### Monday March 17, 2008 ###
Con man
arrested
PHILIPSBURG--The suspected parking lot con man reportedly was arrested Saturday after at least three scam attempts at the parking lot of the Bush Road shopping plaza late last week.
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Mother burns child’s
hand as punishment
~ Mother arrested, child taken away ~
PHILIPSBURG--A Haitian woman is in police custody after “seriously mistreating” her seven-year-old child recently, leaving the young boy with “serious second and third degree burns to his right hand,” police said Sunday.
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Students arrested
for assault, robbery
EBENEZER--Police arrested five St. Maarten Academy PSVE students last week for assaulting and robbing a schoolmate, the police reported Sunday.
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Over 400 customers can expect
outages during TelNet exercise
PHILIPSBURG--More than 400 TelEm phone and Internet customers can expect interruptions to service late Tuesday and early Wednesday as the service provider conducts an important “cutover” exercise, the TelEm Group said in a press statement Sunday.
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Rienk Mud is newest
St. Maarten prosecutor
AIRPORT--St. Maarten’s newest prosecutor arrived on-island from the Netherlands early Sunday evening and will begin work on youth and children’s affairs cases in two weeks, Windward Islands Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein said Sunday.
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Marine Park ordinance
talk for fishermen tonight
PHILIPSBURG--Another consultation session on the long-awaited draft Marine Park Ordinance is scheduled in Dr. A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall for today, Monday, at 6:00pm. The session is specifically for local fishermen to learn more about the ordinance and to get their input.
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Student’s eye injured
in attack near school
EBENEZER--A young man was seriously injured in the eye Thursday during a violent, reportedly mismatched fight outside the St. Maarten Academy PSVE campus, police said Sunday.
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