Logger wanted for murder arrested during drug bust

A man who was wanted for a murder in 2010, was arrested on a drug-related charge and then charged for the killing.
Thirty-year-old Orin Esmond Bristol was arrested on Sunday during an intelligence-led operation and was allegedly found with a quantity of suspected marijuana.

Following his arrest, it was discovered that Bristol, called “Esmond La Fleur” or “Orin Adams”, was wanted in connection with a 2010 murder of Cleveland Hetemeyer called “Waterdog”.
The logger of Smythfield, New Amsterdam, Berbice, was charged with murder on Tuesday which alleged that on April 4, 2010, at Sliver Bally, Gutter Creek, Canje River, Berbice, he killed Hetemeyer.
He appeared on Wednesday at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rentia Singh.
He was remanded and will have to return to court on October 10.
In April 2011, Police arrested his cousin, Rickford La Fleur, also known as “Rickford Orlando Williams” at a Corentyne River with two kilograms of cocaine.
Following that arrest, Police said he was wanted on a joint charge with his cousin, Esmond Bristol, for the unlawful killing of Hetemeyer.
It had been reported that the cousins were evading Police since the shooting death of Hetemeyer in 2010.
It is alleged that the cousins, armed with guns, shot the victim to his abdomen, his chest and right arm, and escaped in his boat, leaving him to die.
Hetemeyer, 26, a logger of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, was shot during an alleged robbery at Sliver Bally, Gutter Creek, some 90 miles up the Canje River, Berbice.
He along with three others were at the logging concession when they were allegedly approached by the two cousins, who were armed, and they demanded their boat and engine. Hetemeyer reportedly refused and was shot while the others ran away. The cousins then escaped with the boat and engine.
It had been reported that the men pointed a gun at Hetemeyer while accusing him of taking items belonging to them but while he refuted their claim, he was shot in the leg. After being shot, Hetemeyer ran towards the boat, which was moored alongside the river at the time. The men pursued him and ordered that he get up, and while he complied and surrendered, he was shot to the abdomen.
Meanwhile, Rickford La Fleur, who escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison along with three others in 2011, had fled to neighbouring Suriname and was arrested there and served a four-year sentence in the Dutch-speaking territory for robbery under arms.
He has been committed to stand trial in the High Court. (G4)