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FDLE: Tallahassee Man Used Escambia County Business’ Tax Info To Lease Vehicles, Equipment
May 8, 2020
A Tallahassee man was arrested Thursday on charges for allegedly using the tax information of an Escambia County business to lease vehicles and equipment valued at $225,000.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested 45-year old Robert Brinker, 45, of Tallahassee, on charges of scheme to defraud and criminal use of personal identification information.
Brinker is the owner of Deep South Crane and Equipment Rentals, Inc., in Tallahassee.
FDLE began its investigation in March after receiving a citizen complaint. Agents say Brinker used the tax identification number of a similarly named business in Pensacola to lease three new vehicles and heavy equipment from a Tallahassee dealership.
In September and October of last year, Brinker leased a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee valued at nearly $95,000, a 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 truck valued around $62,000 and a 2019 Dodge Ram 4500 valued at more than $68,000. He was able to obtain the credit to lease the vehicles using the tax ID number from the Escambia County company.
“While Brinker does not work for the Pensacola business and is not affiliated with them, he has victimized the business in the past and has additional charges pending against him for using their tax ID number to purchase vehicles,” FDLE said in a statement.
Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol assisted with the arrest.
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6 Responses to “FDLE: Tallahassee Man Used Escambia County Business’ Tax Info To Lease Vehicles, Equipment”
SRT8 Jeep Cherokee’s are 90 to 100 grand, they are purely a performance vehicle. Stock they put out 600 plus hp, some even go to 800 plus. These are coveted in the hot rod world. They are not for off road use, it is purely a track vehicle.
When did Jeep Cherokees cost $ 95K?
This here is the crime… “2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee valued at nearly $95,000″ When a work truck was valued at $62,000 and $68,000″…….
Those are house prices and the nano second they roll off the lot are worth 3/4s in the first year…
In a suffering world as it is today , people dying , job losses , businesses shutting down, people hungry, the U.S. crawling to a stand still….and you have a scum bag as this doing everything he can to bring it down along with the company that he bilked, not to mention what they have not come across yet
He should never see the light of day again.
After all this…. One question. Who in their right mind would spend $95k for a Jeep? I guess it’s the ultimate “look at me” hoop-ti
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These stories amaze me. How do folks even think up this type of activity? Never heard of such. If ppl would put as much good effort into life as bad, the world would be so much better than it is.
Just goes to show you that you can’t trust anyone.