Threats included arrest, deportation Strong-arm tactics were standard procedure for a La Mesa man who ran a debt collection business out of El Cajon, posing at times as a lawyer or investigator for the district attorney. Edward Mitchell Davis told people he contacted that police were on their way to arrest them and the only way to avoid jail was to pay him immediately for debts the people often didn't even owe, prosecutors said. If he thought they were immigrants, Davis told them they could be deported if they didn't pay or could be arrested at the airport when they...