John
Califon,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, July 18, 2008
Why? Why haven't you sued them and the alleged government officials/people/companies that you continue to slander if you are right?
Maritime Armed Security
Covington,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, July 18, 2008
You stated they didn't have the paper work, of course they didn't. Tallahassee has the lien against the title... End of story!
Kristina
Akron,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, March 20, 2007
I just counted 8 reports that he wrote on this one subject. Every one tells a different story. He started this one by claiming FWC and SeaTow were resposible for taking the boat. In fact he blamed FWC for allowing it. Then, in his update, he's claiming someone from the hotel hotwired the boat and sailed it away. Which is it? Also, he first stated it was taken from an anchorage in the bay, then later stated it was taken from his home. On another report, he accused two people who rebutted him as being the cops. I won't even get into the numerous other conflicting statements he made. There is nothing believable about this whole complaint.
Cory
San Antonio,#5Consumer Comment
Mon, March 19, 2007
The Attorney General of The United States and then the President of the United States? This guy just keeps going up the ladder.
Ashley
Cudjoe Key,#6Consumer Comment
Sun, March 18, 2007
As the editor and others can see, Robert feels he needs to start multiple complaints on the same topic. Pardon the cliche. But if it smells like a duck, walks like a duck, looks like a duck, it's a duck. The local Sheriff's Office, State's Attorney's, and FDLE all agreed this was a civil matter. Quite simply, that means it's civil. There has been no rip-off here. The whole report is erroneous.
Robert
columbus,#7Author of original report
Fri, March 16, 2007
Shannon Malcom News-Leader 904-261-3696 ext. 232 904-261-3698 fax [email protected] Smooth sailing, except boat was stolen property Shannon Malcom News-Leader As owner and operator of Amelia River Cruises and Charters, Amelia Island resident Kevin McCarthy has had a dream job for the last six years, but he inadvertently cruised into a nightmare last October when he learned he'd spent thousands on a boat that couldn't legally be sold. McCarthy estimates he lost about $20,000 when he became embroiled in a legal battle between a Key West hotel and the owner of the 45-foot Corinthian Catamaran he tried to buy. For McCarthy, the situation began about two years ago when he decided his business had grown enough to justify buying another vessel, and he started doing research on passenger boats for sale throughout the state. He located the boat he wanted, docked at the Ocean Key Resort Hotel, in October and purchased it for $71,000. McCarthy said the hotel's attorney told him the boat, previously owned by Robert Krutko of Columbus, Ohio, had been abandoned and was being sold to cover dockage fees. "I did call the hotel that morning to make sure everything was on the up and up," McCarthy recalled. "They said yes, and said they'd had no recent contact with the former owner, so I bought the boat." After spending about $20,000 for general maintenance to the boat, McCarthy and his wife prepared to bring it home to Fernandina Beach. "I filled it up with fuel, and got ready to bring it back," he said. They're sailing trip didn't make it past the very southern tip of Florida before both engines on the boat failed. While he was being towed to land, McCarthy received a phone call from Krutko on his cell phone. "He told me I was on a stolen vessel," McCarthy recalled. "An hour before, everything was fine ... then the engines fail, and I find out the boat isn't mine." After checking with two maritime attorneys, one in Miami and one in Jacksonville, McCarthy learned the sale had not been legal. According to McCarthy and Krutko, an employee of the hotel had hotwired the boat and sailed it away from Krutko's home in the Keys. Krutko is currently suing the hotel for what he believes was the theft of his boat; the hotel is suing Krutko for $61,000 in dockage fees he says he doesn't owe. Regardless of the ultimate outcome of those lawsuits, authorities and attorneys agreed that McCarthy's purchase of the boat wasn't legal. He returned the boat immediately; he said it's now being held in Ft. Lauderdale. "After about three weeks of legal wrangling, they paid me back the $71,000," he said. "But overall, I'm still out about $20,000." Now he is awaiting the outcome of Krutko's case against the hotel to decide if he will also file suit against the hotel. But throughout the ordeal, McCarthy and Krutko became friends, and Krutko said what happened to McCarthy - who's been familiar with the boating business all of his life - could happen to anyone. "It's very important to do the right checking ... the best suggestion would be to pay a maritime attorney before the purchase to do a search and look over any deals on that boat," he said. "... Just protect yourself as best you can." Although McCarthy lost, at least for the time being, thousands of dollars and two months of time he would have been spending on his business, he did purchase another boat nearly identical to the first and is moving forward. And each men made a new friend. "I look forward to meeting him and his wife in person and taking them out to dinner," Krutko said. "Out of all this rain and stormy weather I've been through, I got a new friend out of the deal." [email protected]
Robert
columbus,#8Author of original report
Mon, March 12, 2007
Mr Bailey is obviously a high paid commisioner with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement who doesnt give a d**n that his officers have ignored what is clearly a grand theft. The other sad point is he doesnt give a d**n about the sworn oath him and his officers have taken to protect and serve, but i bet he doesnt ever miss picking up his pay check either. This is a sad situation for all Florida Residents who depend on these officers to do their job. They have totally discrased the police badge they wear.