Philipsburg:--- On Saturday February 18th during a routine control of a driver of a car in the Sint Peters area a suspect with initials L.G. was arrested.
During this control the suspect was found with an illegal firearm in his possession. The suspect was then transported to the Philipsburg Police Station. The suspect was brought before an acting prosecutor at which time, because of the description of the suspect given by the victims of the robberies matched his, he was identified as a possible suspect of these cases. The suspect was then handed over to the Detective Department for questioning. During the investigation
L.G. has been identified as the culprit in at least 14 armed robberies in Sint Peters area.
