The retired Colorado doctor who was arrested on his yacht with guns, drugs and prostitutes this week appeared in court Friday and was held on $200,000 bail, according to a report.
Scott Burke, 69, of Englewood, was arrested Wednesday after police received a call about a potentially overdosed woman who apparently did not feel safe on her 82-foot boat in Nantucket Harbor and wanted to leave.
Cops boarded the Jess Conn yacht and handcuffed Burke after finding cocaine, ketamine, two handguns and ammunition on board.
Scott Burke, 69, was held on $200,000 bail after being arrested on his yacht with guns, drugs and prostitutes.Facebook/Ellen Burke
Police arrested Burke after receiving a call from a woman who did not feel safe on her yacht named Jess Conn in Nantucket Harbor. Nantucket Current
Several prostitutes were also present on the trip, according to Nantucket Current.
Burke pleaded not guilty to gun possession and drug offenses at his detention hearing Friday in Plymouth District Court, the Boston Globe reported.
It was not clear if Burke has since posted bail.
Police said the woman who called police “did not want to be there, was under the influence of narcotics and possibly [had] overdose”.
Police found cocaine, ketamine, two handguns and ammunition on board the ship. Nantucket Current
Burke told arriving officers he had licenses for the weapons (a .380 pistol and a 9mm pistol), but authorities discovered they were issued in Florida and had expired last year.
Police also recovered a total of 43 grams of cocaine and 14 grams of ketamine, a horse tranquilizer.
Burke was initially charged with two counts of possession of a firearm without a license, authorities said.
According to police, the woman who called claimed she was possibly overdosing. Nantucket Current
It was not clear if Burke had posted bail since then. Facebook/Tony Burkenstock
He was later indicted on additional charges of illegal possession of ammunition and drug-related beatings after the incident.
Records show the retiree was first licensed to practice medicine in Colorado in 1981 and that his license expired in 2021.
Burke previously ran a spinal and rehabilitation clinic and founded a health insurance company about two decades ago, according to online records.
The Globe reported that Burke’s yacht Nordhvn 2021 first arrived on Nantucket on August 23 from Newport and is registered in the Cayman Islands. She also has a home in the Florida Keys.
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