MANITOWOC, WI — Ryan Basten, Rodrigo Rodriguez and Brian Koenig are all wanted men in Manitowoc County.
The three are part of a warrant list of 1,306 names, Sheriff Rob Hermann said. The list includes warrants issued by the Manitowoc Sheriff's Department, and the Kiel, Two Rivers and Manitowoc police departments. More than 700 of people on the warrant list are wanted by the city of Manitowoc, Deputy Chief Bridget Anderson said.
Warrants are issued if offenders fail to appear for a court appearance, if the offender fails to pay fines or complete a sentenced ordered by a judge or if someone is suspected in a crime.
A warrant was issued for Basten, 18, of Brillion, after he failed to appear for a court appearance in March. He faces two counts of attempted theft, according to court records.
Koenig, 44, of Valders, failed to appear for his jury trial scheduled for October 2004, court records show. Koenig's charged with his fifth offense of operating while intoxicated — a felony.
Rodriguez, 33, of Manitowoc, is wanted for allegedly carrying a concealed weapon.
While some offenders don't know they are wanted, most are, Hermann said. Many offenders change their address often to avoid law enforcement.
"Many of these people are very difficult to find," Hermann said. "Some of these people don't have a permanent address and some people move four or five times a year."
Some people wanted for more serious crimes leave the state or in extreme cases, leave the country, Hermann added.
There are three types of warrant issued for offenders. Body-only warrants mean the person will be taken into custody and later appear in front of a judge. Body-only warrants are often issues for offenders who fail to show up for a court hearing or to serve their jail sentence.
Commitment warrants are issued for offenders who don't pay a fine associated with a sentence. After being arrested, the offender has the option of paying the fine or serves a minimal jail sentence before being released.
The third warrant is the arrest warrant, issued for a suspect of a crime.
Warrants are not issued to motorists who fail to pay parking or speeding tickets, Hermann said. Instead, the state Department of Transportation will suspend the driver's license.
Anderson and Hermann said the departments rarely actively look for offenders wanted on a warrant because of staffing levels and jail population issues. The jail is often at its capacity of about 200 inmates, Hermann said.
Most of the wanted people the departments "stumble upon" after they commit another crime, Hermann said.
Offenders with warrants don't often face additional penalties when caught. If someone fails to appear for a court hearing and is picked up on a warrant, that person may be further charged with bail jumping, Hermann said.
Sometimes, offenders are stopped in other counties or states. Shared information will alert authorities elsewhere of the warrant in Manitowoc County, Hermann said.
Hermann said the county will pay to extradite wanted persons arrested in other parts of the country, but extradition can cost "thousands" if the person is arrested in a far-away state. Costs differ based on transportation and security costs.
Abraham Arriaga, who failed to appear for a court hearing in October 2006, was arrested in January in Houston. Arriaga was wanted in Manitowoc County for delivering cocaine and marijuana and bail jumping.
Arriaga was arrested in Houston after attempting to board a Mexico-bound plane without a passport, according to Manitowoc County Sheriff's Lt. Mark Anderson, commander of the Metro Drug Unit.
Arriaga was later extradited to Manitowoc County and is being held on $10,000 cash bail.
A trial is scheduled for Arriaga for October on the delivery charges. No court date is scheduled for the bail jumping charge.
Anyone with information about an offender wanted in Manitowoc County is asked to call the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department at 920-683-4200.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Let's Hit The Day Care Bubba
Las Vegas - Over the past several months the Eyewitness News I-Team has been bringing you stories about the local bounty hunter industry. Under Nevada law, bounty hunters have a wide latitude to burst into private property while doing their jobs.
The first stories on bounty hunters involved incidents of them bursting into private homes. But then Eyewitness News received a call that had to be checked out to be believed.
A team of bounty hunters burst into to a local day care center full of dozens of children in order to gather personal information about one child's mother. That mother was not even there at the time. And it was all caught on a dramatic 911 tape exchange between the center's director and Metro Police.
At the Heartworks Family Center, games, painting and reading are some of the main activities for the kids. The staff keeps a close eye on their charges. But they never imagined they would have to protect the kids from bounty hunters.
