Philipsburg:--- The eight suspects that were arrested on November 16th for at least five murders and two attempted murders will make their first appearance in court on February 8th, 2012 confirmed Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos.Mos said the suspects that were arrested in the Vesuvius investigation are suspected of murdering Amador Jones, Rodolfo and Miguel Arrindell, Kevin Gumbs and Eric Lake, while they will also have to answer two charges of attempted murder. Omar Jones was arrested early 2011 when a national of St. Kitts fingered him as the person who shot him in the Dutch Quarter area. While the suspects who shot and killed Eric Lake and Kevin Gumbs will have to answer attempted murder charges for the Spanish woman who was shot in the leg the same day Gumbs and Lake were shot to death.
Besides those murder and attempted murder charges, the suspects will be charged with possession of illegal firearms since police confiscated some firearms during the house searches.
The Chief Prosecutor also confirmed that the two suspects that were shipped out to Aruba in the interest of the investigation were brought back to St. Maarten while the other two that are held in Curacao will return to the island soon.