Noble House Hotels & Resorts commits grand theft by stealing yacht Bellevue Washington
The ocean key resort a division of noble house hotels & resorts has illegally taken posession of my 45 foot yacht. The representatives sent by hotel 23 miles up coast of florida not only stole vessel but decieved state police officer on vessel at time.
The officer was on vessel after it was called in from neighbors saying vessels was adrift. I spoke to the officer directily and was told the gentleman called him over marine radio while he was on vessel saying they were from ocean key resort claiming to be representative of boat owner and told him boat broke loose in key west and they were looking for it to return it for out of town owner.
I being owner never authorised this. When i filed theft report monroe county sheriff depuity that investigated (or lack of) went to hotel that evening and was told by hotel staff boat was taken because back money was owed for rent. At this point he takes someones word and leaves my $150,000 dollar yacht in someones hands with no paperwork just their story.
The next day Alan Eckstein (attorney in key west for hotel)called depuity said his client went up the coast to repo vessel. now as ive mentioned just one day before they told state police officer it broke loose and they were looking for it on behalf of the owner as my representative.
Now please keep in mind no court papers with this lien was ever gotten from any court. (they have no lease or any paperwork signed by us or our company) The lease was never even given to us nor did we ever see one. the boat was auctioned off by hotel illegally approximately three weeks ago.
i was told about one week ago papers were at coast guard office from new owner trying to transfer title. The coast guard gave me the phone number of this person so i called. I spoke to gentleman who was in ft. lauderdale on his way to jacksonville i told him how boat was illegally taken from me therefore he was on stolen vessel. He immediately asked that i call back.
I called back the next day he was still in ft. lauderdale he told me he was leaving vessel at marina there and his attorney wanted him to drive immediatey to his office. I called the sheriffs in ft. lauderdale to take a report that moring while the gentleman was there.
the depuity called me back and told me after talking to purchaser of vessel before he even called me he called alan eckstein the key west attorney and told him this was very fishy with no court papers and he had never seen anything like this. the depuity also told me he advised alan to make sure he had his ducks in a row because after talking to gentleman who bought boat his attorney advised him this boat was illegally taken.
the next morning i got call from jacksonville maritime attorney with his client on three way conversation. he told me his client never had knowledge of how vessel was taken and that if he did he would have never have purchased it. he also told me before even calling me he called alan eckstein and told him under florida law this vessel was illegally taken and his client could never get it documented in his name.
i guess im confused noble house hotels and resorts talks about the first class hotels they have along with first class service, where do they mention first class theft? i have talked with over 20 attorneys in florida most maritime they have all said not only was this theft, but selling vessel was illegal also.
i then find out yesterday from jacksonville man there was a fire on vessel which happened at hotel. Besides the fire they let boat get so trashed its worth only 50% of its value. He said the reason he purchased was because it was a good value and it needed alot of work due to hotel neglect.
the sheriff depuity that investigated theft report says in his report he witnessed some dismantlement of vessel. kevin the jacksonville man said besides fire and very poor condition many wires were cut and boat was almost totally stripped. I would like to know how noble house hotels and resorts say they run such a fine organization but allow their own representatives to commit grand theft of someones property and totally trash property once in their posession? it also makes you wonder how two people that ive never met starting with the depuity sheriff in ft. lauderdale and an attorney representing a man who has invested almost $80,000 dollars call mr alan eckstein and tell him what his clients did was wrong and hotel still does nothing.
As of today two news stations and two news papers have called for story i intend to take this public worldwide letting people know this not only is grand theft and distruction to property but the small guy will not allow deep pocket companys to take the law into their own hands. And better yet the hotel claims i owe six months rent this rent was $3000 month for dock space i called head attorney a month or so ago asking how much they claim i owe he said to get yacht back $60,000 dollars.(you do the math) can you believe that.
Noble house hotels if you run such a fine operation do the right thing you already broke several laws call me lets get this resolved. for more of this amazing story see blog below
http://keywestcorruption.blogspot.com/
Robert
Columbus, Ohio
U.S.A.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Robert
columbus,Ohio,
U.S.A.
here is the story done on this ran front page of the key west newspaper last week please read
#5Author of original report
Fri, March 09, 2007
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
Last October, Kevin McCarthy, of Amelia Island, Florida, drove down to Key West to look at a 45-foot boat being offered for sale by the Ocean Key House Resort. He looked at the boat, talked to a broker and was ready to offer the asking price of $110,000.
