Government

Resignations Pour In As DOJ Upheaval Continues

After VI Consortium reported on the purported "open revolt" and "turmoil" at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in St. Thomas last Friday, the story continues to unfold as two Department of Justice prosecutors resigned on Tuesday and Wednesday, one a senior attorney who has prosecuted high-profile criminal cases and has been at the DOJ for almost three decades. Douglas Sprotte resigned his position as senior criminal prosecutor Tuesday when he was informed he had been reassigned to the Division of Paternity and Child Support. The transfer, people with intimate knowledge of the situation tell VI Consortium, had to do with Sprotte allegedly being the author of a letter about conditions at the DOJ on behalf of the employees and addressed to popular St. Thomas radio personality, Lee Carl. The letter detailed staff grievances and expressed dismay at former Judge Soraya Diase-Coffelt's resignation from her position as acting Attorney General, while underscoring respect for Diase-Coffelt&ap...