Suspected Mentally Ill Patient Jumped into Sewage to Avoid Police.

Philipsburg:--- An apparently mentally ill man was acting strangely on Monday on A.T. Illidge Road next to Microdevice. He destroyed the front window of the building and took off running when he saw police, reported Acting Police Spokesman Geronimo Juliet. Juliet said the man went as far as jumping into the sewage next to the Fresh Pond. Police, he said managed to convince the man to get out of the sewage before they alerted the Mental Health Foundation.

Several Break-ins Reported.

Police were directed to G. Clement de Weever road where unknown persons were breaking into a car reported acting police spokesman Geronimo Juliet. Juliet said when the patrol arrived at the scene they saw a grey Kia Rio with number plate M-8748 in the same road with persons acting suspiciously. When they noticed the patrol, two of them took off running. The officers managed to arrest one of the suspects. Further down the street, they found a white Hyundai Accent with number plate R-497 with the glass of the left back door destroyed. Both cars were taken to the police station pending further investigation.
In an unrelated incident, two unknown men entered a Chinese Supermarket at the Keys road and threatened the owner with a knife. Juliet said the bandits went into the cash register and took $80.00. Juliet gave description of the suspects: One of them is 1.73 meters and has a dark complexion. He was wearing an orange T-shirt and brown short pants when he committed the crime. While the second suspect is 1.75 meters and has a dark complexion and he wore a black T-shirt.
Juliet said between July 17th and 18th, unknown persons stole four tires from a Nissan Almera which was parked on Welfare Road. The suspects drove away in white car after committing the crime.
In another case, a lady was watching television at her home on Davis Drive when an unknown man stuck his head through her window holding a firearm and demanded money. Juliet said the lady got frightened and ran out of her house. The police spokesman said when the woman got outside she encountered another man outside. Juliet said the woman took off running and headed towards her sister's house.