Then he learned that the hotel was planning to auction off the boat. So he checked with hotel General Manager Steve Boswell and the hotel's attorney, Alan Eckstein.
?I wanted to make sure that the hotel really owned the boat,? McCarthy told Key West the Newspaper this week. ?They told me that they had taken possession of the boat after the owner had defaulted on his dockage payments.?
So McCarthy authorized his broker to bid on the boat? and he got it for $71,000. And he got a purchase sales agreement from Attorney Eckstein.
McCarthy motored the boat up to Islamorada and left it there for 10 days for cleaning and servicing. Then he and his wife returned to the Keys to take the boat up to Amelia Island.
?We were nearing Miami when both engines quit on us,? he said. ?And while we were waiting on a tow, I got a call on my cell phone from Robert Krutko, who identified himself as the former owner of the boat. He told me, ?You are on my stolen vessel.'
?He said that the Ocean Key House had stolen the boat from him and had illegally resold it,? McCarthy said.
?I didn't know what to think, so while we were being towed to Miami, I called Attorney Eckstein. He reassured me that everything was okay. Then I checked with a Miami maritime lawyer recommended by the towboat driver. After listening to my story, he told me that I had probably bought a stolen boat.?
McCarthy said he had already made arrangements for extensive servicing in Ft. Lauderdale, so he had the boat towed there and, back home, consulted with another maritime lawyer in Jacksonville.
?He agreed with the Miami lawyer and, after some more research, he wrote Eckstein a letter demanding that they return my $71,000,? McCarthy said. ?It took them a couple of weeks, but they finally sent me the money.?
Last December, the Ocean Key House sued Krutko in federal court, alleging that he owes the hotel more than $60,000 in dockage fees. Krutko has counter sued, alleging grand theft.
Krutko said that, in June of 2005, he and his wife bought an existing sunset cruise and snorkeling business based at the Ocean Key House Resort marina. The deal included the boat.
?We were paying $3000 per month for dockage on a month-to-month basis,? he said. ?But we soon learned that we were losing thousands of dollars because the concierges at the hotel were referring business to our competitors. I complained to General Manager Boswell and he promised to put a stop to it. But nothing changed.?
Then, the hurricanes of September and October 2005 blew through, and many of the docks and walkways at the hotel were destroyed.
?The hotel had ordered all boats out of the marina before the storms but, after Wilma, we were allowed to return because our slip was intact,? Krutko said. ?But we were not required to pay rent for a couple of months because the marina was not operational.?
But by December, when the walkways in the marina had been repaired, he and his wife had decided to move the boat, put it up for sale and move on.
?But Boswell begged us to stay, even offering six months free rent because of the storms and the problems the concierges had caused us,? Krutko said. ?But the problem never got any better.?
So, a few days before the six-month free rent deal expired, Krutko said that he had an employee move the boat out of the hotel marina, up to his home on a canal on Cudjoe Key, 23 miles away.
?But it was decided that there wasn't enough room to put the boat at my dock, so he anchored it out in the bay,? Krutko said.
But, the next day, the boat was missing and Krutko filed a theft report with the Sheriff's Office. Deputies reported that a call had come in from a neighbor who said the boat was adrift and that he had called the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC).
An FWC officer found the boat and a Sea Tow boat showed up at the same time. Then a call came in from the Ocean Key House. Hotel officials reportedly told the officer that the boat had broken loose in the marina and that it should be returned to the hotel.
?Incredibly, the FWC officer released the boat to the hotel, rather than having it towed to a secure location until the owner could be found,? Krutko said. ?It didn't seem to occur to the officer to question how the boat could have ?drifted' from the Ocean Key House to a location 23 miles up the Keys!?
A Sheriff's deputy reportedly later found the boat chained to the dock at the hotel marina. Upon questioning, hotel employees reportedly told the deputy that the hotel had a lien on the boat, but they could not produce any paperwork to support that claim.
