Scott Burke, 69, faces drug trafficking and weapons charges after arrest

A doctor was arrested after police found guns, drugs and prostitutes aboard a 70ft motor yacht anchored at a small island of Massachusetts.

The yacht Jess Conn, which is out of Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, was raided in Nantucket Harbor after a woman was evacuated from it and taken to a waiting ambulance.

The vessel’s owner Scott Burke, 69, was taken into custody after the raid by Nantucket Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Mr Burke, of Key Largo, Florida, faces drug trafficking and weapons charges and is set to be arraigned in Nantucket District Court on 11 September, reported The Nantucket Current.

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    1 year ago

    Who said they were prostitutes? These are just ladies, partying with a wealthy dude, you can’t prove shit.

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      1 year ago

      I feel like the line between prostitute and women who have sex with 69 year old guys who have money and drugs is pretty blurry. Then again, I don’t really have a problem with sex work and don’t think it should really be considered a stigma or insult.

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      1 year ago

      What about the guns and drug trafficking? Good luck with that kind of defense.

      “Your honor I was only playing with the drugs, you can’t PROVE that I was trafficking them!!”

      Lulz!