A 26-year-old resident of Sint Maarten was sentenced to 4 years in prison for vehicle theft. In police custody he admitted his participation in 15 vehicle thefts, at least 10 of which were stolen in part French and to the detriment of a rental company.
The man was arrested in flagrante delicto in Saint Martin on July 25 by the gendarmerie cell dedicated to the serial phenomenon of vehicle theft at the initiative of the victim, who saw him driving in his stolen vehicle two nights earlier. The gendarmes were able to materialize his participation in a so-called "drawer" team structured in police jargon. These are teams made up of thugs who switch from one to the other.
During the arrest, the front passenger fled and the rear passenger, arrested, was then exonerated, reports the prosecution. The investigation made it possible, thanks to the methodical work of cross-checking of the “vehicle theft” unit, with the help of the technical and scientific police and with the very good collaboration with KPSM (Police of Sint Maarten and the prosecution of Philipsburg, to make connections with many other facts, including the 10 vehicles stolen from a rental company in Sandy Ground on the night of December 24 to 25, 2019. The detainee admitted his participation in 15 vehicle thefts and an attempt since June 2019 , the latest facts dating from July 23, 2020, and explained that he was part of a team based in Sint Maarten, recruiting him for 1 US dollars per vehicle, which he was responsible for conveying, while others forced them and Start them up, then recondition them to resell them.
Tried in immediate appearance in Basse Terre on July 27 of the heads of associations of criminals and aggravated thefts (in assembly and with degradations), HH, born in Sint Maarten in 1994, where he lives, already convicted of theft in 2016, was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment with continued detention. The investigation continues to identify the accomplices and co-perpetrators of this organized network, specifies the Public Prosecutor's Office
(Source: www.lepelican-journal.com)
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