Simmons was former immigration officer who was also arrested and convicted on the Dutch side of the Island for having being involved in the falsification of documents some two years ago.
Sources told SMN News that one of the youths is the grandson of a retired police officer who is now working with one of the commissioners. It is not yet clear if the two sides of the island would be conducting a joint investigation to see if the suspects were terrorizing residents from both sides of the island.
The Gendarmes managed to apprehend the four suspects who were driving in a stolen truck along the Belle Plaine Road. The four, three men and one woman had with them in the vehicle a number of stolen items from recent robberies as well as ammunition and an I-phone. According to a press release from the gendarmerie the owner of the vehicle spotted the truck when it passed the area and began pursuit. The man saw his vehicle about 11pm that night and he alerted the gendarmes who were at a check point controlling vehicles. The patrol in turn radioed his colleagues and the stopped the truck and conducted the search where the stolen items and ammunition was found. The occupants of the truck have since been detained. Commandant Loic Barras said the items recovered are from robberies committed on the French side of the island.
That same night a resident of Marigot filed an official report with the gendarmes indicating that two armed bandits, one carrying a hand gun entered his home and robbed him of his monies and jewellery before making their escape on foot.