His accounts have been closed, house sold for taxes, warranties voided, policies cancelled, back wages garnisheed.
After charging workers a check-cashing fee, the brothers then garnisheed for rent, food, work equipment, the ride from Arizona, and daily transportation to and from the fields.
He moved his wife and two daughters into a client's house, and his wife's paycheck for teaching was garnisheed for his debts.
Investigators said Mr. McDermott, who was arrested without a struggle, might have been upset over tax troubles and the company's agreement to an I.R.S. request that his wages be garnisheed to pay back taxes.
The formal police report filed with the court quoted a co-worker as saying that Mr. McDermott had calculated that if his wages were garnisheed, "he would be left with $250-$250-$275periodrior," or two weeks.
In Lowell one year, a boy who wrote a string of bad checks at the Christmas auction had his wages garnisheed and was sentenced to community service.
His payments come primarily out of money that is garnisheed from his baseball pension.
The authorities said tonight that they were investigating whether Mr. McDermott might have been upset about the company's plans to comply with an Internal Revenue Service request that his wages be garnisheed to pay back taxes he owed.
