Man takes East End property, swindles 2 women out of $7,450, gets probation

A St. Croix man swindled two women out of $7,450, took the deed of a property on the East End, fled the territory and was sentenced to probation by a Superior Court judge.

Kenneth L. Springer, 50, of Catherine’s Rest, was sentenced to probation in Superior Court on three counts of obtaining money by false pretense on Friday, Virgin Islands Attorney General Gordon Rhea said.

Springer was placed on probation for five years, according to AG Rhea.

Springer had falsely presented himself as a contractor and unlawfully obtained money from multiple individuals in 2007, the AG said.

Judge Ernest E. Morris, Jr. handed down that sentence to Springer following his guilty plea in a case originally filed in 2010.

Springer then fled the territory, leading the Superior Court to issue a warrant for his failure to appear in January 2023.

He was finally apprehended in Texas and extradited to St. Croix in August 2025. Springer remained in custody until his plea was entered, and judgment was issued Friday, AG Rhea said.