Developer Bart Blatstein paid a debt to an electrical company that did work on the Showboat parking garage and other locations — but only after the contractor got an arrest warrant threatening to bring him before a judge.
Blatstein, who owns the Showboat Resort Atlantic City, owed Buena-based Lee-Way Electrical more than $532,000 for work done at the Showboat and the property at 801 Boardwalk that includes the Island Waterpark.
But he had fallen behind on mutually agreed-upon payments.
After numerous attempts to collect the debt, including the issuance of a court order in March requiring Blatstein and his companies to pay the contractor, Lee-Way obtained an arrest warrant last week for the developer.
It did not seek to incarcerate him, but rather to bring him before a judge.
