PHILIPSBURG – No serious prison sentences for the first two defendants in the Emerald tax fraud case, but community service and relatively low conditional jail terms. The Court in First Instance sentenced firefighter Keith Gastia Fleming on Thursday to 120 hours of community service and a conditional prison term of 6 months. A second defendant, police officer Akeem Emile Arrindell was sentenced to 240 hours of community service and a 12-month conditional jail term. In both cases, the court imposed 3 years of probation.
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