Dr. Dino faces 288 years in jail for tax evasion

'Dr. Dino' guilty on all counts

Kent "Dr. Dino" Hovind, founder of Creation Science Evangelism and the Dinosaur Adventure Land creationist theme park in Florida ("where Dinosaurs and the Bible meet!"), and his wife face more than 200 years in jail for tax fraud.
Yesterday, Dr. Dino was found guilty on 58 counts, including not paying an $845,000 employee-related tax bill. From the Pensacola News Journal:

U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers released Jo Hovind until sentencing but denied Kent Hovind's request to be released. He most likely will be detained at either Escambia County Jail or Santa Rosa County Jail until sentencing.

(Assistant US Attorney Michelle) Heldmyer said Kent Hovind was a flight risk and a "danger to the community."

His attorney, Alan Richey, argued that the Internal Revenue Service pursued his client because of his religious beliefs.

Kent Hovind, whose life's mission is to debunk evolution, says he and his employees are workers of God and therefore exempt from paying taxes. He pays his employees in cash and does not withhold their taxes or pay his share as an employees

A man who uses religion to evade taxes. Goodbye "Dr." Dino. Maybe when they catch Wesley Snipes you can share a jail cell.

 

Wow even in the Bible it says "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" when they questioned Jesus about taxes. Guess this guy didn't read that part. He deserves what he gets, IMHO.

 

QFT

 

What a silly, silly man.

 

Amen.

SWFreak44 reminded me of the new lord's prayer.

Dear daddy in heaven,

you're perfect
come back soon
I'll do what you say
give me pizza
forgive me 'cause I did bad things
Because you rock.

In Jesus' name,
QFT.

 

Take THAT, you idiot, clog-minded Creationists! *cough* okay, I'm better. By the way, I realize they were arrested for tax issues and not for being Creationist... I just love seeing people like that get crap. It's my vengeful side talking.

 

Karma. Payback's a *****.

 

288 years? Isn't that a bit....stupid?

 

Dr. DinOWNED

 

When has that ever stopped anyone?

 

Creationists aren't always bad people, you know

 

It's in Bible years.

 

What a ******ed fish-monkey.

 

Well I think it's because parole is proportionate to your sentence. For instance (just as random figures), if you have 50 years in prison, you're eligible for parole after the first 10. So the ratio is 5-1. If you have 288 years sentenced, then you won't be eligible for parole while you're still alive.

 

Then why not say "Life in prison without possibility of parole"?

That makes a lot more sense than saying "288 years in prison"...given that the average human life expectancy is around 70-75.

 

Yeah, and for all we know, the guy might live to be 800 like the Bible people did.

 

I want to go to that theme park real bad.

 

Oh but you don't have to go to that theme park, tou can make one yourself! Just go to a toy store and buy some plastic dinosaurs, then by some Flintstones vitamins and put them together in a park-like setting.

1. Charge Admission.
2. Profit.
3. Evade your taxes.

And there you go!

 

I used to love Flintstones vitamins as a kid. I overdosed on them sometimes. They just tasted too good.

 

Oh yes those were some good vitamins. My pee glowed bright, neon colors after consuming them. It was like having my own built in lightsaber!

 

Okay, not ALL are bad... but their beliefs bug me. That's all.

 

why doesn't he argue that he was mentally ill, and he had the impulse to cheat taxes, even though he shouldn't. Might as well, it seems to work for pedophiles and murderers.

 

People like Kent Hovind make me look bad.