Philipsburg:--- On Sunday March 20th 2011, the Public Prosecutors Office and Police Department received notice from the Point Blanche Prison, that a suspect by the name of Omar Smith Nelson, born on Sint Maarten December 21st 1990, escaped from the Point Blanche Prison during the very early morning hours of Sunday March 20th. Although Omar Smith Nelson has not been irrevocably convicted, the prosecutor's office has decided to publish this notification in the press.Omar Smith Nelson has been allegedly involved in a series of violent crimes (i.a. armed robberies) and car thefts. Nelson has confessed his role in the majority of those cases. Given the current situation on Sint Maarten, with several fatal crimes under investigation, the public prosecutor considers it proper to inform the public as much as it can.
The Public Prosecutors Office and the Police Department subsequently calls upon the public to look out for the escaped suspect and to inform the police about his whereabouts upon sight. The prosecutor's office also calls upon the suspect himself to stop his useless flight, since this will probably bring him into more problems than he is currently facing.
