Bonded a fella on multiple charges locally several months ago... $10,000 bond... he called a lawyer but did not retain him and consequently, when the court date rolled around and he did not show (assuming that since he had contacted an attorney, he would be there... duuuu.... no pay, no show) well, the court issued a show cause/FTA on him and placed an active warrant on him but did not pick him up....
Newspaper article that week.... "Anyone having information on the whereabouts of "------------" please contact the "<<>>" sheriffs dept; Mr. <<>> is wanted in connection with multiple charges resulting from .... blah, blah, blah... and also for failure to appear on these charges in the <><>> general district court last Thursday."
The paper also made mention that I had bonded him out, but did not also mention that I picked him up and put him back in jail (BEFORE THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WAS ON THE NEWSSTANDS LOOKING FOR HIM!!!) and was now off the bond.... nope no mention. In fact, no mention of him ever being put back in jail by anyone was mentioned afterwards or since.
All I did was call him while I was in front of his house, he came out with the phone in his hand and I simply told him to get in my car so we could go to the magistrate and get it straight....
which we did. No cuffs, no pepper spray, no physical action at all... 99% of mine are like that.... and none ever have been reported and probably never will be... mainly because, quiet, easy going activity does not sell as an interest story...It sounds like much of what you (Bill) and Scott and several others on here do would garner some media attention but what I do is usually just too laid back to interest anyone... so I make light of the tales and just relate them here.
Scott and many other professionals on FRN have brought it up in the past that most of us usually do not want too much notoriety... I talk a lot of stuff on here.... FRN... but say or post nothing in the real world, as in the papers.....
I will simply say this............. I think Bill W. has a valid point, you guys should relate your success stories to the media since it would certainly put us in a much better light... I of course, will just continue to tell my tales on FRN... just for laughs. No one wants to read about me in the funny papers but serious bond and BEA stories do sell papers and TV spots and when we are successful in our endeavors, we need to tout them in public.
After all, we need to toot our own horns once in a while.