0:00:02 > 0:00:07This programme contains very strong language.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13DIAL TONE
0:00:13 > 0:00:15'Virginia Beach Public Safety.'
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Hey, this is Christian Matlock, bail enforcement agent.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- 'Yes, how can I help you?' - I need to check in an address
0:00:20 > 0:00:24- with you on Northampton Boulevard. - 'Do you need assistance with that?'
0:00:24 > 0:00:28No, I'm just letting you guys know that I'm in the area.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- I'll call you when I'm done.- 'All righty.'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This time of night, believe it or not,
0:00:37 > 0:00:38up on this Northampton Boulevard,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41where we're going, it's lively. You know? You would think
0:00:41 > 0:00:43it's the afternoon up there.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45All the guys with drugs. They sell drugs up there.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48If you want something illegal, you can find it up here.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50Doesn't matter what it is, it's up here.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56That's a truck stop right there. That's where you can get the women.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59So, you've pretty much got drugs on the right, women on the left.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Depends whatever you're in the mood for.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04PHONE RINGS
0:01:04 > 0:01:05Informant.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Hello?
0:01:08 > 0:01:11It's 1am in Virginia Beach,
0:01:11 > 0:01:12on America's Atlantic Coast.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15We are on a manhunt,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18chasing a fugitive who has just been recalled to jail.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Nothing?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I'll get the other side.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26That's Dwayne. He's the, um...
0:01:27 > 0:01:28He's my backup.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Sharp eyes, that guy.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36We meet an informant in the car park of a government housing block
0:01:36 > 0:01:38and she identifies the man we're looking for.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Is that him? Dwayne.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- What's up, buddy?- Hi, how you doing? - Can you put that bag down for me?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- All right, then.- Yeah, put it down.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- Anything in your pockets? - Yeah. What's going on?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51You're going to jail today.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Well, I don't want to go to jail, you know?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58But you have to be accountable for things that you do.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I mean, I'm working and all but, being an ex-veteran
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and all, like that, I'm dealing with a lot of PTSD and all that.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10I drink a lot of alcohol to, you know, get rid of the sorrow and all.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15I can't feel sorry for everyone
0:02:15 > 0:02:17or I'd just end up taking the handcuffs off everybody.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20You know?
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Thought about taking them off many times and letting folk go,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26but I can't do that.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32This is what I signed up for.
0:02:50 > 0:02:5228-year-old Christian Matlock
0:02:52 > 0:02:55was born and raised in Brechin, in the east of Scotland.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58# I've been a bad, bad boy
0:02:58 > 0:03:00# And I know I should be good... #
0:03:00 > 0:03:04At 21, he left Brechin and moved to Virginia,
0:03:04 > 0:03:06in search of his American father.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I was at the point where
0:03:11 > 0:03:14I was getting into a lot of trouble.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Couldn't find a job.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Plus, I've always thought that, you know,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21America looked a lot cooler in the movies.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24So, I thought I'd come and give it a try.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29In Virginia, like most American states,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34it's not only cops who get to carry guns and chase criminals.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36If you want to, you can go to school,
0:03:36 > 0:03:39get a licence and become a bounty hunter.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43In some states, you don't even need a licence.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46GUNSHOTS
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Seven years ago, that's exactly what Christian did.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55'I'm not your typical bounty hunter.'
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Cos I know other bounty hunters
0:03:57 > 0:03:59and I know they're fucking arseholes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02The big tactical, Rambo-looking cunts.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Should I not say "cunt"?
0:04:10 > 0:04:11'I mean, don't get me wrong, dude.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16'every boy or every man, right, wants to have a gun
0:04:16 > 0:04:19'and they want kick in doors and be all tactical and shit, right?'
0:04:19 > 0:04:21What the fuck is that?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23'It's exciting being like that.'
