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| Author: | Eagle [ Tue 23 Sep 2008 11:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/200 ... in_custody Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Published: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 7:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 22, 2008 at 10:37 p.m. Three men who claim to be bail bondsmen are in custody after they apparently flashed badges, a gun and posed as law enforcement officers in robberies in Boaz and the Kilpatrick area during the weekend. Collinsville Police Chief Gary Bowen arrested the men Sunday night after he spotted a sport utility vehicle and three men inside who fit the description given in the robberies Saturday and Sunday. Donny Lynn Hollingsworth, 29, and David Edwin Taylor, 35, both of Guntersville, and Joey Lynn Stephens, 40, of Boaz, are in custody in DeKalb County, charged with first-degree theft, second-degree burglary and criminal conspiracy, DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris said. The men claimed to be working with two area bail-bonding companies as “bounty hunters,” Harris said. The men are suspects in two separate incidents in the Kilpatrick area Saturday afternoon in which three men, dressed in black and one carrying a handgun, went in the homes and posed as FBI agents who were part of a fugitive recovery unit and said they were looking for a suspect, Harris said. The men searched the houses and took money from people inside the houses before leaving in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle. Boaz police detectives are investigating a similar incident that happened Sunday at a house, Boaz Police Chief Terry Davis said. Three men wearing badges around their necks and dressed in black — one wearing a T-shirt that had the letters FTA on it — went inside a house on Denson Avenue about 11 a.m., Davis said. The men apparently told the victims inside the house that they were federal officers looking for marijuana. The men took more than $1,000 in cash from the men’s wallets and left in a dark-colored SUV. Bowen said he had heard the alert for a dark-colored SUV and three men connected with the incidents on Saturday and Sunday, but got a call about 5:30 p.m. Sunday that an SUV and three men fitting the description were seen in Collinsville on Railroad Avenue. He drove in that direction and then spotted the SUV pull onto North Valley Drive, which is U.S. Highway 11. Bowen said he called for backup from Collins-ville Assistant Chief Rex Leath and was waiting for Leath when the men in the SUV pulled into an old motel that is now apartments. Bowen said he stopped nearby and watched the men go up to a door at one of the apartments. When they got back in the SUV, they drove toward him and got out, explaining they were bail bondsmen and had a flier of a man they were looking for. Bowen said Leath arrived a short time later and the men were arrested. After the men were arrested Sunday in Collinsville, Davis said investigators went to DeKalb County and have determined the three men in custody are the suspects in the Boaz robbery. He said he expects the men to be charged with robbery and impersonating a police officer. The men were apparently targeting Hispanics, Davis said. He said he is concerned there have been similar crimes that have gone unreported. “A legitimate bounty hunter isn’t going to steal money,” Davis said. |
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| Author: | KARMA [ Tue 23 Sep 2008 13:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
Quote: Three men wearing badges around their necks and dressed in black — one wearing a T-shirt that had the letters FTA on it ~ EAGLE FTA ? |
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| Author: | Eagle [ Tue 23 Sep 2008 13:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
LOL, yea I noticed that. I'm not sure what was on the shirts, but 3 different papers said FTA was on their shirts. It's possible that the person feeding the info to the media might have mis quoted. |
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| Author: | speezack [ Thu 25 Sep 2008 06:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
Eagle wrote: “A legitimate bounty hunter isn’t going to steal money,” Davis said. Just more bad press on us and our profession.... I am however, glad for the above quote that at least appears to be a positive spin on us... GOD knows we need all the good spin......... we get plenty of bad spin. |
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| Author: | SnoWolf [ Thu 25 Sep 2008 10:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
I agree...more bad press by those that aren't true to the profession. |
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| Author: | SpanielPI [ Thu 25 Sep 2008 11:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
Often times, when searching for fugitives, I encounter hispanics that are somehow connected to the case. On many occasions, they have simply handed thier wallets over to me, usually with some cash in it. I have always returned thier wallets back to them, cash intact, and asked them to count it out to make sure it was all there. In one instance, where everyone was claiming they didn't speak English, the guy thanked me in English for not stealing from him. I recently discussed this experience with a cop buddy of mine. She explained to me that in alot of the Latin American countries, that is the accepted custom. When a citizen gets pulled over by a cop, it is customary to simply pay the cop whatever you have on you and everyone goes thier own way. The area these idiots were operating in are heavily populated by Hispanics. So if they experienced the same thing I have, then they obviously capitalized on it and tried to expand it. |
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| Author: | tsuggs [ Thu 25 Sep 2008 13:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
Lets see, Driving a dark SUV. Wearing dark clothes. Badges hung around their necks. What an original idea! |
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| Author: | AWOBB [ Thu 25 Sep 2008 22:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Three claiming to be bail bondsmen in custody |
tsuggs wrote: Lets see, Driving a dark SUV. Wearing dark clothes. Badges hung around their necks. What an original idea! D.O.G.S. wanna beeeeesssss. |
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