"A man came in the door, and he didn't say who he was. He didn't say hello, he didn't say anything. He had a huge badge; he threw it in my face, and he said 'I'm here and I want to see your files and I want to see your kids. And then he said 'bounty hunter,' " said Theresa Sabatino, director of the Heartworks Center.
Sabatino was at the front counter when three bounty hunters burst in on Nov. 7, 2005, at about 1 p.m. "So I just said 'you're not getting near our children, you are not getting near our files.' And he said I am going to arrest you -- do you get who I am? I said 'I don't care who you are. You know, I really don't care who you are,' " she said.
"He took out a Nevada Revised Statute that he had written on a card, and he threw it at me. And then said 'I am going to take you down, I have had it. I am going to take you down.' And he patted holster, and he had a gun," Sabatino explained.
Sabatino then called 911, explaining a bounty hunter was inside the front office as more than 60 children were on site being cared for that day.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: And he is looking through my paperwork that is confidential. He said his going to arrest us.
Metro 911: He says he is a bail bondsman?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Yes.
As officers were on the way, you can hear on the 911 tape Sabatino comforting her co-workers.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Come on, honey. I know, it's OK.
Unknown Voice: It's confidential paperwork!
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I know that, and my father will deal with this later, OK?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Hello, are you there?
Metro 911: Hang on a second.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: It's escalating.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Metro 911: Is he armed, ma'am?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I'm sorry.
Metro 911: Is he armed?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I believe so. He is a bounty hunter, he's got three of them here and there's one in the front of my building. They are after one of the women here who is a parent. Okay, I am sorry, but he is violent.
Under Nevada law bounty hunters are legally able to make forced entry into private property to arrest fugitives.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I can't have this here. This is a child care center for God's sake. They have her contact numbers; they need to do this elsewhere. He is threatening to arrest all of us now.
Sabatino then breaks down and begins to cry on the 911 tape.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I'm sorry it is just that I have 60 children here that I am responsible for and a staff of seven and the man is standing there telling us -- he's refusing to leave my building and he says he is going to put my child care director's hands behind her back and arrest her.
Sabatino wrote to state and local lawmakers about this incident and received no reply.
The state law on bounty hunters was last updated in 1999. The power allowing bounty hunters to enter private property was left untouched. But Sabatino continues to wonder how is this allowed?
"This is wild, wild, wild, west and I think -- I hope we have come far enough now that people have to be held accountable for what they do and what they did that day was unconscionable. It really was, it was horrible," Sabatino said.
The bounty hunter involved in this incident is Christopher Ball from Silver State Recovery in Henderson. Ball does have a state-issued bail agent license. The I-Team spoke to Ball several times on the phone over two weeks, and he initially agreed to do an interview about this case. But then he stopped taking the I-Team's calls and did not return two follow-up messages.
Metro Police were sent to the Heartworks Family Center but, in the end, there was nothing they could do because officers on the scene determined no laws had been broken.
In order to get a license, bail enforcement agents -- or bounty hunters -- in Nevada need two weeks of training both in the classroom and in the field. They also must pass a written exam. But industry veterans admit that training does not weed out all of the bad operators nor prevent otherwise good agents from making bad decisions
The first stories on bounty hunters involved incidents of them bursting into private homes. But then Eyewitness News received a call that had to be checked out to be believed.
A team of bounty hunters burst into to a local day care center full of dozens of children in order to gather personal information about one child's mother. That mother was not even there at the time. And it was all caught on a dramatic 911 tape exchange between the center's director and Metro Police.
At the Heartworks Family Center, games, painting and reading are some of the main activities for the kids. The staff keeps a close eye on their charges. But they never imagined they would have to protect the kids from bounty hunters.
"A man came in the door, and he didn't say who he was. He didn't say hello, he didn't say anything. He had a huge badge; he threw it in my face, and he said 'I'm here and I want to see your files and I want to see your kids. And then he said 'bounty hunter,' " said Theresa Sabatino, director of the Heartworks Center.
Sabatino was at the front counter when three bounty hunters burst in on Nov. 7, 2005, at about 1 p.m. "So I just said 'you're not getting near our children, you are not getting near our files.' And he said I am going to arrest you -- do you get who I am? I said 'I don't care who you are. You know, I really don't care who you are,' " she said.
