A Naples, Florida, salvage company owner pleaded no contest last Friday to charges of failing to maintain workers' compensation insurance while working a cleanup job after a city boathouse fire in 1998.
Joe Biasella, 58, owner of Del Rey Marine, was sentenced to four years probation under a plea agreement reached with state prosecutors. Collier County Circuit Judge Frank Baker agreed to withhold a formal conviction of the charge, punishable by up to 15 years in state prison, because Biasella has no prior criminal record, but he must pay about $2,500 in court-related costs.. The charges file...
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