IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS 
DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN 
  
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 
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Plaintiff, 
 
 
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Case No. 3:24-cr-0013 
 
 
 
v. 
 
 
 
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MIGUEL ORR and ROMAINE BETTY, 
 
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Defendants.  
 
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APPEARANCES: 
 
CHERRISSE R. WOODS, ESQ. 
DELIA L. SMITH, ESQ. 
ADAM FRANCIS SLEEPER, ESQ. 
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 
FOR PLAINTIFF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
 
KIA DANIELLE SEARS, ESQ. 
MATTHEW A. CAMPBELL, ESQ. 
OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS  
FOR DEFENDANT MIGUEL ORR  
 
JENNIE ESPADA, ESQ. 
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO  
FOR DEFENDANT ROMAINE BETTY   
 
ORDER 
BEFORE THE COURT is Defendant Miguel Orr’s (“Orr”) Motion to Dismiss Counts One 
and Two of the Information, filed on July 15, 2024. (ECF No. 69.) Defendant Romaine Betty 
joined in Orr’s motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 72.) The Government filed its opposition on July 
29, 2024. (ECF No. 93.) On May 30, 2025, the Court held an omnibus hearing. For the reasons 
stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion of even date, it is hereby 
 
ORDERED that Defendant Miguel Orr’s Motion to Dismiss Counts One and Two of the 
Information, ECF No. 69, is DENIED; it is further 
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ORDERED that Defendant Romaine Betty’s Motion to Join Motion to (Docket 69) of 
Co-Defendant Miguel Orr, ECF No. 72, is GRANTED. To the extent Defendant Betty joins in 
the arguments as asserted in Defendant Orr’s Motion to Dismiss and seeks a dismissal of 
Counts One and Two, that motion is DENIED.  
 
Dated: January 22, 2026 
 
 
 
 
/s/Robert A. Molloy ________ 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROBERT A. MOLLOY 
 
 
 
 
         Chief Judge 
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