Court acquits man of fencing stolen car
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance acquitted 24-year old Joel L. on Wednesday morning of stealing and fencing a car, in spite of the fact that the defendant failed to explain many details. The prosecutor More...
Young man sentenced for attempted rape
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Kareem Munaf Prince on Wednesday for an attempt to rape his former girlfriend on August 21 of last year, stealing a Wifibox from her home and threatening her More...
Jail time for illegally employing prostitutes
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Juan Linzey on Wednesday morning to 36 months of imprisonment for ill-treatment, human smuggling, promoting prostitution and employing people who were without More...
Tattoo artist appeals fencing verdict
PHILIPSBURG – Rikinaldo Francesco M. will hear on April 25 whether the common Court of Justice finds him guilty of fencing looted goods after Hurricane Irma and of ill-treating his mother. In November, the court More...
Armed robbers remain imprisoned in Curacao
PHLIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice set May 24 as the date for another pro forma hearing in the appeals process against two men who have been convicted in the Court in First Instance for eleven armed robberies. More...
Casablanca appeal after the summer
PHILIPSBURG – The Common Court of Justice will handle the appeal hearings in the so-called Casablanca case after the summer – in August or September - it appeared from a pro forma hearing on Thursday afternoon. LOGIN More...
Court suspends custody of manslaughter-suspect
PHILIPSBURG - The Court in First Instance suspended on Wednesday morning the pretrial detention of a 21-year old defendant who stabbed a man to death on December 5, 2017, after an argument about parking space. LOGIN More...
Court acquits man of possessing counterfeit money
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance acquitted a man on Wednesday of the possession of counterfeit money, a firearm and ammunition. Levy W., 39, was at the parking lot of the Westin Hotel on May 29, 2016 More...
Unlawful search leads to acquittal
PHILIPSBURG – A man who was caught with counterfeit American dollars on March 13 of 2017 was acquitted of that charge due to an unlawful search by the police, but he received a 150 guilders fine in the Court in More...
Robber sentenced to 4 years for bank robbery
PHILIPSBURG – The Court in First Instance sentenced Sheldon Elroy Ludovico Williams to 4 years of imprisonment for his role in an armed robbery at the Scotia Bank in Simpson Bay on June 9 of last year. At the More...
