~ Victim in a coma at SMMC~
PHILIPSBURG:— Detectives are busy investigating a robbery that took place Monday night at Topper’s in Simpson Bay.
According to information reaching SMN News, the armed robbers attacked and beat a well-known street vendor known to all as coconut man leaving him in a comatose state at the St. Maarten Medical Center where he is taking treatment.
Police Spokesman Joe Josepha confirmed the robbery that took place Monday night, he said that money was stolen from the business establishment while the victim that was brutally attacked is in a comatose state at SMMC. Josepha said the police are busy with the investigation.
