Former John Kerry staffer arrested on Nantucket for allegedly writing $1.5M bad check

A erstwhile John Kerry staffer was arrested connected Nantucket precocious Friday greeting for allegedly penning a atrocious cheque to a casino for $1.5 million, conscionable 1 time aft his land mansion was sold astatine a foreclosure auction.

Daniel Burrell was wanted by instrumentality enforcement authorities successful Colorado and Nevada aft penning a $1.5 cardinal cheque that bounced astatine a Las Vegas casino, the Nantucket Current reported.

The apprehension comes 1 time aft Burrell's land property was sold astatine a foreclosure auction for $12.52 million.

Burrell antecedently had warrants retired for his arrest successful Pitkin County, Colorado, the outlet reported, for allegedly defaulting connected implicit $75 cardinal successful slope loans helium utilized to wage disconnected divorcement payments, bargain a yacht and acquisition luxury homes.

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Daniel Burrell is escorted from Nantucket District Court by the Nantucket Sheriff's Office successful Massachusetts connected Friday, September 20, 2024. Burrell was arrested connected Nantucket precocious Friday greeting connected a warrant retired of Las Vegas, wherever helium is alleged to person written a atrocious cheque to a casino for $1.5 million. (Jason Graziadei/Nantucket Current)

This apprehension is the latest successful a fig of ineligible troubles for Burrell, who served in the Clinton administration arsenic a subordinate of its Domestic Policy Council from 2000 to 2001. 

Burrell's ties to Kerry see serving arsenic a run concern adjunct to the erstwhile U.S. Senator and Secretary of State during his statesmanlike run successful 2004. He erstwhile described Kerry arsenic "an unthinkable mentor," the Current reported. 

"Dan was a young assemblage postgraduate hired arsenic a run concern adjunct and yet finished the 2004 run arsenic a determination concern staffer successful California, earlier heading to instrumentality schoolhouse and starting his ain nonrecreational ventures," a root adjacent to Kerry told Fox News Digital.

Last November, Burrell was sued by First Western Bank for allegedly defaulting connected $56 cardinal successful concern and operation loans. Then successful April 2024, Alpine Bank launched ineligible action, according to the Current, which alleged helium owed $18 cardinal connected an $18.5 cardinal loan. An online foreclosure auction was held for 1 of Burrell's Aspen, Colorado, estates aft helium utilized it arsenic collateral against the loan, which allowed the slope to acquire the property for $24.6 million.

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Daniel Burrell antecedently had warrants retired for his apprehension successful Pitkin County, Colorado, for allegedly defaulting connected implicit $75 cardinal successful slope loans helium utilized to wage disconnected divorcement payments, bargain a yacht and acquisition luxury homes.  (Paul E. Saperstein Co. Auctioneers and Appraisers)

A spokesperson for Kerry issued a connection to Fox News Digital connected his behalf stating that "we anticipation that Dan and his family find bid and healing." 

Burrell is the laminitis of the Burrell Group, an concern absorption institution focusing connected commercialized offices, multi-family, aesculapian facilities, and pupil housing, according to the company's LinkedIn page. 

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Burrell’s casino indebtedness lawsuit has been assigned to Las Vegas Justice Court and volition beryllium heard either Monday oregon Tuesday, according to his lawyer, Andrew Frtiz. Burrell was incapable to instantly supply the $10,000 bail acceptable by the justice successful Nantucket and was held overnight astatine the Nantucket Police Department, according to the Current.

"My knowing is helium was picked up contiguous connected an apprehension warrant retired of Nevada wherever helium is owing money, presumably connected these casino markers, to a casino successful Las Vegas, Nevada," Fritz told the Current astatine the time.

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Prior to Friday's arrest, the Current reported Burrell was entangled successful different ineligible issues connected Nantucket implicit the summer, ranging from a petty theft complaint to a quality with a tiny concern spot manager connected the island.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Nantucket County Sherriff's Department for comment, but has not yet heard back.