No Charges In Easter Boating Tragedy Sep 5, 2009
Investigators said group was coming back to Jacksonville after partying for much of the day at the Conch House Marina in St. Augustine ... "The 12 people that left Beach Marine in Jacksonville did so with the knowledge that alcohol and illegal drugs were on board the vessel and being used by everyone. They made no float plan to have a sober operator to their destination or on the return from their destination. Even though they tried to put someone sober behind the helm when they left the Conch... (News4Jax.com, FL)
Alcohol Found In Boat Where 5 Died Apr 15, 2009
Eason confirmed the boat was headed back to Jacksonville Beach after a group of 14 people had spent Sunday afternoon at the Conch House restaurant in St. Augustine Beach. The FWC is conducting an investigation that could include criminal charges. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Friends Of Boat Crash Victims Speak Apr 15, 2009
Roblee said those who survived told her they were hanging out at the Conch House in St. Augustine, where they met and picked up Jacqueline Allen and Inmaculada Pierce, who they met that afternoon. Olivia Carretero, 23, was one of the five people killed when a boat struck a tugboat on the ICW on Easter Sunday. (News4Jax.com, FL)
5 Killed, 9 Hurt As Boat Hits Tug Apr 14, 2009
Alan Oshier, of Neptune Beach, told Channel 4 that he had overslept or he would have been on board the boat, which left St. Augustine Beach's Conch House after the group had spent the afternoon of listening to music. The FWC believes the boat was headed back to Beach Marine at Jacksonville Beach when it hit the tug. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Coghill indicted for land deals Mar 25, 2009
3 million and that he was a principal in the entity that signed an agreement for sale and purchase of the Conch House Marina Resort in St. Augustine. The indictment also charges that Coghill listed several real estate related gains and losses on his 2005 individual tax return that was filed while he was in federal custody and that he sent several e-mails to business associates while in federal custody and after his release as recently as Jan. 6. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
