Judge Denies Terminix Motion To Quash Attorney General’s Subpoena

V.I. Superior Court Judge Harold Willocks has denied a request by Terminix to quash a subpoena from Attorney General Claude Earl Walker ordering the pest control company to provide documents and information relative to an ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice made known today. Judge Willocks handed down his ruling yesterday in response to Terminix’s 45-page petition to quash subpoena or, in the alternative, to adjudicate petitioner’s objections thereto, filed on Aug. 9. According to the release, D.O.J. launched an investigation into Terminix to determine whether there was a violation of the Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (CICO) and if civil and/or criminal proceedings should be commenced, after a family of four vacationing at a resort on St. John became seriously ill when the unit below them was fumigated. Investigations revealed that the pest control spray used contained the highly-toxic chemical, methyl bromide. Since 1984, the Environmental Protection...