Texas Bond skip dies in fight with NY cops

CSI worker who died in scuffle with cop had fled the law in Texas, report says
SILive.com
He jumped bail rather than appear in court on June 9, 1999. “He was really scared of going to jail,” the bail bondsman who got stuck told the Post. Dotson's criminal resume included a marijuana conviction from 1994, for which he paid a $500 fine and ...
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Bail Bondsmen soon to become Dinosaurs ???

Local Law Enforcers Back Pre-Trial Program
Patch.com
In effect they fired a shot across the bow of the bail bondsmen not to push their bill again. File photo Last year a bill in the Florida House of Representatives would have abolished a program used in 28 counties to allow supervised release of persons ...