Unlicensed agent shoots defendant. Not good!

The probable cause statement says Crain told a detective that he was helping Rutter try to catch James. Crain said he's not a bail bond agent but wants to be one. After first denying he carried a handgun, the probable cause statement says, Crain admitted he was armed. The detective wrote that Crain doesn't have a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- One of the four people arrested early Monday for an assault on a man at a convenience store was charged on Tuesday. The probable cause statement against Derek Crain, 27, of Springfield also shows that the victim, John James Jr., was shot in the chest, not stabbed as police said on Monday.

Crain is charged with second-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful acts by a bail bondsman. A judge set his bond at $50,000. He could get a prison sentence of 18 years or more if he's convicted of all those crimes.

James was shot at a Kum & Go convenience store on North National Avenue at Norton Road about 2:35 a.m. Monday. The probable cause statement, which is the basis of the charges, shows Crain was arrested at the scene along with Lance Batman, Jackie Rutter and Clarissa Ferguson. Rutter told the first officer to arrive at the scene that she is a bail bond agent and James was "jumping bail."

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Court records show Rutter's company, GB Allison, posted a $25,000 bond for James last Wednesday. James had been in jail since last fall. He is accused of violating his probation after getting out of a prison last summer. He served time for charges of forgery, theft and other charges, and completed a substance abuse program in prison. The online records show James is due in court for a probation violation hearing on May 10 but don't show that there was a warrant for his arrest.

The probable cause statement says Crain told a detective that he was helping Rutter try to catch James. Crain said he's not a bail bond agent but wants to be one. After first denying he carried a handgun, the probable cause statement says, Crain admitted he was armed. The detective wrote that Crain doesn't have a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Crain told a detective that James was in the bathroom of the Kum & Go store. He said he, Rutter and Batman went to the restaurant to try to grab James. He said James bolted from the bathroom and Rutter used an electric stun gun on him. Crain said he had a handgun in his hand when James knocked him backwards, and the gun "accidentally" fired, hitting James.

Crain told the detective that James ran into the middle of National, where the group grabbed him. He said he asked Rutter what to do with the handgun, and she told him to give it to her or "get rid of it." Crain told the detective that he put the gun in the group's van before police arrived at the scene. Detectives found the gun later when they searched the van.

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One of the four people arrested early Monday for an assault on a man at a convenience store was charged on Tuesday. The probable cause statement against Derek Crain, 27, of Springfield also shows that the victim, John James Jr., was shot in the chest, not stabbed as police said on Monday.

after reading the above I feel that the original poster could have chosen a more appropriate title for his / her topic.

Such as "Man shot in chest during apprehension" The guy apparently is not a BBA and did not claim to be one . . . or is the "unliscenced" meant to alude to the fact that he did not have a pernit to carry a weapon?

I believe the title is appropriate. It is a felony to engage in fugitive recovery without a license in this state.