?The Sheriff not only bought that bogus claim, a deputy called me and told me it was now a civil matter,? Krutko said.
Not long after that, the hotel sold the boat to Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy said that, even though the hotel returned his purchase price to him, he is still out thousands of dollars for other expenses associated with buying and moving the boat. ?I am watching Robert's lawsuit against the hotel,? he said. ?When he wins his suit, I'm next in line.?
Krutko calls the hotel's lawsuit ?outrageous?.
?They are even suing for dockage fees during the time, after the storms, when the hotel didn't have any docks.? he said.
He said he is also disappointed in State Attorney Mark Kohl, who refused to accept his grand theft complaint against the hotel. ?Why can't he see grand theft when it's staring him right in the face??
While the lawyers wrangle, the boat remains in the custody of federal marshals in a Ft. Lauderdale marina, continuing to run up dockage bills.
more news paper articles being written will keep everyone updated
Robert
columbus,Ohio,
U.S.A.
here is the story done on this ran front page of the key west newspaper last week please read
#5Author of original report
Fri, March 09, 2007
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
Last October, Kevin McCarthy, of Amelia Island, Florida, drove down to Key West to look at a 45-foot boat being offered for sale by the Ocean Key House Resort. He looked at the boat, talked to a broker and was ready to offer the asking price of $110,000.
Then he learned that the hotel was planning to auction off the boat. So he checked with hotel General Manager Steve Boswell and the hotel's attorney, Alan Eckstein.
?I wanted to make sure that the hotel really owned the boat,? McCarthy told Key West the Newspaper this week. ?They told me that they had taken possession of the boat after the owner had defaulted on his dockage payments.?
So McCarthy authorized his broker to bid on the boat? and he got it for $71,000. And he got a purchase sales agreement from Attorney Eckstein.
McCarthy motored the boat up to Islamorada and left it there for 10 days for cleaning and servicing. Then he and his wife returned to the Keys to take the boat up to Amelia Island.
?We were nearing Miami when both engines quit on us,? he said. ?And while we were waiting on a tow, I got a call on my cell phone from Robert Krutko, who identified himself as the former owner of the boat. He told me, ?You are on my stolen vessel.'
?He said that the Ocean Key House had stolen the boat from him and had illegally resold it,? McCarthy said.
?I didn't know what to think, so while we were being towed to Miami, I called Attorney Eckstein. He reassured me that everything was okay. Then I checked with a Miami maritime lawyer recommended by the towboat driver. After listening to my story, he told me that I had probably bought a stolen boat.?
McCarthy said he had already made arrangements for extensive servicing in Ft. Lauderdale, so he had the boat towed there and, back home, consulted with another maritime lawyer in Jacksonville.
?He agreed with the Miami lawyer and, after some more research, he wrote Eckstein a letter demanding that they return my $71,000,? McCarthy said. ?It took them a couple of weeks, but they finally sent me the money.?
Last December, the Ocean Key House sued Krutko in federal court, alleging that he owes the hotel more than $60,000 in dockage fees. Krutko has counter sued, alleging grand theft.
Krutko said that, in June of 2005, he and his wife bought an existing sunset cruise and snorkeling business based at the Ocean Key House Resort marina. The deal included the boat.
?We were paying $3000 per month for dockage on a month-to-month basis,? he said. ?But we soon learned that we were losing thousands of dollars because the concierges at the hotel were referring business to our competitors. I complained to General Manager Boswell and he promised to put a stop to it. But nothing changed.?
Then, the hurricanes of September and October 2005 blew through, and many of the docks and walkways at the hotel were destroyed.
?The hotel had ordered all boats out of the marina before the storms but, after Wilma, we were allowed to return because our slip was intact,? Krutko said. ?But we were not required to pay rent for a couple of months because the marina was not operational.?
But by December, when the walkways in the marina had been repaired, he and his wife had decided to move the boat, put it up for sale and move on.
?But Boswell begged us to stay, even offering six months free rent because of the storms and the problems the concierges had caused us,? Krutko said. ?But the problem never got any better.?
