Mugshot of Dylan Caily. Photo Credit: THE VIRGIN ISLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT
ST. THOMAS — Forty-five-year-old Dylan Caily, a wanted sex offender in Washington state, was apprehended by the V.I. Department of Justice and charged with failure to register after moving to St. Thomas, violating both the laws of Washington state and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Pursuant to Title 14 V.I. Code Subsection 1724 (a)(4), Caily is required to register as a sex offender within three business days of arriving in the territory. Consequently, he violated the Revised Code of Washington’s laws governing sex offenders by failing to keep his registration current. According to details of his rap sheet that were shared in the advisement hearing, he was charged and found guilty of failure to register in Washington state in 2020.
Mr. Caily appeared before Judge Carolyn Hermon-Percell via teleconference in the custody of the Bureau of Corrections on Wednesday for his advisement hearing.
According to sworn testimony by V.I. D.O.J. Special Agent Tarique Turnbull, the U.S. Marshals called on May 27 to inform that Mr. Caily was on St. Thomas. They inquired as to whether he registered as a sex offender in the territory, pursuant to the aforementioned laws.
The U.S. Marshals knew of Mr. Caily’s whereabouts as they emailed Mr. Turnbull documents containing a picture of the suspect within the Subbase vicinity.
The judge questioned Mr. Turnbull to ascertain when Mr. Caily entered the U.S. Virgin Islands. That information was not known; similarly, Mr. Turnbull said that he did not know when Mr. Caily was observed by the U.S. Marshals.
According to D.O.J. Assistant Attorney General Brenda Scales, the suspect has a history of being a sex offender and a criminal history in Florida, Kentucky, and Washington, DC. Additionally, the fact sheet identified him by 17 aliases in addition to his name.
Mr. Caily rejected those aliases and told Attorney Paula Norkaitis that he only ever identified himself by one name: Dylan Caily. He claimed that the court system in the mainland affixed different names to his rap sheet.
Judge Hermon-Percell determined that Mr. Caily was a flight risk and a danger to the community based on his criminal history. Subsequently, Attn. Scales shared that Mr. Caily was scheduled to return to the states on the date of this hearing, which gives further support to the Judge’s determination. Currently, agents are checking into whether he will be extradited back to the mainland, according to Attn. Scales.
Given such, Attn. Scales requested bail be set at $100,000 and the judge increased his bail by $25,000, which must be posted in cash. The suspect in question must surrender his driver’s license and cannot leave the St. Thomas-St. John district, amongst other conditions. If released, he must have a physical address and written confirmation from the person he will reside with that he can stay there. He will also be placed on house arrest with electronic monitoring.
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