"He took out a Nevada Revised Statute that he had written on a card, and he threw it at me. And then said 'I am going to take you down, I have had it. I am going to take you down.' And he patted holster, and he had a gun," Sabatino explained.
Sabatino then called 911, explaining a bounty hunter was inside the front office as more than 60 children were on site being cared for that day.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: And he is looking through my paperwork that is confidential. He said his going to arrest us.
Metro 911: He says he is a bail bondsman?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Yes.
As officers were on the way, you can hear on the 911 tape Sabatino comforting her co-workers.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Come on, honey. I know, it's OK.
Unknown Voice: It's confidential paperwork!
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I know that, and my father will deal with this later, OK?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Hello, are you there?
Metro 911: Hang on a second.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: It's escalating.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Metro 911: Is he armed, ma'am?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I'm sorry.
Metro 911: Is he armed?
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I believe so. He is a bounty hunter, he's got three of them here and there's one in the front of my building. They are after one of the women here who is a parent. Okay, I am sorry, but he is violent.
Under Nevada law bounty hunters are legally able to make forced entry into private property to arrest fugitives.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I can't have this here. This is a child care center for God's sake. They have her contact numbers; they need to do this elsewhere. He is threatening to arrest all of us now.
Sabatino then breaks down and begins to cry on the 911 tape.
Theresa Sabatino/911 Call: I'm sorry it is just that I have 60 children here that I am responsible for and a staff of seven and the man is standing there telling us -- he's refusing to leave my building and he says he is going to put my child care director's hands behind her back and arrest her.
Sabatino wrote to state and local lawmakers about this incident and received no reply.
The state law on bounty hunters was last updated in 1999. The power allowing bounty hunters to enter private property was left untouched. But Sabatino continues to wonder how is this allowed?
"This is wild, wild, wild, west and I think -- I hope we have come far enough now that people have to be held accountable for what they do and what they did that day was unconscionable. It really was, it was horrible," Sabatino said.
The bounty hunter involved in this incident is Christopher Ball from Silver State Recovery in Henderson. Ball does have a state-issued bail agent license. The I-Team spoke to Ball several times on the phone over two weeks, and he initially agreed to do an interview about this case. But then he stopped taking the I-Team's calls and did not return two follow-up messages.
Metro Police were sent to the Heartworks Family Center but, in the end, there was nothing they could do because officers on the scene determined no laws had been broken.
In order to get a license, bail enforcement agents -- or bounty hunters -- in Nevada need two weeks of training both in the classroom and in the field. They also must pass a written exam. But industry veterans admit that training does not weed out all of the bad operators nor prevent otherwise good agents from making bad decisions
Teen Impersonates BEA
LONG BRANCH, NJ — A 17-year-old Neptune boy was armed with a pellet gun, and wore a bulletproof vest and a fake badge when he pulled over a city resident and asked for $50 to avoid a summons, police said.
But the victim told the teen he only had $1, and left without turning over any money early Monday morning, police said.
Two blocks away, the victim and his friend flagged down a police sergeant, and soon after, city officers stopped the stolen sport-utility vehicle that the 17-year-old was driving and took him and three of his passengers into custody, Sgt. Michael McGlennon said.
Now, police said they are trying to determine if the group has committed similar crimes with other victims. So they are letting other local departments know about their case and also urging anyone who may have been a victim to call their police department.
Around 1 a.m. Monday, the victims approached Sgt. Jorge Silverio near the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue and told the sergeant that a police officer had pulled him over and asked for $50 to avoid a ticket, McGlennon said.
The victims spoke Spanish and Silverio speaks Portuguese, so he called over Officer Antonia Ahart for a more accurate translation, and she got a description of the teen, and more details about the incident, police said.
The victims told her a man wearing what they described as a uniform — a gun, a police belt, a black shirt and jeans — was driving a gray SUV with a red light on the dashboard, when he pulled them over at Broadway and Third Avenue, said McGlennon.
One of the defendants — later identified as the 17-year-old from Neptune — asked the driver for his credentials, and then the 17-year-old told the victim that the car registration was expired and said he knew the victim was an illegal immigrant, police said. But, the 17-year-old told the victim he would help him for $50, McGlennon said.
But when the victim said he only had a dollar, the 17-year-old allowed him to leave, police said.
