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No Arrests Made in Wednesday’s Brutal Murders --- Crime Rate raises public concerns.

Friday, 19 August 2011 00:14 SMN NEWS TEAM
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hansmos12062011Philipsburg:--- The prosecutor's office has decided to add the two additional murders that took place on Wednesday morning on A.T Illidge Road to the list of murder investigations that are being handled by the Team Grootschalige Opsporing (TGO) said Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos. Mos said that no one was arrested for the brutal slaying of Aric Lake and Kevin Gumbs who was shot to death on Wednesday in the vicinity of Cat's Guest House on A.T Illidge Road.
While the detective department and the prosecutor's office do not know the exact motives for the recent spate of killings they have decided to keep their options open and to allow one team of detectives to investigate all the killings that took place this year and seem to be drug related. Mos said the TGO team is now investigating the murders of Amador Jones, Rodolfo Arrindell, Hector Arrindell, Aric Lake, Kevin Gumbs and the attempted murder that took place in Dutch Quarter involving Omar Jones earlier this year.
When asked if the raids that took place in Fort Willem Wednesday evening had anything to do with the current murder investigations Mos said that he will not say why they raided the homes in Fort Willem. "All I would say at this time is that the judge of instruction permitted the raid and he was also on the scene. We had reasons to conduct the raids and I will not release that information to the media at this time," Mos said. When asked if anyone was arrested during or after the raid, Mos said he will not comment on that either.
In the meantime, residents of St. Maarten are beginning to express outrage and frustration with the increased amount of murders all of which involved guns and violence. Already for the year 2011, nine people have been killed through gun violence. Of the 9 murders, three of them have been solved thus far leaving the investigators with six unsolved murder cases for this year. Those that are unsolved are the Dutch Quarter murder of Emilio De Leon Reyes, Amador Jones, Hector Arrindell, Rodolfo Arrindell, Kevin Gumbs and Aric Lake.
Those that are considered solved are the three regatta killings. The three Dominican suspects behind bars confessed to killing Ludovic Guillevin (the chef of Cheetah Moon), Fiodel Louis (the Haitian Security Guard) and Edwardo Nova Valdez (the Spanish Pastor.) Those murders were committed between February 26th and March 4th 2011.
Last Updated ( Friday, 19 August 2011 00:14 )  
Comments (9)
  • 18-08-2011 16:15 |Unregistered| life
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    what is sxm coming to ayu cant see after amador died the place went on bad its an eye for a eye u kill one i will kill two thats how it is now and many more got to die.....may the god lord be with us innocent ones

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  • 18-08-2011 18:25 |Unregistered| Zero sum game
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    They killed, now their dead. Zero sum game. ONly problem is the killers are on the loose.

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  • 18-08-2011 22:46 |Unregistered| ?
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    Administration, didn't the murder of the Guyanese gentleman at the hands of his "girlfriend" in Middle Region or Dutch Quarter happen this year, too, or was that last year? Losing track of time. Too many murders.

    For sure another murder happened last year where a young man was pulled into a vehicle from the very spot another one was killed recently, and then shot to death and dumped in the round about by Grand Marche. Just wondering if there is a connection somehow between all these murders?

    We have become like the American ghettos and hoods. Nothing good comes out of this. We are only losing our young men who should be the future pillars of our society. See what you get from showing the wrong things on television to our children? They are older and are now living out what they saw.
    Calling out to God isn't going to help us, we need to help ourselves. The Bible said faith without works is dead. Throw those televisions outside and start monitoring your children better. Talk with them not down to them. Become a warden if you have to, but let's try to save the next generation, the young ones now coming up.

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  • 19-08-2011 04:20 |Unregistered| indications are....
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    Law enforcement needs to get a grip on reality. It would appear as if the most recent crime wave is somehow interrelated. There are indications that we have a vendetta being staged by criminal gangs involved in drug trafficking. Killings of rivals is not uncommon in that world. Maybe, the public realizes that and is reluctant to volunteer information they may have. Additionally of concern is that innocent bystanders may be in the line of fire, at times. So, an entirely new approach to how we fight crime is called for, these days.

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  • 19-08-2011 05:14 |Unregistered| Sad
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    This seems like the wind is killing people.....


    WTF

    These guys seems like they slepp with the devil to kill people like this..

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  • 19-08-2011 07:28 |Unregistered| sad
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    i know it is really sad what is going on, the police are trying i guess but it is hard to respect the police when you know they a bunch of confused individuals themselves, they are out there not showing any examples either. they up and down driving with they music sky high trying to get the little school girls attention, no number plates on the front of there vehicles but stopping us when we dont have on, up in clubs drinking and making fools of themselves.
    so again i say the youths cant do better if the police dont know better.

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  • 19-08-2011 10:08 |Unregistered| Is this right
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    MR MOS

    YOU NEED TO CALL MR DUNCAN TO EXPLAIN, WE NEED EXPLANATION.......


    IT IS SAD YOU ARE LOCKED IN YOUR HOUSE LIKE ANIMALS, NOW, AND CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.

    IT IS NOT EVERYBODY THAT GET KILL, WOULD BE IN DRUGS.
    THE BULLETS WILL BE FLYING ALL OVER NOW.

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  • 19-08-2011 13:42 |Unregistered| wat a ting
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    PEOPLE OYU PRAY ITS THE LAST DAYS
    AND IT AINT GETTING BETTER
    THEY KILLING PEOPLE LIKE DOGS
    THE DEVIL TAKE OVER THEIR SOULSSS

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  • 20-08-2011 16:20 |Unregistered| history
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    @ wat a ting

    well then its been the last days since time began, because man has always killed his brother, things are no worse than they ever where,

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