This is my most recent arrest as it occured on 5/29/08. It’s also a prime example of how sudden and unexpectedly the dangers of bountyhunting can come into play.

Basically this fella skipped court of course, and I had a few leads to go on.  So I started with his girlfriend’s house thinking that it’s probably where he would be. I go out to the house about 11 pm and peek in the windows. As I’m standing, there I spot the target inside the house.

I try to find a place to call the police but I’m in an area thats very lit and as I go to walk back to my car, the target comes outside. He glances over and sees me and the badge and begins to run. I give chase and catch him after only about 30 yards. He was pretty slow..lol. So I put him face down on the pavement. By the way, we are in an apartment complex in a cul-de-sac.

As I’m cuffing him up a car comes FLYING around the cul-de-sac and right at the last second the driver sees me and locks up the brakes!! By the time the car stopped, the targets’ feet were actually under her front bumper!!  She managed to stop approx. 2 feet from me!!!! Had she not been paying attention or on the phone she most likely would of struck me in the back and ran over the fugitive at about 25 mph. It most likely would have been death for the both of us.

Unfortunately, I dropped the f-bomb on her about 10 times and she left. There’s really no need to be going so fast in an apt. complex!! It just goes to show that sometimes the danger is not the fugitive or any of their friends but just unforseen things like traffic. I wasn’t even thinking about a car coming around the turn.. I was concentrating to hard on getting him cuffed and it almost cost me.

Total bond recovered was only $2,750. I wanted to post this for the lesson learned.