So, a few days before the six-month free rent deal expired, Krutko said that he had an employee move the boat out of the hotel marina, up to his home on a canal on Cudjoe Key, 23 miles away.
?But it was decided that there wasn't enough room to put the boat at my dock, so he anchored it out in the bay,? Krutko said.
But, the next day, the boat was missing and Krutko filed a theft report with the Sheriff's Office. Deputies reported that a call had come in from a neighbor who said the boat was adrift and that he had called the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC).
An FWC officer found the boat and a Sea Tow boat showed up at the same time. Then a call came in from the Ocean Key House. Hotel officials reportedly told the officer that the boat had broken loose in the marina and that it should be returned to the hotel.
?Incredibly, the FWC officer released the boat to the hotel, rather than having it towed to a secure location until the owner could be found,? Krutko said. ?It didn't seem to occur to the officer to question how the boat could have ?drifted' from the Ocean Key House to a location 23 miles up the Keys!?
A Sheriff's deputy reportedly later found the boat chained to the dock at the hotel marina. Upon questioning, hotel employees reportedly told the deputy that the hotel had a lien on the boat, but they could not produce any paperwork to support that claim.
?The Sheriff not only bought that bogus claim, a deputy called me and told me it was now a civil matter,? Krutko said.
Not long after that, the hotel sold the boat to Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy said that, even though the hotel returned his purchase price to him, he is still out thousands of dollars for other expenses associated with buying and moving the boat. ?I am watching Robert's lawsuit against the hotel,? he said. ?When he wins his suit, I'm next in line.?
Krutko calls the hotel's lawsuit ?outrageous?.
?They are even suing for dockage fees during the time, after the storms, when the hotel didn't have any docks.? he said.
He said he is also disappointed in State Attorney Mark Kohl, who refused to accept his grand theft complaint against the hotel. ?Why can't he see grand theft when it's staring him right in the face??
While the lawyers wrangle, the boat remains in the custody of federal marshals in a Ft. Lauderdale marina, continuing to run up dockage bills.
more news paper articles being written will keep everyone updated
Robert
columbus,Ohio,
U.S.A.
here is the story done on this ran front page of the key west newspaper last week please read
#5Author of original report
Fri, March 09, 2007
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
Last October, Kevin McCarthy, of Amelia Island, Florida, drove down to Key West to look at a 45-foot boat being offered for sale by the Ocean Key House Resort. He looked at the boat, talked to a broker and was ready to offer the asking price of $110,000.
Then he learned that the hotel was planning to auction off the boat. So he checked with hotel General Manager Steve Boswell and the hotel's attorney, Alan Eckstein.
?I wanted to make sure that the hotel really owned the boat,? McCarthy told Key West the Newspaper this week. ?They told me that they had taken possession of the boat after the owner had defaulted on his dockage payments.?
So McCarthy authorized his broker to bid on the boat? and he got it for $71,000. And he got a purchase sales agreement from Attorney Eckstein.
McCarthy motored the boat up to Islamorada and left it there for 10 days for cleaning and servicing. Then he and his wife returned to the Keys to take the boat up to Amelia Island.
?We were nearing Miami when both engines quit on us,? he said. ?And while we were waiting on a tow, I got a call on my cell phone from Robert Krutko, who identified himself as the former owner of the boat. He told me, ?You are on my stolen vessel.'
?He said that the Ocean Key House had stolen the boat from him and had illegally resold it,? McCarthy said.
?I didn't know what to think, so while we were being towed to Miami, I called Attorney Eckstein. He reassured me that everything was okay. Then I checked with a Miami maritime lawyer recommended by the towboat driver. After listening to my story, he told me that I had probably bought a stolen boat.?
McCarthy said he had already made arrangements for extensive servicing in Ft. Lauderdale, so he had the boat towed there and, back home, consulted with another maritime lawyer in Jacksonville.
?He agreed with the Miami lawyer and, after some more research, he wrote Eckstein a letter demanding that they return my $71,000,? McCarthy said. ?It took them a couple of weeks, but they finally sent me the money.?
Last December, the Ocean Key House sued Krutko in federal court, alleging that he owes the hotel more than $60,000 in dockage fees. Krutko has counter sued, alleging grand theft.