After Ahart radioed other officers with a description, Officers Julio Delacruz and Marco Rodriguez and Sgt. Frank Rizzuto spotted the SUV and pulled it over on Rockwell and Union avenues, about a block from Broadway, McGlennon said.
The 17-year-old got out of the SUV, told officers he was a bounty hunter who was searching for someone and tried to walk away, police said.
Police stopped him, and they determined the SUV had been reported stolen in Neptune, McGlennon said.
The other occupants of the vehicle — Paul A. Harvin, 21, of Red Bank; Fatique Snead, 18, of Neptune; and a 15-year-old Neptune boy — were also taken into custody, police said.
The 17-year-old was wearing a black T-shirt, with the words "fugitive recovery agent" in yellow lettering, McGlennon said. The teen wore a bulletproof vest over the T-shirt and also had an imitation police radio with a microphone attached to his vest, police said. He carried real handcuffs, and he wore a nylon duty belt, with a pellet gun in the holster, and a gold, five-star badge that said "special police," McGlennon said.
One of the other defendants, who also exited the SUV when the two victims were pulled over, was wearing a white T-shirt, a black bandana on his head, and a jacket with different color patches on it, police said.
The 17-year-old is charged with impersonating a police officer, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a weapon, receiving stolen property, obstruction and theft by extortion.
The 15-year-old, Harvin and Snead all were charged with conspiracy to commit theft by extortion and receiving stolen property. The 15-year-old also was charged with obstruction.
Anyone with information about this case or similar incidents should call the Police Department at (732) 222-1000. Detectives Kimberly Leave and Juan E. Vasquez are handling the investigation.
But the victim told the teen he only had $1, and left without turning over any money early Monday morning, police said.
Two blocks away, the victim and his friend flagged down a police sergeant, and soon after, city officers stopped the stolen sport-utility vehicle that the 17-year-old was driving and took him and three of his passengers into custody, Sgt. Michael McGlennon said.
Now, police said they are trying to determine if the group has committed similar crimes with other victims. So they are letting other local departments know about their case and also urging anyone who may have been a victim to call their police department.
Around 1 a.m. Monday, the victims approached Sgt. Jorge Silverio near the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue and told the sergeant that a police officer had pulled him over and asked for $50 to avoid a ticket, McGlennon said.
The victims spoke Spanish and Silverio speaks Portuguese, so he called over Officer Antonia Ahart for a more accurate translation, and she got a description of the teen, and more details about the incident, police said.
The victims told her a man wearing what they described as a uniform — a gun, a police belt, a black shirt and jeans — was driving a gray SUV with a red light on the dashboard, when he pulled them over at Broadway and Third Avenue, said McGlennon.
One of the defendants — later identified as the 17-year-old from Neptune — asked the driver for his credentials, and then the 17-year-old told the victim that the car registration was expired and said he knew the victim was an illegal immigrant, police said. But, the 17-year-old told the victim he would help him for $50, McGlennon said.
But when the victim said he only had a dollar, the 17-year-old allowed him to leave, police said.
After Ahart radioed other officers with a description, Officers Julio Delacruz and Marco Rodriguez and Sgt. Frank Rizzuto spotted the SUV and pulled it over on Rockwell and Union avenues, about a block from Broadway, McGlennon said.
The 17-year-old got out of the SUV, told officers he was a bounty hunter who was searching for someone and tried to walk away, police said.
Police stopped him, and they determined the SUV had been reported stolen in Neptune, McGlennon said.
The other occupants of the vehicle — Paul A. Harvin, 21, of Red Bank; Fatique Snead, 18, of Neptune; and a 15-year-old Neptune boy — were also taken into custody, police said.
The 17-year-old was wearing a black T-shirt, with the words "fugitive recovery agent" in yellow lettering, McGlennon said. The teen wore a bulletproof vest over the T-shirt and also had an imitation police radio with a microphone attached to his vest, police said. He carried real handcuffs, and he wore a nylon duty belt, with a pellet gun in the holster, and a gold, five-star badge that said "special police," McGlennon said.
One of the other defendants, who also exited the SUV when the two victims were pulled over, was wearing a white T-shirt, a black bandana on his head, and a jacket with different color patches on it, police said.
The 17-year-old is charged with impersonating a police officer, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a weapon, receiving stolen property, obstruction and theft by extortion.
