Feb 11, 2015 Texas Family Deported from Bahamas

Don't know if you have been watching the news or TV, but there was a story about a family from Texas, husband and wife, and 7 children, ages 12 and down to diapers, who were wanted for wire fraud and left the US and came to the Bahamas.  Guess what??  Bitts and I not only met them, but their kids were playing with us.  When Rich and Kathy got to Morgan's Bluff, they took a walk to the point and met this family.  He said he was a potato farmer, she said they were on vacation and she was home schooling the kids.  The children were beautiful and pretty well behaved, but the Dad would never let them go past the internal gate.  Anyway, con man father offered to get batteries for Rich's boat, because he "knew someone with a private plane that could fly them in right away".  Thank goodness Rich did not fall for that one.  So one day when the wind was rough, the dockmaster was telling him that she was going to put another boat from the outer harbor inside next to his.  He started giving her some lip about it, and she reminded him that SHE was the dockmaster.  He was persistent with yelling and she threatened to call Customs and Immigration to check his status.  Wham, in less than an hour he had pulled his lines and was out of here in rough seas.  Said he was going to Chub Cay, but the news said he was arrested in Staniel Cay.  We all just feel bad for the kids.  They are in Florida child protective services, and their parents face up to 20 years in jail and $250,000 fine.  Bitts and I are glad that we have good parents!