Crime

Bryan Orders Education to Hire Outside Investigator in C.A.H.S. Coach's Children Abuse Matter; Feds File 13 Criminal Counts

Governor Albert Bryan said Monday that he has called on the V.I. Dept. of Education to hire an outside investigator to probe the scope of the alleged abuse of minor boys matter involving Alfredo Bruce Smith, the 50-year-old Charlotte Amalie High School monitor and coach who has been accused of raping children during his 15-year employment at the school. Responding to a Consortium query seeking an update on the Dept. of Education's investigation, the governor said not only has he ordered D.O.E. to retain an outside investigator, he has also called on the department to broaden its own internal examination to include all the territory's schools. He said D.O.E. was "actually in the process of getting an outside investigator for this" upon his request. "My concern here is who knew and who didn't know. My concern is not only for Charlotte Amalie and that particular high school, my concern is going back and looking at how many of these incidents that we've had where wrongdoings of sexual [a...