Trial for man accused of killing St. Thomas police officer delayed to 2025

Richardson Dangleben Jr.’s federal murder trial has been pushed back to early 2025, after which the V.I. Attorney General’s Office intends to try him for a second, separate murder.

Dangleben, 52, was arrested on murder charges twice in 2023, first in February, when he was charged in V.I. Superior Court with shooting 68-year-old Keith Jennings to death. After he was released on bond, Dangleben was arrested again in July 2023 and charged in U.S. District Court with the fatal shooting of V.I. Police Detective Delberth Phipps Jr.

Dangleben had been scheduled to go to trial in the federal case on Oct. 28, but U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert Molloy said in an order Monday that jury selection and trial will be rescheduled during an omnibus hearing set for January 15 and 16.