Sint Maarten Police Press Release
PUBLIC WARNING
The Police Department is taking this opportunity to again address the very serious issue of the destruction of Political Billboards and other publicly placed material or items for public viewing on the public roads and which belong to the numerous political parties for the upcoming 2016 Parliamentary Election.
The police department on a daily basis receives official complaints from contact person of the different political parties regarding the destruction of their property. This criminal act is in violation of Article 2: 334 of the Penal Code and the political parties in question have requested criminal investigations into these cases.
The police department has taken these cases very seriously, just like every other case, and will do in depth investigations to determine who is/are responsible for these criminal acts.
Man commits suicide
On Wednesday September 14th at approximately 12.05 p.m. a police patrol was sent to Grenada road to investigate a case involving a man who was not showing any signs of life. On the scene the investigating officers spoke to a friend of the victim who stated that he had not heard from the victim for the day, which is quite unusual.
On the scene the patrol gained access to the home via an unlocked door. The victim was found in the home lying on his back not showing any signs of life. Dr. Mercuur who came to the scene pronounced the death of the victim with initials G.R.G. (69) and stated that the victim had taken in own life.
Next of kin was notified and the body of the victim has been released to his family members.
