Homeless man fails to register as a sex offender and is arrested

CHARLOTTE AMALIE— A homeless man was arrested on St. Thomas for failing to register as a sex offender in St. John, authorities said. Ivan J. Chinnery, 63, of St. John, was arrested by Virgin Islands Department of Justice special agents and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unit on St. Thomas, Attorney General Ariel Smith said.

Chinnery was arrested for failure to comply with registration requirements for sex offenders in the Virgin Islands.

Chinnery, who is homeless, is a registered offender who failed to appear in person for registration at the

Leander Jurgen Command Police Station on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.

He has no fixed address and is therefore required to register weekly as required by law. VIDOJ agents arrested Chinnery on February 1 at the Leander Jurgen Command Police Station in Cruz Bay “without incident,” according to AG Smith.