[PUP] Fwd: Thefts in St. Martin

[Patrik Kinander]

Sorry for taking this up again this will be my last mail in this issue BUT:

Look at the crimes reported in safetyandsecuritynet.com. Take also in to
account that during season there is about 10 times as many boats in
St.Martin as on any other island.

*St.Lucia: *
2 TEENAGE BOYS SWAM OUT & GOT IN VIA HATCH

BOARDED BY 4 GUYS WHO BEAT UP SINGLEHANDER CAPTAIN

BOARDED  - CALLED MARINE POLICE WHO CAME TO INVESTIGATE, CHASED PIROGUE,
SHOTS FIRED.

*BOARDED BY 3 MEN, CAPTAIN KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS & SEVERELY BEATEN, WOMAN
RAPED*

MAN CRAWLED OVER WALL IN WOMEN'S SHOWER & TOUCHED HER ARM

HASSLED BY KIDS WHO WANTED PAID TO WATCH DINK' KIDS THREATENED THAT
SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO DINK

Plus about 20 "EARLY MORNING HOURS, AWOKE TO NOISE, FOUND WET FOOTPRINTS ON
DECK"

*Venezuela*:
EARLY AM 3 YOUNG GUYS, STRUGGLE, *1 CREW INJURED & REQUIRED OUTPATIENT
SURGERY*, 1 GUY ARRESTED

CAME BACK FROM HOME TO FIND BOAT RANSACKED & STRIPPED OF ELECTRONICS

*CAPT HOSPITALIZED FOR MACHETE WOUNDS*; DINK FOUND & RETURNED BY FISHERMEN

MEN IN FATIGUES ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN SMALL FISHING BOAT BOARDED 4
MILES OFF PARIA PENINSULA. DEMANDED MONEY

*CREW BEATEN & STABBED*, BOAT TRASHED, CREW HOSPITALIZED, BOAT TOWED TO
CHACACHACARE YARD IN MARGARITA, ONE IDENTIFIED, AUTHORITIES IN PURSUIT

ABOUT NOON, 5 ARMED MEN, * CAPTAIN/SINGLEHANDER SHOT IN BELLY*, HOSPITALIZED
IN PLC, LOST KIDNEY DURING SURGERY

*SWIMMER HIT CAPTAIN W/ OAR, THREW CAPTAIN INTO WATER*, TOOK LOTS OF STUFF,
REPORTED TO COAST GUARD W/ DESCRIPTION OF BOARDER, BOARDER ARRESTED WITHIN
24 HORS & STUFF RETURNED

*TIED UP BY THREE ARMED MEN*, RANSACKED BOAT, TOOK "JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OF
VALUE"

BOARDED BY 2 MEN ARMED WITH KNIVES & GUNS, TOOL MONEY, VIDEOS, RADIOS, 17 FT
DINK AND 40 HP O/B, DIVE EQUIPMENT

PLUS many, many more......

And finally *St.Martin/St.Maarten:*
First of all not even close to as many crime reported, still as I said 10
times more boats here during season. Couldn't find even one boarding
reported.

The WORST crime I can find here is:

BURGLAR - LAPTOP COMPUTER, CAMERA, CLOTHES - DURING AFTERNOON

The rest is basically dingy theft where half of them where return next day!

I think my point is proven!!!


-- 
Patrik Kinander