The 15-year-old, Harvin and Snead all were charged with conspiracy to commit theft by extortion and receiving stolen property. The 15-year-old also was charged with obstruction.
Anyone with information about this case or similar incidents should call the Police Department at (732) 222-1000. Detectives Kimberly Leave and Juan E. Vasquez are handling the investigation.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Skip Shot Near LAX
Los Angeles -- An alleged bail-jumper wounded in a shootout with bondsmen near Los Angeles International Airport was hospitalized Saturday.
The shooting near West Century Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue occurred about 10:30 Friday night, according to Los Angeles police the Pacific Station.
The suspect, whose name was withheld, crashed a car into a utility pole while being chased by four bondsmen.
In the exchange of gunfire following the wreck, the man ran off but was soon caught. He was treated for wounds to his back and an ear.
The suspect will be booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
The bondsmen were uninjured. Detectives were interviewing the bondsmen Saturday.
The utility pole the suspect crashed into fell over in a lane, prompting authorities to temporarily close the Century Boulevard entrance to the airport.
The shooting near West Century Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue occurred about 10:30 Friday night, according to Los Angeles police the Pacific Station.
The suspect, whose name was withheld, crashed a car into a utility pole while being chased by four bondsmen.
In the exchange of gunfire following the wreck, the man ran off but was soon caught. He was treated for wounds to his back and an ear.
The suspect will be booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
The bondsmen were uninjured. Detectives were interviewing the bondsmen Saturday.
The utility pole the suspect crashed into fell over in a lane, prompting authorities to temporarily close the Century Boulevard entrance to the airport.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
New Law In New Jersey
For some folks, it just got harder to get out of jail.
A new state law requires those who post bail for someone charged with a serious crime to submit information to the prosecuting attorney about their bank accounts, real estate and debt.
The idea, lawmakers say, is to keep drug dealers from bailing themselves out with their own ill-gotten gains.
But some in the bail bonds industry are concerned that the new regulation, and the personal information it requests, might scare away even law-abiding clients. Some also say the administration of the law has caused people in some county lock-ups to stay in jail longer than needed.
The law, which went into effect June 1, requires people to submit a "bail source inquiry questionnaire" when bailing or bonding out someone who has been charged with at least one of 19 major crimes. These crimes include any first- or second-degree drug or racketeering charges, murder, kidnapping, carjacking, child endangerment, unlawful weapons possession and recruiting gang members.
The eight-page questionnaire, which is supplied to bonding companies, asks for three years of a defendant's employment history and financial and property information on anyone providing cash for the bail. Phone numbers and addresses of the bail suppliers are also taken.
The questionnaire is submitted with the bail money or bond. But before the defendant is released, the prosecuting attorney has a right to reject the information on the questionnaire and call for an immediate source hearing before a judge.
Proponents of the law say it gives authorities the ability to better monitor the flow of money in the bail bond system, and the power to clamp down on the amount of illicit cash being used.
"If a person goes and takes $10,000 out of an account, it's traceable, it's verifiable," said Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele, D-Paterson, one of the bill's five sponsors.
A spokesman for the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, which runs the county jail, said the law is long-needed.
"Generally speaking it's good for there to be accountability with bail, and that the benefits of crime not be used in making bail," said spokesman Bill Maer.
Area bail-bonds agents said they have lost few if any clients since the new rule went into effect. But some say that could change over time.
"I think it will discourage a lot of future clients," said Christian Martell of Martell Bail Bonds in Paterson.
People who already feel nervous about bailing someone out of jail might be completely scared off if they know a prosecutor will be scrutinizing their finances.
"Society is paranoid as it is," Johara S. Aurfali, a bondswoman who works for Apple Bail Bonds in South Paterson, said. "To have to go and bail someone out and give up the name of your bank and where you live, that makes no sense."
Maer said he didn't believe the law would cause jail overcrowding, even if the new requirements scare off customers.
But both Aurfali and Van Anastos, a Paterson-based bondsman, said prosecutors in counties besides Passaic have not been expedient in reviewing questionnaires, which has left some people in jail longer than necessary. "It's unfair to someone who's locked up," Anastos said.
Aurfali said there is also no guarantee that people will be honest when they submit their questionnaire.
