TIGHT SPOT!
Agent: Joey Orlando
This case is a repeat offender, a guy that always seems to find himself on the run. The defendant failed to appear in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland. I was contacted by Big Boyz Bail Bonds in Baltimore Maryland and asked to locate and arrest the pesky Defendant.
The Defendant was wanted for cable fraud, an unusual crime but a warrant nonetheless. My partner and I went to the last known address of the defendant which is also the same address as the Indemnitor (signer) at approximately 3am. Upon knocking on the door I was able to make contact with the Indemitors husband. The husband advised me that the Defendant should be in the basement apartment with his son because his vehicle was parked in front of the house and he doesn't have any other means of transportation.
After beating on the door for about an hour I was able to dislodge a towel that was hanging over the glass door that enabled us to see throughout the apartment. The apartment looked as if no one was home but there was a room that we could not see into. The Indemnitor's husband insisted that the target had to be in there with his son and his son was too young to be away from home. I gave the door a little push and I noticed that the top of the door flexed a little but the bottom was extremely tight and appeared to be sealed from the inside. Looking down towards the floor I noticed a 2 by 4 wedged against the door to prevent entry. I decided to break the door down and conduct a search for the defendant.
Upon entering the room that I could not see into, I discovered a young boy approximately 12 years of age sitting on his bed as if nothing was wrong. Through my knowledge and experience in bounty hunting it clearly indicated to me that my target was hiding. I began a thorough search of the apartment which took about an hour before finding my target hiding in a pile of junk that was as high as the ceiling. Once I located him he came out and surrendered himself to me. I placed him under arrest and transported him to jail.
I will never understand why this guy put his own son in harms way as anything could have happened once we breached the door to conduct a search. I even yelled out that a K-9 officer was going to send in the dog after him and he never said, "Ok I am coming out, my son is here, please don't send in the dog". Despicable!
