Bondsman fires warning shot into ceiling<\/p><\/div>\n

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Police first publicized the incident on Monday afternoon, a few hours after it occurred. Detectives said at the time that they weren\u2019t sure whether the store\u2019s video-surveillance cameras had captured a kidnapping or something else entirely.<\/p>\n

In the video, the two bondsmen are seen getting in line behind the man they are after. One rushes forward with a gun in hand and grapples with the absconder while the other guards the door. He shoots into the ceiling when a friend of the suspect runs toward them from the parking lot.<\/p>\n

The first bondsman then handcuffs the man they want and takes a gun off him, handing the weapon to his partner.<\/p>\n

An employee at the cleaning business who ran out the back door told police in her call to 911 that she wasn\u2019t sure what was going on, but that one of the men had screamed, \u201cYou\u2019re under arrest, man! You\u2019re under arrest!\u201d<\/p>\n

Such high-profile confrontations between bondsmen \u2014 technically known as bail-bond agents \u2014 and their clients are not unheard of.<\/p>\n

In 2012, a local bondsman shot and wounded a Valleyview man during an apprehension. Those who post bond to cover a defendant\u2019s bail are responsible for making sure the person shows up for all court dates. If the defendant doesn\u2019t, the bond agent must cover the full amount of bail.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Covering the ‘full amount of the bail’ is the last thing the court, the public, or the bail bondsman wants to happen. \u00a0The first thing that is the bail bondsman’s job is to recover the ‘skip’ and turn them back in to the authorities. Frequently the ‘skip’ resists. \u00a0So indeed, their frequently can be confrontation.]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n