Florida 観光旅行，事業 director 'who bought 高級な home and ヨット with 基金s sent by BP after oil 流出／こぼす' 設立する dead after 麻薬 overdose

  • 示す Bellinger 設立する dead in car in Alabama day after leaving 自殺 公式文書，認める
  • One day after he was （刑事）被告 of using public 基金s to buy $747,000 home
  • Also 認める to using 税金 dollar to buy $710,000 高級な ヨット

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Dead: A former scandal-hit Florida tourism director, Mark Bellinger, has been found dead of a drugs overdose after leaving a suicide note

Dead: A former スキャンダル-攻撃する，衝突する Florida 観光旅行，事業 director, 示す Bellinger, has been 設立する dead of a 麻薬s overdose after leaving a 自殺 公式文書，認める

A 観光旅行，事業 director has been 設立する dead after an 明らかな 麻薬 overdose - just one day after 存在 （刑事）被告 of using public 基金s sent by BP after the 2010 oil 流出／こぼす to buy a $747,000 home.

示す Bellinger, 52, had als o 認める just days earlier to using 税金 dollars to buy a $710,000 高級な ヨット - which he had 誤って （人命などを）奪う，主張するd was going to be used for 郡 観光旅行，事業 昇進／宣伝s.

Bellinger, from the Florida Panhandle, had gone 行方不明の on Thursday and was 設立する on Friday morning in his car in Alabama. He died later in hospital, Okaloosa 郡 郡保安官 Larry Ashley said.

The alarm had been raised by his wife after she 設立する a 自殺 公式文書，認めるd at their home on Thursday.

Bellinger was 雇うd as 観光旅行，事業 director of the area in May 2010, only weeks after the 大規模な BP oil 流出／こぼす began in the 湾 of Mexico.

After admitting he had bought the ヨット, Bellinger 辞職するd on Tuesday and by Thursday the 郡保安官's office had 問題／発行するd an 逮捕（する） 令状 関心ing the 購入（する） of his $747,000 home.

The house, in the gated Kelly 農園 neighbourhood of Destin, Florida, 誇るs four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a swimming pool, a spa and a ワイン room, によれば Zillow.com.

所有物／資産／財産 記録，記録的な／記録するs show the home, which also overlooks a ゴルフ course, was bought last August.

The money is believed to have come from BP PLC, which paid restitution to communities across the 湾 Coast so they could 誘惑する 価値のある tourists 支援する to the 地域 荒廃させるd by tar.

郡保安官 Ashley said the death would not end the 調査 into the tourist 会議's spending.

'Criminal': His deat h comes a day after he was accused of buying this four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Destin, Florida with $747,000 donated by BP after the 2010 oil spill

'犯罪の': His death comes a day after he was （刑事）被告 of buying this four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Destin, Florida with $747,000 寄付するd by BP after the 2010 oil 流出／こぼす

'Even in light of this 悲劇 and death, we will still be working with the 連邦検察局, our white-collar 罪，犯罪 仕事 軍隊 and 補助装置ing the 明言する／公表する auditor in 行為／行うing a 法廷の audit of all tourist 開発 支出s during Mr. Bellinger's 任期 with the department,' he said.

'We will be 決定するd to 暴露する everything 取引，協定ing with tourist 開発, bed 税金 and BP oil money.'

Bellinger had worked in a 類似の 役割 in Palm Springs, California before taking the 職業 in Florida.

Okaloosa 郡 leaders did not know a ヨット had been bought until recently, when the 大型船's 肩書を与える paperwork was 配達するd in the mail. Bellinger 定評のある he bought the ヨット.

会合 with 郡 commissioners, he said he was trying to do his best for the 郡 when he made the 購入（する）, which he said hoped would be used 宣伝の （選挙などの）運動をするs.

Luxury: He had also acknowledged buying a 44-foot, 2011 Marquis 420 SC yacht (like the one pictured) with $710,000 of tax dollars. He claimed it was going to be used for tourism promotions

高級な: He had also 定評のある buying a 44-foot, 2011 Marquis 420 SC ヨット (like the one pictured) with $710,000 of 税金 dollars. He （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it was going to be used for 観光旅行，事業 昇進／宣伝s

But he 認める he should not have bought the ヨット without 事前の 是認. 'I did put the cart before the horse,' he said. 'It was a mistake in judgment on my part.'

Commissioners すぐに 発表するd they 手配中の，お尋ね者 to sell the boat, which was bought in December.

'It's an 当惑 to the 郡 to have that 肩書を与えるd in the 郡's 指名する,' Commissioner 法案 Roberts said.

The 発覚s 誘発するd a call for an 調査 from 明言する／公表する 上院議員 Don Gaetz.

'The 深く，強烈に troubling circumstances in Okaloosa 郡 raise a larger question about the uses of BP 基金s by others who have received these 基金s,' Gaetz wrote in a letter to Govenor Rick Scott.

Disaster: BP had paid restitution to communities across the Gulf Coast, including Okaloosa, so they could lure valuable tourists back to the region devastated by the 2010 oil spill, pictured

災害: BP had paid restitution to communities across the 湾 Coast, 含むing Okaloosa, so they could 誘惑する 価値のある tourists 支援する to the 地域 荒廃させるd by the 2010 oil 流出／こぼす, pictured

The 郡保安官's office 発表するd it would be 行為／行うing an 調査 into the 'unorthodox and 隠しだてする... 購入（する） with 郡 bed 税金 monies' in a 圧力（をかける） 解放（する） on Friday.

In September, 観光旅行，事業 商売／仕事 leaders in the 郡 held a breakfast to celebrate the 地域's 回復 from the oil 流出／こぼす.

At the evenet Bellinger 発表するd the 郡 had 記録，記録的な／記録する 観光旅行，事業 levels for June and July, 追加するing: 'It was just an unbelievable summer, and I don't know how we could 最高の，を越す this off next year, folks.'

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