"No bail for N.Y. man in faked death" by Frank Eltman | Associated Press September 28, 2013
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A suburban New York man who helped his father fake his own drowning at Jones Beach in a life insurance scam was back in court after being captured in Ohio by a bail bonds company — the latest in a saga in which both men have repeatedly found themselves in handcuffs.
Jonathan Roth, 23, of Massapequa, was apprehended on an arrest warrant for missing his scheduled sentencing in the insurance scheme. A judge, citing other pending arrest warrants, ordered him held without bail Friday.
Roth had been expected to receive no jail time after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges because he cooperated in the insurance case against his father, Raymond.
He told reporters while being taken to the Nassau County jail that he had no money to afford the trip back from Ohio for the scheduled proceeding on Sept. 20.
A bail bonds company that posted $10,000 for his release in the insurance case found him Thursday living in Groveport, Ohio. It was not clear why Roth had been living there.
Prosecutors have made no decision on whether that previous agreement will stand, a spokesman said.
“I don’t think there was any intent to leave and not be detected,” defense lawyer Joey Jackson said. ‘‘We had a deal in the works with the prosecutor.’’
Roth is also wanted for a case on Sept. 2, in which he allegedly called a former girlfriend 150 times, in violation of an order of protection.
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