Published: 10 May 2021
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten The National Detectives Agency (Landsrecherche) doesn’t comply with the most essential preconditions (financial, material, and personnel resources) in order to properly function. The Law Enforcement Council (hereafter: the Council) has drawn this conclusion in its most recent inspection report about the Agency.
“The Council concludes that the Agency is at this time unable to (independently) carry out its legal tasks (optimally). The basic conditions for this are lacking,” the Council stated in its report which is published today. The Council concluded that, “Despite the plans to build the Agency, there are still several serious bottlenecks 10 years after the establishment of Sint Maarten’s own National Detectives Agency.”
Published: 01 May 2021
PHILIPSBURG: - Well-known sportsman and volleyball player Ivano Richardson lost his life today Saturday after being involved in a fatal accident. The young man’s death has left many persons on the French side of the island in a state of shock. The victim is also an employee of EDF St. Martin.
Police Spokesman Joe Josepha said in a press release that the accident occurred around 01:00 on Saturday, May 1st, 2021 on Airport Road.
Police are investigating an accident that left one person dead. The accident occurred on Airport Road around 1:00 am Saturday, May 1.
From the preliminary investigation, it appears that the driver of a dark blue Volkswagen Jetta with license plate 9291AAC was driving towards the Causeway roundabout and for some unknown reason lost control of his vehicle. He hit the guardrail on the opposite side of the road and landed upside down in Simpson Bay lagoon.