MULLET BAY:--- On Friday July 12th at approximately 11:40am, the Central Police Dispatch received a call from an off-duty police officer who saw three teenage boys walking very suspiciously in the Mullet Bay area towards Maho Reef. The officer explained that he had also received a call from someone informing him that three teenage boys had stolen some items including a cellphone from a tourist at Mullet Bay beach shortly before.
When these boys saw the police officer approaching them, they took off running in different directions. The Police Dispatch was informed and other patrols were sent to assist in apprehending these suspects. A foot chase followed by several officers through the Mullet Bay and Maho Reef started and shortly after one of the suspects with the initials N.O.M. (15) was caught stepping into a bus in the vicinity of the airport. Shortly after another suspect with initials C.H. (18) was arrested in the Maho area. Both suspects are from Sint Maarten and they were taken to the Philipsburg Police Station and turned over to the Detective Department for further investigation. The third suspect has not yet been arrested.
KPSM Police Report