to judgment,” and showed no remorse for his actions in the “intimate relationship” with a court bailiff that led to the complaint. campbell pleading for my life The...
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(Author’s Note: Sometimes the mêlée has to take a back seat to the substance of the issue. This is one of those times. However entertaining the scandal around Chief Prosecutor Wilson Campbell may be, the denigration of the credibility of our judicial system, and those who are sworn to uphold, enforce and protect it,...
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The displeasure of the Virgin Islands judiciary with Governor John P. deJongh, Jr., is now a topic on the international airwaves as illustrated by this clip today from the British Broadcasting Corporation. judiciary response to dejongh A press release issued by the VI Superior Court Monday strongly chastised the Governor for comments he made...
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The Governor didn’t do anything illegal by spending $490,000 in public funds on his private residence and Lawrence Olive’s civil suit to recover those funds for the Virgin Islands Treasury should be dismissed with prejudice. That in essence is the conclusion of a Motion to Dismiss filed March 26, 2010 by the firm of...
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Senator Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg said Thursday that he was extremely grateful for the incredible outpouring of support he had received from the community in recent weeks. “I am humbled and appreciative of all your kind words, cards, letters and messages,” Donastorg said. “Please do understand that I have much I would like to say...
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CIF has learned that Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg will go to trial to face charges of domestic violence and Judge Adam Christian has been assigned to the case. Donastorg appeared in Magistrate Court on St. Thomas Thursday morning and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges stemming from an alleged incident in January with a 19-year-old...
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(Update: This case has been scheduled for trial on May 17. Meanwhile, it appears that “Luvkids” will continue to embrace its honoree if their lengthy radio spot highlighting their choices is any indication. We will keep you posted.) On Monday, March 22, St. Croix Attorney Lee Rohn is scheduled to appear in court on...
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We don’t know whose behavior is more disgraceful – those in the system who executed this debacle against Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg or the way The Virgin Islands Daily News and The Source (STT and STX) have reported it. As events have unfolded since Donastorg turned himself in to police last Thursday on domestic...
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New details in the domestic violence allegations against Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg emerged in a hearing Friday before St. Thomas Magistrate Judge Alan Smith, who advised the Senator of his rights and set an arraignment date of March 11 for the Senator to enter a plea on the formal charges. Donastorg, who turned himself...
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By now you know that on Thursday afternoon, Sen. Adlah “Foncie” Donastorg turned himself into Frederiksted police after being charged with domestic violence by the Virgin Islands Justice Department. The charges stem from an alleged incident in January involving a 19-year-old St. Thomas woman who, oddly enough, was not identified. The specific charges are...
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St. Croix Attorney Lee Rohn will plead in open court to criminal charges filed against her by the Virgin Islands government in April of 2003 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. The Honorable Darryl Dean Donohue of the Superior Court, St. Croix Division, signed the order that schedules the hearing...
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It may very well be legal, but it certainly is peculiar. If the Virgin Islands Superior Court agrees, and nearly seven years after the alleged offense, St. Croix Attorney Lee Rohn will enter a plea sometime after Sunday, February 14, to answer criminal charges filed against her by the Virgin Islands government in April of...
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As the Chairperson for the Committee on Education, Youth and Culture, first-term Senator Janette Millin-Young has received more notoriety for her travel preferences than for any substantive actions to address the glaring issues in our educational system.
Thought of initially as one who would quietly follow, Millin-Young has shown recent faint glimmers of enlightenment, but our jury is still out on where she will fall as we enter a phase where all elected officials will be called upon to take a stand – on one side of the line or the other.
But for now, it’s your opinion we’re interested in. If the election was held today…
As many of you heard recently, CIF President Michael Springer, at left, delivered the first in a series of radio announcements that will target specific issues and offer analysis on our most pressing concerns.
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