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The Sarasota News Leader. Della Penna was released on a $25,000 signature bond and ordered to surrender his passport. Daniels added that he expected a status hear- ing for the case to be scheduled within the next two to three weeks. THE 'GIRLFRIEND' AND THE HOUSE In April 2011, Della Penna and Sharon Nizolek were interviewed by the Sarasota Herald- Tribune for an article about the Peacock Road house south of the Stickney Point Road intersection on Siesta Key. The article says Nizolek, an interior designer, and Della Penna had been "partners in life for 13 years" and had become "partners in a major house-building project …" Regarding their almost 10,000-square-foot home on Siesta Key, it says the house "reminds them so much of the shingle-style homes of Newport, Cape Cod, Kennebunkport or the understated mansions in the tony villages of Long Island's Hamptons, that the home- owners have named their big white Florida waterside dwelling Hampton." The article adds, "Hampton and [an adjacent] vacant acre are for sale as a package or sep- arately. The house itself is on the market for $8,595,000, offered by Linda Sloan and Cheryl Loeffler of Sotheby's International Realty. It has five bedrooms, seven and a half baths, an infinity-edge swimming pool with spa, out- door kitchen, dock with davits, and terraces off every bedroom, with balconies or porches off several other rooms, too." Sotheby's International later produced a video about the house as part of its effort to sell the property. According to a check of the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's records, the "Hampton" is owned by Nizolek, who purchased the prop- erty in April 2003 for $1,450,000. The record says the current house was built in 2008 with living area comprising 9,375 square feet over two stories. The assessed value of the land and house in 2013 was $4,384,559. THE INDICTMENT From November 2008 through October 2013, according to the indictment, Della Penna solicited investors, most of whom he met through his church, to purchase promissory notes that would mature in 18 months. Della Penna formed or is the managing partner of the following limited liability companies in Florida: Gaeton Capital Advisors, A-G Hedge Group, The Contrarian Fund and the New Economy Fund, the indictment says. According to a search of the Florida Division of Corporations records, all of them except the A-G Hedge Group remain active. Della Penna is listed as the manager of the New Economy Fund with his Peacock Road address on Siesta Key. However, the corporate address for the New Economy Fund is 132 Seaward Way in North Port, the same address given with Della Penna's name as registered agent for The Contrarian Fund and Gaeton Capital Advisors. The A-G Hedge Group, which was active from Oct. 29, 2008, until Sept. 27, 2013, listed Della Penna as the managing member with a different North Port address: 3438 N. Salford Blvd. Sarasota News Leader May 23, 2014 Page 53