The Martin County Sheriff’s Office shared new details this afternoon related to Monday’s theft of a luxury yacht from a local marina , resulting in a chase for more than an hour and the eventual arrest of a suspect.
The suspect was identified as Nikolai Vilkov, 29, a Russian national who investigators believe was attempting to flee to the Bahamas after the 68-foot vessel was stolen at the Blowing Rocks Marina near Tequesta.
Sheriff John Budensiek said Monday they were still attempting to figure out “where (Vilkov) came from, what he was doing and what he was planning to do with the vessel.”…