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Boat Thieves Nabbed!
On Oct 25, 9:32*am, Secular Humouresque wrote:
Pinellas deputies arrest pair in connection with boat thefts By Luis Perez, Times Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The owner of a boat and yacht brokerage company and another man were arrested on grand theft charges after authorities said they sold stolen boats overseas, Pinellas sheriff's deputies said. Mark A. Conner, 38, of Treasure Island was arrested Thursday on charges of scheme to defraud and four counts of grand theft. He was being held on $40,000 bail Friday at the Pinellas County Jail. Lawrence P. Plumstead, 44, of Seminole was arrested on three counts of grand theft. Plumstead was released Friday morning after posting $15,000 bond. The investigation began in August after deputies received a complaint that Conner, owner of Suncoast Marine at 8290 Bay Pines Blvd., stiffed customers on the sale of three boats. Deputies said Conner accepted the boats on consignment, with the agreement that he would take a commission on sales. However, he never paid the owners or the lending company. They began surveilling Conner, and saw him and Plumstead shrink-wrapping a stolen Scout model boat for shipment to Australia at a Pinellas Park storage lot, authorities said. The men were arrested Thursday as they were taking the boat out of the lot. |
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