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Man shot preventing robbery
#217234
02/10/2020 10:11 PM
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Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 18,826 Auburn, WA
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SXMScubaman]
#217239
02/10/2020 11:31 PM
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PelicanPirate
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: PelicanPirate]
#217243
02/11/2020 12:11 AM
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Posts: 3,278 Maryland/DC Metro
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Wonder which Maho bar? Talk a out safety, if you cant go to Maho, where can you go? The Dutch police need to get on the ball. Considering a Canadian man was killed in Maho, I certainly haven't considered it "safe" since then. Of course, you also will probably not find me out at 3am.
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: jazzgal]
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02/11/2020 01:29 PM
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What about the men's club behind the pharmacy? Can't remember the name at the moment. I think it is like the platinum Club.
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SXMScubaman]
#217327
02/11/2020 04:46 PM
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Isn't that Golden Eyes? Never been inside but recall seeing that on a billboard. No, I think it is Platinum Club as Golden Eyes is/was located in Simpson Bay above where Ric's Place used to be.
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: PelicanPirate]
#217374
02/11/2020 08:16 PM
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Posts: 18,826 Auburn, WA
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Its somewhere above in this thread that ut might be “the bar” Not one of my posts.
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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02/11/2020 09:13 PM
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Uh — yeah, were gonna need you to work the weekend to get those TPS reports done. What the heck does that mean???
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SammyM]
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02/11/2020 11:35 PM
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I disagree. How many people are out and running around at 3:00 a.m. in the morning? Just trying to say that bad things are far more likely to happen in the dead of the night when very few people are around rather during day time hours. Would you walk the boardwalk in Philipsburg at 3:00 a.m. alone or as a couple? To me, this story would be far worse (it's bad enough) if this attempted robbery and shooting happened at 3:00 p.m. Unfortunately, the 'creatures of the night' come out under the cover of darkness so discussing this provides sound advice for both tourists and the residents of St. Maarten. Many armed robberies are happening in broad daylight. Have you not read this in the papers?
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/12/2020 12:43 AM
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Yes, I read the papers every single day without fail. The only point I'm trying to make here is that at 3:00 a.m. only the less desirables will likely be lurking in the shadows out there. Yes, crime will happen during the day as i has in the past but I'll take my chances in day light rather than at that time of night. Yes, these people are on vacation and if they want to stay up all night that's strictly their business, but my belief remains that there are many areas of St. Martin that are extremely risky at night and should be avoided. I didn't think Maho would be a trouble-prone area, but it appears that it may be.
When my wife and I first visited St. Martin many years ago we met a nice couple from California at the bar at Kakao one afternoon and they even bought us a round of drinks. I asked the man "how's crime on island?" in the context of general conversation, and he said "well, it's like anywhere else in the Caribbean. You just have to be smart and not make poor choices, just like in the larger cities in the U.S." This is just my opinion, and I'm not trying to pass judgement on any one, but being out at 3:00 a.m. in the evening on SXM is a poor choice in my book. We must bear in mind that a person suffered a gunshot wound because of this.
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/12/2020 09:57 AM
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Re: Man shot preventing robbery
[Re: SXMWendell]
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02/12/2020 12:51 PM
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the first thing I question about the article is.. How many bars are open in Maho at 3 AM? don't know if this happened at Platinum Club, but in december i noticed a sign on the door of Platinum Club saying they would be OPENING at 12 (midnight)...this was Xmas eve or Xmas Day, don't remember which...don't know what their regular hours are
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