Krutko said that, in June of 2005, he and his wife bought an existing sunset cruise and snorkeling business based at the Ocean Key House Resort marina. The deal included the boat.
?We were paying $3000 per month for dockage on a month-to-month basis,? he said. ?But we soon learned that we were losing thousands of dollars because the concierges at the hotel were referring business to our competitors. I complained to General Manager Boswell and he promised to put a stop to it. But nothing changed.?
Then, the hurricanes of September and October 2005 blew through, and many of the docks and walkways at the hotel were destroyed.
?The hotel had ordered all boats out of the marina before the storms but, after Wilma, we were allowed to return because our slip was intact,? Krutko said. ?But we were not required to pay rent for a couple of months because the marina was not operational.?
But by December, when the walkways in the marina had been repaired, he and his wife had decided to move the boat, put it up for sale and move on.
?But Boswell begged us to stay, even offering six months free rent because of the storms and the problems the concierges had caused us,? Krutko said. ?But the problem never got any better.?
So, a few days before the six-month free rent deal expired, Krutko said that he had an employee move the boat out of the hotel marina, up to his home on a canal on Cudjoe Key, 23 miles away.
?But it was decided that there wasn't enough room to put the boat at my dock, so he anchored it out in the bay,? Krutko said.
But, the next day, the boat was missing and Krutko filed a theft report with the Sheriff's Office. Deputies reported that a call had come in from a neighbor who said the boat was adrift and that he had called the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC).
An FWC officer found the boat and a Sea Tow boat showed up at the same time. Then a call came in from the Ocean Key House. Hotel officials reportedly told the officer that the boat had broken loose in the marina and that it should be returned to the hotel.
?Incredibly, the FWC officer released the boat to the hotel, rather than having it towed to a secure location until the owner could be found,? Krutko said. ?It didn't seem to occur to the officer to question how the boat could have ?drifted' from the Ocean Key House to a location 23 miles up the Keys!?
A Sheriff's deputy reportedly later found the boat chained to the dock at the hotel marina. Upon questioning, hotel employees reportedly told the deputy that the hotel had a lien on the boat, but they could not produce any paperwork to support that claim.
?The Sheriff not only bought that bogus claim, a deputy called me and told me it was now a civil matter,? Krutko said.
Not long after that, the hotel sold the boat to Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy said that, even though the hotel returned his purchase price to him, he is still out thousands of dollars for other expenses associated with buying and moving the boat. ?I am watching Robert's lawsuit against the hotel,? he said. ?When he wins his suit, I'm next in line.?
Krutko calls the hotel's lawsuit ?outrageous?.
?They are even suing for dockage fees during the time, after the storms, when the hotel didn't have any docks.? he said.
He said he is also disappointed in State Attorney Mark Kohl, who refused to accept his grand theft complaint against the hotel. ?Why can't he see grand theft when it's staring him right in the face??
While the lawyers wrangle, the boat remains in the custody of federal marshals in a Ft. Lauderdale marina, continuing to run up dockage bills.
more news paper articles being written will keep everyone updated
Robert
columbus,Ohio,
U.S.A.
here is the story done on this ran front page of the key west newspaper last week please read
#5Author of original report
Fri, March 09, 2007
by Dennis Reeves Cooper
Last October, Kevin McCarthy, of Amelia Island, Florida, drove down to Key West to look at a 45-foot boat being offered for sale by the Ocean Key House Resort. He looked at the boat, talked to a broker and was ready to offer the asking price of $110,000.
Then he learned that the hotel was planning to auction off the boat. So he checked with hotel General Manager Steve Boswell and the hotel's attorney, Alan Eckstein.
?I wanted to make sure that the hotel really owned the boat,? McCarthy told Key West the Newspaper this week. ?They told me that they had taken possession of the boat after the owner had defaulted on his dockage payments.?
So McCarthy authorized his broker to bid on the boat? and he got it for $71,000. And he got a purchase sales agreement from Attorney Eckstein.
McCarthy motored the boat up to Islamorada and left it there for 10 days for cleaning and servicing. Then he and his wife returned to the Keys to take the boat up to Amelia Island.
