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Siesta Seen Siegel reported that the shirt was soaked in the incident. The charge essentially did not fit the crime, Yuter explained. Criminal Mischief counts usually are related more to the breaking of items, such as a cellphone, for example, he pointed out. However, the matter of restitu- tion for the shirt can be addressed during the battery case, he said. Yuter, by the way, handles the white-collar crime cases for the State Attorney's Office. Therefore, he also is dealing with the larger case against Siegel, in which no action has taken place since Siegel's May 23 arraignment. In that case, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office charged Siegel — also on April 28 — with 19 counts of Fraud Swindle-Obtain Property Over $5,000 in connection with rental deals involving his 6537 Sabal Drive house on Siesta Key. Victims across the coun- try say Siegel owes them a total of more than $53,000 for representing that the house had 12 bedrooms when it has only five. The reduced number resulted from his efforts last year to bring the property into compliance with county and Federal Emergency Management Agency codes. As for the liens related to the illegal construc- tion, I learned from the Office of the County Liens reportedly remain unpaid in Code Enforcement cases regarding the Siegel house at 6537 Sabal Drive on south Siesta Key. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader July 18, 2014 Page 60