In an unrelated case, on December 29th members of the December Offensive Team arrested a suspect identified as R. Ch., a national of Haiti that was wanted by police for an armed robbery he committed in July, 2011 in the Klass Electronics parking lot.
Acting Police Spokesman Giovanni Sprott also reported that on December 29th the police was called to A.T. Illidge Road where a fight was taking place. Sprott said when police reached the area they were approached by a man identified as L.K. who told police that he had rented a car to another man identified as L.U. L.K. told police he rented the car since February, 2011 and L.U. had not returned the vehicle neither did he pay the outstanding bill. He further told police that when he confronted L.U. he became outraged and an argument started which got out of hand causing both men to engage in a fight.
Both parties were arrested for fighting on the public road and were taken to the Philipsburg police station for further investigation.
At the station, both men were examined by the ambulance personnel for their minor wounds. The detective department is further investigating the case.
On Friday December 30th, 2011 around 08:10pm, a police patrol was directed to the Texaco Star Mart on Bush Road where an armed robbery had taken place. The first patrol that reached the scene was informed by workers of the establishment that three unknown young men armed with a shotgun and two pistols had held up the cashier and stolen all monies from the cash register. All three suspects had their faces covered while committing this act.
They later fled the scene on foot. The ambulance was called to have the both employees checked as they were both in shock, the Special Robbery Unit is investigating this case further.
