Illegal Immigrants Blamed for Full County Jails

TEXAS - Ochiltree County is coping with extra inmates and some claim that illegal immigrants who have committed state crimes make up a large portion of the inmate population. Immigration and Custom Enforcement puts holds on undocumented immigrants, which makes it difficult for these inmates to get bonds to get out of jail. A new proposed agreement between Ochiltree County Jail and the Dallam-Hartley County Jail could solve the problem by permitting the county to ship inmates to the bi-county jail. The cost would be $40 per day per inmate.

Bounty Hunters Search for Madeleine

UNITED KINGDOM - British businessman Brian Kennedy has offered a generous £1 million reward for the safe return of Madeleine McCann. As a result, a group of bounty hunters have stepped up efforts to find the missing girl and have focused their efforts in Morocco, where a number of sightings of the girl have been reported.

Bondsman Embroiled in Murder Plot

ST. LOUIS, MO - St. Charles County bail bondsman Virgil Lee Jackson has been sentenced to a decade in prison for plotting to kill competitor Gerald “Jerry” Cox. Jackson plead guilty to the murder-for-hire charge. Cox had been threatened by Jackson, and Jackson believed that Cox was stealing customers from his business. When Jackson's application for a general bail bond license was turned down in September of 2005, he met with a man to discuss Cox’s killing. The man turned out to be an informant, so Cox was not harmed and Jackson was arrested.

Dog in the Doghouse

HONOLULU, HI - Popular reality show Dog the Bounty Hunter has been put on hold after Duane "Dog" Chapman was taped making racist remarks. In response to the incident, the Hawaii chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized a forum at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church to discuss racism in society. Chapman has apologized for the incident.