Orange County's once most-famous meter reader, Roy Kronk, wants bounty hunter Leonard Padilla to hush up.
Kronk is tired of hearing the California cowboy-hat-wearin' and toothpick-chewin' Padilla drag his name into conspiracy theories about Caylee Marie Anthony --the 2-year-old whose remains were discovered in the woods near Suburban Drive by Kronk on Dec. 11.
Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in her daughter's death.
Kronk's attorney, David Evans, sent Padilla a letter last week to put the bounty hunter on notice: Be quiet or prepare for a potential legal fight.
"We are cataloging each and every false and defamatory statement you have made concerning Mr. Kronk and will be thoroughly reviewing your public statements," Evans wrote in the Feb. 20 letter.
"Even though your public statements are pure speculation, with absolutely no factual basis . . . they are taken by many who do not know better as being true," the lawyer wrote.
Orange County hired Evans to represent Kronk. Evans is earning $225 hourly -- about $100 less than his normal rate, according to the terms of his agreement with the county. The fee is capped at $10,000.
Padilla doesn't understand why his talk of Kronk is such a big deal.
It's no secret what he is doing, Padilla said.
He's simply looking into the circumstances of how Caylee's remains were found. He has spoken to some of Kronk's co-workers and relatives.
"Things just don't add up," he said about how Kronk discovered the remains.
Padilla is convinced the former meter reader was somehow tipped off.
It's possible, Padilla said, that Kronk may not know why the tip came to him.
"I'm continuing to get the bottom of it," Padilla said.
Orange County sheriff's officials have said Kronk was never a suspect and is not linked to the Anthony family.
Kronk, who came cross the remains while on the job, has transferred to an inventory-control job in a county warehouse.
Why is it Leonard Padilla's job to investigate how Roy Kronk found Caylee Anthony's body? The family isn't working with him and the police aren't working with him. So why won't he just go away.
former Orange County meter reader who found the remains of missing Caylee Marie Anthony has paid part of the $10,000 child support debt he owed his ex-wife.
Roy Kronk owed the money for his son who is now in his 20s; he stopped paying in his former wife several years ago. He recently paid her $5,000 to settle the debt, she told the Orlando Sentinel in an e-mail.
Kronk's attorney, who is was retained with county money, sent a brief e-mailed statement to the Sentinel confirming Kronk's $5,000 payment.
"I can confirm that Mr. Kronk has made a child support payment of $5,000," David Evans wrote. "I am not authorized to comment further at this time regarding the ongoing status of the child support situation, other than to say that Mr. Kronk is working through the Maryland child support process in an appropriate way."
Kronk found the remains of missing Caylee Marie Anthony on Dec. 11 and ended the five-month search. Casey Anthony, 22, is charged with the toddler's murder, and investigators think she killed the girl in middle to late June.
According to an article published today on the Southern Maryland Online news site, the state's Child Support Enforcement Administration collected the money from Kronk recently. The agency was able to find Kronk after he appeared on a national morning news show and reportedly paid thousands of dollars for a photo of a snake that he found near the remains.
Looks like he paid only because they tracked his butt down.
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