BRIAN WAS WANTED IN SEVERAL TEXAS COUNTIES FOR CREDIT CARD ABUSE, DRUGS, ASSAULT, AND BOND JUMPING. HE HAD A TOTAL OF 16 WARRANTS, MOST OF WHICH WERE FELONIES. WHEN WE INITIALLY TOOK THE CASE, WE WERE TOLD THAT BRAIN HAD FLED FROM WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND WAS NOW STAYING WITH A FRIEND IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. UPON DOING SOME SURVEILLANCE OF THIS NEW "FRIEND", WE REALIZED THAT SOME THINGS WERE NOT MATCHING UP; THE ADDRESS WAS GOOD; THE VEHICLES MATCHED; EVEN THE PEOPLE AT THIS RESIDENCE WERE IDENTIFIED CORRECTLY. BUT THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM: WE HAD NEVER SEEN OUR FUGITIVE COMING OR GOING FROM THE RESIDENCE. AND IT WAS THE ONLY LINK WE HAD TO HIM. WE HAD TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS "FRIEND", AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, KNEW ABOUT OUR FUGITIVE. SO WE ROLLED THE DICE, AND WENT FULL BORE. THEY WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRIAN, AND IT WAS FINALLY MADE KNOWN THAT HE HAD FLED BACK TO WICHITA FALLS. I CALLED THE BONDSMAN AND TOLD HIM THE LEAD HERE HAD GONE COLD. SO HE TOOK US OFF THE CASE. I CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR BRIAN ON-LINE, AND SURE ENOUGH, I FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN WICHITA FALLS BY THE POLICE AND ANOTHER INVESTIGATOR. THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES THAT NONE OF US WERE PAID ANY MONEY. BUT THERE WAS STILL SATISFACTION FOR ME, KNOWING THAT BRIAN HAD BEEN ARRESTED, AND HAD NOT FLED TO ANOTHER STATE, OR COUNTRY, WHERE IT IS LIKELY THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE RUN FOR MANY MORE YEARS. IN MY BOOK, THE 'GOOD GUY' STILL WON THIS ONE.
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