Most states require that bounty hunters be licensed given the demanding and potentially violent nature of their work. Oklahoma recently instituted a law that bounty hunters must be certified through the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET). Such …
The sound of gunshots filled the air and a small pool of blood saturated the front lawn. The screams of a man in trouble could be heard from a neighboring house when Randall Wheeler was outside washing his car. While …
A commitment to the military is a noble and challenging career path. Unfortunately, constant deployments overseas leave many veterans feeling uncomfortable and out of place when it comes time to transition into the civilian workforce. With honorable discharges in hand, …
Animal Planet’s series, “Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters,” is back for a second season. The series, which is filmed in locations in Colorado and Montana, follows the bounty hunting teams of Colorado’s Clint Simmons and Dayson Goetz and Montana’s Mike “Animal” …
It isn’t often that a fugitive that is recovered by a bail bondsman and taken to the local jail is refused by that jail – but that is exactly what happened recently in Chalmette, Louisiana. Fugitive recovery agent Wayne Lozier …
In the state of California, bounty hunters – or fugitive recovery agents, as they often prefer to be called – are a growing faction. California has one of the highest numbers of bounty hunters per capita, which is part of …
Bounty hunters who work in the lower Michigan/upper Indiana region – or Michiana as it is often called – prefer to refer to themselves as “fugitive recovery agents.” But regardless of what you call them, these men and women take …
In late October there was an incident in Oklahoma City which occurred when bail bondsmen were apparently trying to serve a warrant for drug and robbery offences on Anthony Bruce. During the process, guns were fired and luckily no one …
A woman from Minneapolis appeared in District Court in Beltrami County this week after being captured by a bounty hunter in Bemidji, Minnesota. 25-year-old Delisha Rae Rodriguez and two male accomplices were arrested earlier this year in Bemidji after they …
The search for self-described survivalist Eric Matthew Frein in Pennsylvania will no longer include bounty hunters because they cannot legally make arrests in the state. Despite rewards being offered for Frein’s capture that total $175,000, the vast majority of the …