Sound Developer sank in spring 2009, she said. "For a number of months if not a year, the harbormaster had been watching the vessel, and basically, if the bilges failed we would pump it, and that's when we were trying to reach the owner," she said. A civil complaint states that "the vessel eventually became an unauthorized dump site for waste oil and other debris because defendant Mehelich left the vessel unattended and unsecured."Ĭathy Sherman, the acting city manager at the time, said the city sent Mehelich notices asking him to come care for the vessel. Mehelich bought the steel-hulled boat, originally built in 1960, a decade ago and moored it at the Cordova harbor's H dock. The government is asking for a judgment against John Mehelich for removal costs plus interest, among other cash penalties. More than 450 gallons of various oils were spilled, reported the U.S. The vessel leaked fuel into harbor waters and was littered with debris, according to a civil complaint. The federal government filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against a gold dredge captain who has appeared on Discovery Channel's "Bering Sea Gold," alleging he refused to take care of his 117-foot landing craft that sank in the Cordova harbor.įederal prosecutors say it cost $1.6 million to recover the watercraft Sound Developer. Updated: SeptemPublished: December 18, 2014
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