Walking dead man Raymond Roth washed up back in jail this morning after allegedly violating protection orders and repeatedly calling his estranged wife, authorities said.
Roth, 47, is already facing a slew of charges in connection to an ill-conceived plan to fake his own death for life-insurance money, prosecutors said.
He surrendered to cops yesterday morning at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, where he had been treated for anxiety for nearly two weeks.
He pleaded not guilty and posted $100,000 bond.
But within hours of his release, the not-so-dead man allegedly called his soon-to-be ex-wife Evana Roth, who has an order of protection against him.
“It was eerie, I was scared and I started to shake,” Evana Roth said. “He was getting out to control me. It’s intimidation.”
The terrified wife’s lawyer Lenard Leeds said: “Apparently he violated the order or protection almost as soon as he had the opportunity to do so.”
Raymond Roth allegedly called his wife three times. On the third call, she didn’t pick up and let it go to voice mail.
“Hello Evan [nickname for Evana]. It’s me,” Raymond Roth said, in his phone message obtained by The Post.
“Um I’m just calling to tell you, you know I still love you. And I know you still love me.”
The suspect apparently wanted to hash out plans for making house payments.
“We do have a house to sell. We need to get together on the subject or sell it or let the bank take it — one way or another,” he said.
“We still need to make payments on it and everything. So, one way or another, Evana, we need to talk. Let me know what you’d like to do and I’ll do it. Thank you.”
Cops picked up Roth this morning at a relative’s home in Long Beach and charged with criminal contempt.
Nassau County prosecutors asked for $1 million bail, but the judge said it was only a misdemeanor charge and set bond at $10,000.
Roth pleaded not guilty, posted the bond and walked free, again.
Brian Davis, Raymond Roth’s defense lawyer, insisted his client wasn’t out to intimidate his wife. The attorney said he assumed Roth would know not to call his wife, after the judge verbally ordered him yesterday to not have any contact with her.
“I never told him not to call. I just assumed [he wouldn’t],” Davis said. “He didn’t call her up to harass her. He called her up about selling the house.”
The suspected scammer is at odds with Evana and son Jonathan Roth, stemming from a wild goose chase on July 28 at Jones Beach.
That’s when Jonathan Roth reported his dad missing, claiming that he vanished after walking into the surf. The report launched a massive and costly rescue effort by cops and the Coast Guard.
Days later, the younger Roth allegedly tried to cash in on his dad’s life insurance policy — all while the pop dad was headed south.
Raymond Roth was staying at his Florida timeshare and picked up a speeding ticket in South Carolina, all while allegedly dead.
Also during this time, wife Evana said she found father-to-son emails, dated July 27, on a family computer laying out this weird plot.
Raymond Roth now insists he was suffering a mental break down and just needed to get out of town. The dad claims he had no idea son Jonathan would try cashing in on the life insurance.
But Jonathan and Evana Roth blame it all Raymond Roth, accusing him of orchestrating the whole, kooky scheme.
The Nassau County DA has charged both Roth men and said they worked in tandem to cash in on $410,000 in life-insurance policies.
Prosecutors have said that an air and sea search for Roth cost some $30,000.
Additional reporting by David K. Li