ST. THOMAS — A St. Croix man has been sentenced to federal prison for threatening to assault and kill Customs and Border Protection officers during an encounter at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport last year, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Adam F. Sleeper.

Jamoi Weekes, 31, received a sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, along with 20 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine. Senior District Judge Wilma A. Lewis issued the sentence last week.

According to court documents, Weekes arrived at Rohlsen Airport on August 31, 2024, intending to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Customs and Border Protection officer referred him to secondary inspection, where he was instructed to complete a customs declaration form. Prosecutors said Weekes refused, became agitated, and began yelling at officers in the inspection area.

Court filings state that Weekes ripped up the form and demanded to know whether CBP officers had a warrant for his arrest. He then threatened to assault and kill the officers. Because of his behavior, CBP denied him boarding and ordered him to leave the secondary inspection area.

Weekes complied only partially. Instead of leaving the airport, he sat on a bench near an airline check-in counter and waited. When the CBP officers finished their shift and exited the terminal toward the parking lot, Weekes followed them and challenged one officer to a fight, according to the documents.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and Customs and Border Protection. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhonda Williams-Henry prosecuted the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of the Virgin Islands.