Posted on 01/29/2006 4:54:55 PM PST by elkfersupper
An Albuquerque based bounty hunter was arrested Wednesday night for breaking into the wrong house – a house that belongs to an Albuquerque police officer.
Police say that on January 14th, 37-year-old RobertTurner was looking for someone who hadn’t lived at the particular house for 25 years when he broke into a home. There were two kids in the home at the time.
“It’s not only reckless but it’s frightening, if you think about somebody giving your address and somebody entering your home,” said APD spokesman John Walsh. “In this particular case we had two teens, 11 and 15 years old, at home and it frightened those two kids to the point where they went to a back room.”
Turner works for Affordable Bail Bonds of Albuquerque. Police are investigating whether he represented himself as a law enforcement officer.
Turner was apprehended Wednesday evening in a car that looked like a police officer’s car. His business card says he is an “agent” and features a logo with a police badge on it.
If this guy had ended up dead, it would have been his own fault.
Would the bounty hunter have been arrested if the victim had not been a cop?
DOH!
I doubt that it's legal for a bounty hunter to break into someone's house.
Ping.
The cop or the bounty hunter, and why?
Cops break into the wrong house all the time.
You think? :') Would he have been arrested if he made a mistake and broke in to your grandma's house?
Probably not, nor would it have made the news.
Likewise, cops are not arrested when they break into the wrong house.
The law isn't too complicated. B&E 'is' on the table of things allowed.
It would probably be a lot more serious than that if he broke into my Grandma's house. She died years ago.
If the skip was in Grandma's house it would be legal. If not, he's in for jail time.
Unless the B&E is perpetrated on a cop and a cop's house by mistake, apparently.
Both actually, but my comment here was specifically about the bounty hunter. I know cops also seem to do this kind of thing on a fairly regular basis, but the innocent homeowner is far more likely to get killed in that situation because there are usually a bunch of cops involved.
Mine too and I still miss her. I believe he should have been arrested. I was just asking if they are usually arrested when this happens to others though.
The "mistake" part is the point of legality. If the skip was in the house, cop or not, he had a legal right to go in and get him/her. Locked door or not.
Maybe this is why he was arrested:
"Turner was apprehended Wednesday evening in a car that looked like a police officer’s car. His business card says he is an “agent” and features a logo with a police badge on it."
Lucky for him, it wasn't THIS house.
When persons unknown come crashing into one's home, the innocent homeowner is perfectly justified in using lethal force. It should never even get to a jury.
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