PHILIPSBURG:—- A man with the initials S.N.P.I. was arrested in the vicinity of Fort Willem around 12:45 pm on June 17. It appeared that the suspect had entered his victim’s residence and ill-treated the victim with a baseball bat. During the attack, the victim suffered a fractured arm and several other injuries. The victim was then taken to the hospital where he was treated and sent home.
Not long after returning home from St. Maarten Medical Center, the victim was attacked for a second time by the suspect who was still in the area. In the course of this second attack, the suspect also vandalized the windows of the neighbors. The suspect was arrested and is held in the Phillipsburg Police Station pending further investigation.
• Police Central Dispatch received a call about 2:40 pm on Thursday afternoon regarding two young men who were in the process of stealing parts from a car parked in Cay Bay. The patrol officers found the duo busy dismantling a car parked by the roadside. When questioned about what they were doing, the suspects with initials M.J. and M.S. acknowledged that the vehicle did not belong to them. They were immediately arrested by the patrol. The suspects are held in the Phillipsburg Police Station pending further investigation.
• The young man with initial V.A.P. for whom an arrest warrant was issued was arrested a week ago, was apprehended by Police on June 17 around 6:00 pm in Union Farm Estate. It appears that the suspect’s mother had filed a complaint a week earlier against her son after he assaulted her and destroyed several items in the house after an argument. The suspect is held in the Phillipsburg Police Station pending further investigation.
KPSM Press Release.
