Originally Posted by billy boats (Post 4382884)

you know NOTHING about but instead would hope that others reading the complete waste of dialog understand that Joe saved Outerlimits for the love of boating and continue what his close friend started.

Originally Posted by billy boats (Post 4382884)

Start a new thread if you'd like to debate , argue, disagree, make accusations or just want to voice your opinion about an old issue , but this thread is so off topic and grossly inaccurate. It is not for me to take the liberty to defend Joe Sgro in a closed case ,nor am I at liberty to give details of private info .
Yes I adamantly disagree with your OPINION of Joe because he is a close friend of mine . But don't confuse my difference of opinion with my distane for your spouting out blatantly false rhetoric and taking a positive thread about the future of a boat building co and turning it into a debate of character.
Obviously $850k is more than you would spend on a defense , a year of your time, and the stress it would put on your family, friends, employees ,and business. To a person of Joe's financial means it's a drop in the bucket.

As for your continuous statement of " innocent people don't pay if they are innocent" you have A LOT to learn about the legal system , especially in Nassau/ Suffolk county. NYS Judge Sol Wachtler coined the phase " you can inditite a ham sandwich, if that's what you wanted" . Another thing that any 1st year law student know is , your chances at trial are 50/50. We all KNEW OJ Simpson was guilty , low and behold found innocent. Ever get a traffic ticket that you know you were innocent and still either found guilty or paid the fine because it wasn't worth your time? May sound like a small analogy to you but the fact is that there is a major difference between written law and practiced law.
This is not a case of agree to disagree , it's slander
I have no interest in explaining the intracacies or the legal system or sway your unfounded opinion of a man that you know NOTHING about but instead would hope that others reading the complete waste of dialog understand that Joe saved Outerlimits for the love of boating and continue what his close friend started.

Originally Posted by billy boats (Post 4382905)

Where did I say "he bought 2 used parts"?????
Re read what I wrote
I said he was implicated months after the arrests for card shark were made , only after "2 of the accused said the sold him parts" he was NOT charged with the theft of the boat . In fact the majority of the accused faced charges of conspiricy. Look up the defination. Now stop and imagine this , a few people are arrested and most likely trying to save their own asses. Detective asks what did you do with the parts from all these boats? " well we sold some to joe Sgro "( others named also) . Criminal Conspiracy . That's what they held all of the defendants on until Angelo died, after he died they DA just wanted to keep all the money from seized bank accounts. Others also forfeit the money that was seized but because Sgro's account was large and he is a major fixture in performance boating it remains a topic of discussion.
During this time I was approached to buy some parts for a project that I had at the time , thank god I didn't or I might be defending my own character and explaining why I paid money instead of fighting a flawed legal system