The long arm of Johnny Law knows no boundaries
Agent: Joey Orlando
I recently received a case from Big Boyz Bail Bonds located in Baltimore, MD for a guy that failed to appear in the Circuit Court of Maryland for Harford County, better known to the bad guy as "Hazard County." The defendant was charged with violation of probation from a conviction that stems from distribution of narcotics near a school. During the course of my investigation I learned that the Defendant was an aspiring rapper and living in Atlanta, GA.
I spoke to the indemnitor (signer) for the bail which is like a step father to the Defendant but not together with the Defendants mother any longer. The indemnitor spoke to my targets mother and was able to provide me with two cell phone numbers and a first name for each number. I was quickly able to track it to the Defendants girl friend and best friend with full names and addresses. I further entered my targets name through the MySpace website and quickly located photos and video of my target and his best friend.
Low and behold my target listed an address on the website which is the same address that I developed from the cell number of the targets best friend. I contacted fellow agents in Atlanta and advised them of my case and intentions and we made arrangements to meet near the target location. My partner and I traveled to Atlanta and met with fellow agents in Atlanta to make arrangements for post arrest.
I originally intended on hitting both girl friend and the best friends house at the same time but due to a very recent video of the target on MySpace he clearly stated that him and the girl friend were not together anymore, so I focused on the best friends address. My team and I surrounded the apartment and began to knock on the door. A man answered the door and we asked to speak with the best friend to confirm for ourselves that we had the correct information and location.
The man said that he was not home yet. I then asked to speak with his friend Trae (my target). The mans eyes looked toward a bedroom door so we entered that room and my target was standing right there in the middle of the room at 6:20am. We quickly took the Defendant to the ground and placed him under arrest. I advised the Defendant that he is under arrest for the Maryland warrant and off we went, back on the road again.
A total of 26 hours total was drived from Maryland to Atlanta and back to Maryland due to traffic. Now the great citizens of Maryland and Georgia can rest easy tonight knowing that guys like myself under the cover of darkness are fighting crime and keeping the public safe. People really don't know, but we in the bail business never sleep and are relentless when it comes to tracking down people that fail to appear in court thus making us the 2nd best fugitive apprehension people in the United State's the 1st being the United State's Marshalls.
