Sian Cobb

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Executive Editor at St. Croix Source

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Judge Orders Attorney to ‘Show Cause’ Hearing in RTPark Whistleblower Case

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

U.S. Magistrate Judge Emile A. Henderson III has ordered the attorney representing the UVI Research and Technology Park in a whistleblower lawsuit to appear for a “show cause” hearing April 25 to explain why they shouldn’t be sanctioned for missing the court’s deadline to answer an amended complaint in the case.
Panel Debates Best Way Forward for USVI Under ‘Trump 2.0’

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said “amen to destroying” the federal Education Department, calling it “terrible” in a panel discussion on “Trump 2.0” Saturday, hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands at the UVI Innovation Center on St. Thomas and remotely via Zoom.
Rotating Outages Likely Friday Night as WAPA Restores Generating Units

1 week ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

Rotating power outages will likely continue Friday night in the St. Thomas-St. John district, depending on demand, as the V.I. Water and Power Authority brings generating units back online after a districtwide outage on Thursday, the utility announced.
Trustee Files Motion to Dismiss Seaborne, Silver Bankruptcy Cases

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

The trustee overseeing the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Silver Airways and its affiliate Seaborne Virgin Islands has filed a motion to dismiss the cases because there is little chance the companies will succeed.
Former CEO Files Discrimination Complaint Against UVI’s RTPark

2 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

Peter Chapman, former CEO of the UVI Research and Technology Park, alleges in a new lawsuit against the corporation that he was fired 55 days after informing the head of the board of directors in January 2024 that he had cancer and would need accommodations to travel to the mainland for treatment.
Former CAHS Principal Added to Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse by Track Coach

3 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

The former student who is suing V.I. government agencies and officials over sex abuse he suffered at the hands of disgraced Charlotte Amalie High School track coach Alfredo Bruce Smith has filed a first amended complaint, adding former CAHS principal April Petrus to the list of defendants.
DOJ, Dangleben Defense Tangle Over Death Penalty Being Back on Table

3 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

The government’s sudden decision to consider the death penalty against Richardson Dangleben Jr. after waiving that right more than a year ago is based on improper political considerations, making the attempted reversal arbitrary and capricious, according to a brief his attorney filed in V.I. District Court.
Builder Urges Community, Government Buy-in for Proposed Affordable Housing Development

4 weeks ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

The developer behind a proposed 80-unit Planned Area Development on St. Thomas urged residents interested in buying one of the homes or townhouses to start work now on qualifying for affordable housing programs his company hopes to partner with to ensure the community can meet its goal of property ownership for Virgin Islanders.
Judge Dismisses Jane Does’ Epstein Complaint Against All But Plaskett

1 month ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett remains the sole defendant in a lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Epstein victims against the V.I. government after a federal judge for the Southern District of New York ruled Friday that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the other six officials named in the complaint.
Former CAHS Principal Says Suit Over Coach’s Sex Abuse a ‘Shotgun’ Pleading

1 month ago | stthomassource.com | Sian Cobb

Former Charlotte Amalie High School principal Alcede Edwards has asked the court to order a “more definite statement” from a student who filed suit against him and others over sex abuse by former CAHS track coach Alfredo Bruce Smith, saying the complaint is a “quintessential ‘shotgun’ pleading” and that he needs more information to mount “a fact-specific qualified immunity defense.”Edwards’ motion was filed Wednesday in V.I. District Court, the deadline U.S. Magistrate Judge G.