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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Key West Cracks Down!!!

 


Over the years I have posted photos of various locals and tourists who get arrested and held in the Monroe County Jail. I am not doing that today but will soon. I am, however, reporting on one guy who got busted on 18 Felony and 45 Misdemeanor charges for reportedly not paying sales and transient rental taxes on three homes he owns in Key West.  

A couple of days ago I was going through the mugshots and saw the photo of the guy who looked normal (as opposed to some of the zoned-out or beat-up people I have previously posted). Then I looked at his profile. Accountant - but not in Key West - in another city. But with a local address in Key West - in Truman Annex - at a house I showed a couple of weeks ago that is for sale for a whole lot of money. HMMM.

The Key West Police Department arrested the guy who is reportedly "infamous" for illegal transient rental violations and Key West Code Enforcement Violations of $1.2 million and who reportedly failed to appear before the Special Magistrate to address code violations.* 

I did some more digging. I found other properties this guy owns or owned. I had shown a waterfront condominium he owned in Truman Annex. It had incredible ocean views.

The bottom section of the mugshot for this guy shows the charges and arraignment date. I may show up to see if he shows up and wonder what may happen to him. Look carefully. This is no joke.

  • Charges:
    • 42 Felony Count(s) of 212.15.2a LARC - SALE TAX FAIL REMIT UND 300 DOLS 3RD SUBSQ OFF
    • 3 Felony Count(s) of 212.15.2b LARC - SALES TAX FAIL REMIT 300 DOLS UNDER 20K DOLS
    • 3 Unknown Count(s) of 888888 COUNTY ORDINANCE VIOL - UNLAW RENTAL OF VACATION RENTAL W/O PERMIT
    • 15 Felony Count(s) of 212.12.2c TAX REVENUE - FAIL FILE 6 CONSECUTIVE TAX RETURNS
  • Arraignment: 04/01/2021 at 08:45 

Several years ago a local real estate broker got busted for doing something sort of similar. Every time I showed one of his listings he would be incredibly suspicious of every question I asked as if he  was the target of another undercover police squad investigation for illegal rentals.

 

*Source: Key West Citizen March 23, 2021.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Failed to mention Key West realtor that got caught with numerous handguns, AK, multiple rounds of ammo. Trying to sell to an undercover. Yeah, I put faith in him, even give him a lockbox key to one of our properties. Don’t wanna rearrange the true blue realtor following? Huckster, caught and sentenced!

Gary Thomas said...

Please go away. Please stop trolling me and my blog. Nobody Gives a ---- about your views of me or Realtors. You hate me and all other Realtors.
I get it.

Today's blog (now yesterday) is about a guy who allegedly got caught flaunting the law. It will be interest to see if he shows up for arraignment on April Fools Dar (April 1 at the bottom of the blog). We will see how the judge deals with the defendant - pretrial. If he fails to show up I expect a bench warrant will be issued for his arrest and that he will be picked up. If does show up I would expect the judge to caution him to attend all court hearings and proceedings.

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