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Jersey Shore Powerboat Racer Admits Faking Disappearance To Avoid Prosecution, US Attorney Says Jersey Shore Powerboat Racer Admits Faking Disappearance To Avoid Prosecution, US Attorney Says
Jersey Shore Powerboat Racer Admits Faking Disappearance To Avoid Prosecution, US Attorney Says A professional powerboat racer from Atlantic County has admitted faking his offshore death to avoid bank fraud charges, authorities said. Andrew Biddle, 45, of Egg Harbor Township allegedly disappeared for more than six months in 2014 after staging a sailboat crash, according to a federal indictment.  Biddle pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Wednesday,  Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Biddle admitted that he and a passenger took a boat out of Seavillage Marina in Northfield and traveled across Great Egg Harbor Inlet to a restaurant in Somers Point to have dinne…

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