"Most people, whether their money is legit or not, are going to make it look as legit as possible," she said.
If a false statement leads to a source hearing, then it could also lead perjury charges against the person making it.
But that also takes up time of the bail bondsperson, who must be present at the source hearing.
Some bondsmen, however, see some good potential coming from the law.
Martell, whose family has been in the bond industry for more than 20 years, said the law could weed out unlicensed bond agencies.
The source questionnaire also requires the license number of the agency providing the bond.
"I think it could help alleviate it a lot," he said.
A new state law requires those who post bail for someone charged with a serious crime to submit information to the prosecuting attorney about their bank accounts, real estate and debt.
The idea, lawmakers say, is to keep drug dealers from bailing themselves out with their own ill-gotten gains.
But some in the bail bonds industry are concerned that the new regulation, and the personal information it requests, might scare away even law-abiding clients. Some also say the administration of the law has caused people in some county lock-ups to stay in jail longer than needed.
The law, which went into effect June 1, requires people to submit a "bail source inquiry questionnaire" when bailing or bonding out someone who has been charged with at least one of 19 major crimes. These crimes include any first- or second-degree drug or racketeering charges, murder, kidnapping, carjacking, child endangerment, unlawful weapons possession and recruiting gang members.
The eight-page questionnaire, which is supplied to bonding companies, asks for three years of a defendant's employment history and financial and property information on anyone providing cash for the bail. Phone numbers and addresses of the bail suppliers are also taken.
The questionnaire is submitted with the bail money or bond. But before the defendant is released, the prosecuting attorney has a right to reject the information on the questionnaire and call for an immediate source hearing before a judge.
Proponents of the law say it gives authorities the ability to better monitor the flow of money in the bail bond system, and the power to clamp down on the amount of illicit cash being used.
"If a person goes and takes $10,000 out of an account, it's traceable, it's verifiable," said Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele, D-Paterson, one of the bill's five sponsors.
A spokesman for the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, which runs the county jail, said the law is long-needed.
"Generally speaking it's good for there to be accountability with bail, and that the benefits of crime not be used in making bail," said spokesman Bill Maer.
Area bail-bonds agents said they have lost few if any clients since the new rule went into effect. But some say that could change over time.
"I think it will discourage a lot of future clients," said Christian Martell of Martell Bail Bonds in Paterson.
People who already feel nervous about bailing someone out of jail might be completely scared off if they know a prosecutor will be scrutinizing their finances.
"Society is paranoid as it is," Johara S. Aurfali, a bondswoman who works for Apple Bail Bonds in South Paterson, said. "To have to go and bail someone out and give up the name of your bank and where you live, that makes no sense."
Maer said he didn't believe the law would cause jail overcrowding, even if the new requirements scare off customers.
But both Aurfali and Van Anastos, a Paterson-based bondsman, said prosecutors in counties besides Passaic have not been expedient in reviewing questionnaires, which has left some people in jail longer than necessary. "It's unfair to someone who's locked up," Anastos said.
Aurfali said there is also no guarantee that people will be honest when they submit their questionnaire.
"Most people, whether their money is legit or not, are going to make it look as legit as possible," she said.
If a false statement leads to a source hearing, then it could also lead perjury charges against the person making it.
But that also takes up time of the bail bondsperson, who must be present at the source hearing.
Some bondsmen, however, see some good potential coming from the law.
Martell, whose family has been in the bond industry for more than 20 years, said the law could weed out unlicensed bond agencies.
The source questionnaire also requires the license number of the agency providing the bond.
"I think it could help alleviate it a lot," he said.
Warrants Served At 3 Bail Bond Offices in Florida
The Collier County Sheriff's Office served three search warrants Thursday at three area bail bonds offices as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
The search warrants were served at Liberty Bail Bonds, 3375 U.S. 41 E.; Express Bail Bonds, 495 Goodlette-Frank Road; and Express Bail Bonds, 306 First St., Immokalee.
The investigation is active and no further information is available now, the Sheriff's Office reports.
The search warrants were served at Liberty Bail Bonds, 3375 U.S. 41 E.; Express Bail Bonds, 495 Goodlette-Frank Road; and Express Bail Bonds, 306 First St., Immokalee.
The investigation is active and no further information is available now, the Sheriff's Office reports.
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