PHILIPSBURG:--- Detectives on St. Maarten arrested a long-time prison guard identified as Xiomara Romney on Thursday afternoon. The detectives arrested the prison guard while working at the Pointe Blanche Prison while on shift.
The prosecutor’s office stated that the female prison guard had 122 grams of marijuana in her shoes which she intended to smuggle inside the prison. Detectives from KPSM was called to the scene when the prison guard was caught, she was placed under arrest by KPSM. The case would then be handled by the landsrecherche will take over the investigation as of Friday.
Co-workers were shocked about the arrest on Thursday and the events that transpired prior to the arrest of their colleague. The suspect has been working as a prison guard for close to 20 years
SMN News learned that the prison guard was allegedly involved in drug peddling in the prison for a long period of time and only now the long arms of the law caught up with her.