Before I continue, let me back track to the beginning, when Mr. Y, our fugitive, was first bailed out. House of Bail Bonds, in Los Angeles, CA, bailed out Mr. Y, with his then girlfriend and his mother as co-signers, or indemnitors for his bail bond. When Mr. Y failed to appear on his bail bond the court ordered a bench warrant for his arrest, but more importantly for the bail bond company, the judge ordered the bail bond forfeited. This means that either the fugitive returns to court within the time allowed by the court, or House of Bail Bonds pays the full bail bond amount of $20,000 to the Los Angeles Superior Court.
California Bail Law allows the bail bond company about six months to return the fugitive to court before having to pay the $20,000. It was Thursday morning, and the court wanted the fugitive in custody by Sunday before midnight. The bounty hunter was handed the file and informed of the deadline. When he asked why he was just then handed the file, he was told that it had slipped through amongst the other thousands of files. So with less than 4 days to find the fugitive, the hunt began.
This human hound dog sniffed through the fugitive’s file for any clues as to his whereabouts. The sleuth then input the fugitive’s clues into his computer and came up with a few possibilities as to Mr. Y’s whereabouts. The Bounty Hunter gathered his team of elite operatives and proceeded to those locations. Within hours the hunter’s leads had gone not cold but out of state.
The fugitive no longer lived at the apartment listed as his place of residence in his bail bond application. The new renters there were in a little shock since their apartment door was almost turned into toothpicks, but they were relieved that the warrant wasn’t for them! The girlfriend’s new address was merely her mailing address. The person who did live there was a friend of Mr. Y’s girlfriend, and he gladly volunteered to tell everything he knew about our fugitive. He stated that Mr. Y’s girlfriend now lived in Arizona, with her ‘new’ boyfriend. The last one, Mr. Y, had broken her ribs and given her a black eye. Mr. Y was now living on an indian reservation near Flagstaff, Arizona. So with this new information the Bounty Hunter went back to his computer and confirmed this new information as valid.
Since Arizona mandates that only an Arizona Bail Bondsman and Arizona Fugitive Recovery Agent be involved in the apprehension of bail bond skips in their state, our Bounty Hunter put the call out to Arizona’s best Bounty Hunter. Early Friday morning, with less than 3 days left, the Arizona Bounty Hunters were on their way to the Navajo Indian Reservation.
As the Arizona Bounty Hunters kicked dust up into the hot dry air, the first order of business on the reservation was a visit to the tribal police department and an explanation of the business at hand. The police department there was extremely cooperative. They informed the Bounty Hunters that Mr. Y had been a slight problem in their very small town. He had a few minor run ins with the law there but nothing serious.
The agents followed the police vehicle into a dusty canyon a few miles out of town and deeper into the reservation and Arizona wilderness. They arrived at a small village where each breath came with some Arizona dust. An elder from the village of 10 or 12 homes greeted them. The Tribal Police Officer spoke to the elder villager. The elder had the look of weathered wisdom. He raised his arm in the direction of one of the homes and nodded. The family in the home was indeed Mr. Y’s new in-laws. They explained that he had been there about nine months. The family disapproved of their daughter’s relationship with Mr. Y. They recently married nonetheless. The family and Mr. Y did not get along and this led to problems in the small home. Mr. Y and his new wife had now moved to Flagstaff, Arizona. The family did not have an address or number to contact their daughter. They were distraught that she had left, and were concerned for her well being since the couple did not have much money or a definite place to go to in Flagstaff. The hunters had missed Mr. Y by about a week.
To Be Continued…