Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich hit the shelves Nov. 22. At my local library there were over 430 people on the wait list for this book. Why? To find the answer to a question that is bigger than “Who shot J.R.?” WHO did Stephanie invite to go along on her vacation? Ranger or Morelli? Warning: ...
When I first watched “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, on the Discovery Channel, I found it very entertaining and amusing. I then got to thinking. Why would an individual or a group of individuals want to do such a living? Doesn’t the police usually do that. Well the answer is simple. Money and No. There is ...
The Bail-Jumping Bail Bondsman It was June, 2003. Andrew Luster, great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor was running from the law. Charged with sexual assaults of three women in California, Luster had fled the country and ended up in Mexico. He was convicted in absentia of 86 counts, including multiple rape charges. However he had ...
What Does a Bounty Hunter Do? For many people, the term bounty hunter brings up images of vigilante mercenaries, working at the edge of the law bringing in the most wanted of criminals for large rewards. This is the bounty hunter of the popular imagination. In real life, the bounty hunter has a very specific ...
For years now (mostly due to the Hollywood portrayal of the subject), many law enforcement officers and those in the public safety community have been calling for federal oversight and regulation of bounty hunters. The job of bounty hunting has gone by many names, including but not limited to bail enforcement, fugitive recovery, and bail ...
