Armed robberies a concern.

ARMED ROBBERIES A CONCERN. "Armed robberies are becoming a habit here. I myself am beginning to be scared to step into a restaurant, because of some idiot who could come in pointing a gun at me," Judge Frank Wieland said in the Court of First Instance, referring to the reports about armed robberies that appear in the newspapers on an almost daily basis, reports The Daily Herald of St. Maarten (July 25, 2005) Prosecutor Paul Mooij also referred to the apparent outbreak of armed robberies of late, when he said, "Everybody is robbing."