?We were nearing Miami when both engines quit on us,? he said. ?And while we were waiting on a tow, I got a call on my cell phone from Robert Krutko, who identified himself as the former owner of the boat. He told me, ?You are on my stolen vessel.'
?He said that the Ocean Key House had stolen the boat from him and had illegally resold it,? McCarthy said.
?I didn't know what to think, so while we were being towed to Miami, I called Attorney Eckstein. He reassured me that everything was okay. Then I checked with a Miami maritime lawyer recommended by the towboat driver. After listening to my story, he told me that I had probably bought a stolen boat.?
McCarthy said he had already made arrangements for extensive servicing in Ft. Lauderdale, so he had the boat towed there and, back home, consulted with another maritime lawyer in Jacksonville.
?He agreed with the Miami lawyer and, after some more research, he wrote Eckstein a letter demanding that they return my $71,000,? McCarthy said. ?It took them a couple of weeks, but they finally sent me the money.?
Last December, the Ocean Key House sued Krutko in federal court, alleging that he owes the hotel more than $60,000 in dockage fees. Krutko has counter sued, alleging grand theft.
Krutko said that, in June of 2005, he and his wife bought an existing sunset cruise and snorkeling business based at the Ocean Key House Resort marina. The deal included the boat.
?We were paying $3000 per month for dockage on a month-to-month basis,? he said. ?But we soon learned that we were losing thousands of dollars because the concierges at the hotel were referring business to our competitors. I complained to General Manager Boswell and he promised to put a stop to it. But nothing changed.?
Then, the hurricanes of September and October 2005 blew through, and many of the docks and walkways at the hotel were destroyed.
?The hotel had ordered all boats out of the marina before the storms but, after Wilma, we were allowed to return because our slip was intact,? Krutko said. ?But we were not required to pay rent for a couple of months because the marina was not operational.?
But by December, when the walkways in the marina had been repaired, he and his wife had decided to move the boat, put it up for sale and move on.
?But Boswell begged us to stay, even offering six months free rent because of the storms and the problems the concierges had caused us,? Krutko said. ?But the problem never got any better.?
So, a few days before the six-month free rent deal expired, Krutko said that he had an employee move the boat out of the hotel marina, up to his home on a canal on Cudjoe Key, 23 miles away.
?But it was decided that there wasn't enough room to put the boat at my dock, so he anchored it out in the bay,? Krutko said.
But, the next day, the boat was missing and Krutko filed a theft report with the Sheriff's Office. Deputies reported that a call had come in from a neighbor who said the boat was adrift and that he had called the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC).
An FWC officer found the boat and a Sea Tow boat showed up at the same time. Then a call came in from the Ocean Key House. Hotel officials reportedly told the officer that the boat had broken loose in the marina and that it should be returned to the hotel.
?Incredibly, the FWC officer released the boat to the hotel, rather than having it towed to a secure location until the owner could be found,? Krutko said. ?It didn't seem to occur to the officer to question how the boat could have ?drifted' from the Ocean Key House to a location 23 miles up the Keys!?
A Sheriff's deputy reportedly later found the boat chained to the dock at the hotel marina. Upon questioning, hotel employees reportedly told the deputy that the hotel had a lien on the boat, but they could not produce any paperwork to support that claim.
?The Sheriff not only bought that bogus claim, a deputy called me and told me it was now a civil matter,? Krutko said.
Not long after that, the hotel sold the boat to Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy said that, even though the hotel returned his purchase price to him, he is still out thousands of dollars for other expenses associated with buying and moving the boat. ?I am watching Robert's lawsuit against the hotel,? he said. ?When he wins his suit, I'm next in line.?
Krutko calls the hotel's lawsuit ?outrageous?.
?They are even suing for dockage fees during the time, after the storms, when the hotel didn't have any docks.? he said.
He said he is also disappointed in State Attorney Mark Kohl, who refused to accept his grand theft complaint against the hotel. ?Why can't he see grand theft when it's staring him right in the face??
While the lawyers wrangle, the boat remains in the custody of federal marshals in a Ft. Lauderdale marina, continuing to run up dockage bills.
more news paper articles being written will keep everyone updated