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Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« on: January 11, 2019, 11:01:46 AM »
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/high-adrenaline-bounty-hunter-industry-operates-with-little-oversight-despite-concerns-over-training-tactics/

I knew just about nothing on bounty hunting before I read this article.  Interesting how little regulated it is and how much the agents can get away with.

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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2019, 11:10:56 AM »
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2019, 11:46:48 AM »
The fact that his last name is Gribble is priceless lol
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2019, 12:45:46 PM »
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Odd. I was able to read the entire article.
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2019, 01:08:33 PM »
I've got very little respect for so called bounty hunters.
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2019, 02:06:57 PM »
The fact that his last name is Gribble is priceless lol

Yeah, that one didn't escape me either.  =D
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2019, 02:41:40 PM »
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I don't know why you always, always hit a pay wall at every news link we post here, but I hope it's because of your ESR Firefox browser.  :P
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2019, 02:51:21 PM »
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Not a paywall.

I got the whole thing.

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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2019, 03:29:19 PM »
Odd. I was able to read the entire article.

Same here.


The fact that his last name is Gribble is priceless lol


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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2019, 06:28:21 PM »
A pop up comes up asking you to sign up, but you can X it out and go back to the article.  I can see it.
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2019, 06:35:39 PM »
Looking at the article, I get the impression the prosecutors are doing their best NOT to prosecute the bounty hunters for serious crimes.  I guess that is hard to prove.
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2019, 06:52:23 PM »
No paywall. The Seattle Times just won't let you through if you keep your adblocker on (at least for adblck plus + firefox). If you whitelist them, you can read all you want.
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2019, 07:22:08 PM »
No paywall. The Seattle Times just won't let you through if you keep your adblocker on (at least for adblck plus + firefox). If you whitelist them, you can read all you want.
You sure they don't just have a filter for him?
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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2019, 07:26:55 PM »
You sure they don't just have a filter for him?

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Re: Become a bounty hunter! Felony convictions don't matter!
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2019, 07:48:35 PM »
For me, the paywalls go away if I use incognito mode and/or clear my cookies.

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