0:04:23 > 0:04:26But I prefer to be more of the, like, undercover detective,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27kind of, guy.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Bounty hunters are contracted by bondsmen -
0:04:37 > 0:04:40moneylenders who offer to cover bail money to those who can't afford it,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43in exchange for a 10% commission.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46If the accused fails to show in court, the bondsman loses
0:04:46 > 0:04:51the entire sum, unless a bounty hunter can track down the fugitive.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57About to meet a Chesapeake bondsman, Joey Belcher,
0:04:57 > 0:05:02to get a couple of files for some people that he can't find.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Or he's having difficulty finding. I don't know what the problem is yet.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Sup?- Hello, Christian.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16What have you got?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17Got a guy.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Heroin.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24He's violated both bonds for pre-trial.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27He was down in Virginia Beach.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Parents own this company down in Virginia Beach,
0:05:42 > 0:05:43supposedly where he works.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Who else you got?
0:05:47 > 0:05:49I got a girl. Another junkie.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Young girl.- How old is she?
0:05:54 > 0:05:5519-20.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Fucking hell.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Looks like a scene from The Walking Dead, doesn't it?
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Both of them got ties right across the line, North Carolina.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- I see that. Both addresses are in North Carolina.- Yeah.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11But they're all coming up here, because they buy their dope cheaper.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I ain't worried about it. And it's laced with fentanyl.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Give them a bigger high. All right, buddy.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- Do what you do.- Easy.- Give me a holler if you need me.- All right.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Drugs are really bad, especially in this area.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32This part of Virginia, especially, is really, really bad with heroin.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34That's the big thing right here.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And, right now, it's laced with something else
0:06:36 > 0:06:41that's actually killing people, on the spot, pretty much.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45The first thing I do, I don't know about other bounty hunters,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48but I always check... I always check people on Facebook,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50cos I mean, I don't know what the percentage is but,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53I think everyone's on there, somewhere or other.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Oh, and there we go. See? We found her already.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Right, I've got three mutual friends with her.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06See the difference now in this here?
0:07:10 > 0:07:15August 27, 2015, to last month.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18If she really is a junkie,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20she's either, one, going to want to get drugs,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22or she's going to want to make money.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25We just need to find out which one she wants more.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And then, we'll offer it to her.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34And then, the same as everyone else, they'll come.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37And they'll realise that we're not who we say we are.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42But we do have something for them. It's usually just handcuffs.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Around 80% of the jobs Christian gets are drugs related.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57In recent years, Virginia has been battling a worsening drug scene.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03At present, more than 800 people die each year from heroin
0:08:03 > 0:08:06or opiate overdoses in this state.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14The following morning,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Christian has already made progress on the first of Joey's two files.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23He's contacted Josh, who is working in his mum and dad's repair shop.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Posing as a customer, Christian calls him again,
0:08:27 > 0:08:29to confirm an appointment.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31DIAL TONE
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- AMERICAN ACCENT:- Hi, bud.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'm about ten or 15 minutes away from you.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40OK, where do I come in at?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45All right, well, I'll be with you there soon.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Thanks, bud. Bye.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55He just told us exactly where he was.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Fucking idiot.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08To catch Josh unaware,
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Christian attempts the arrest with no gun and no cameras.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Are you ready for this?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17This is fun. No gun.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40No, actually, I want to talk to you guys.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Today, yeah, if he wants to. If he has the capability to.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51You got anything on you?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52I'm not having a needle.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02This way.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17How long have you been trying to get off of heroin?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22For months? So...
0:10:24 > 0:10:28How much time do you have before you have to use heroin again today?
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Have you got hours or what?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45You OK?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Well, I mean, you've got handcuffs on.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I'm going to pull up and get out, get some fresh air and a smoke
0:10:52 > 0:10:55and, then, whenever you're ready, we'll push that buzzer.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04For finding and putting someone in jail,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Christian gets paid 10% of the person's bond,
0:11:07 > 0:11:09which could be as low as a few hundred dollars,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13or as high as tens of thousands, depending on the crime.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I feel OK, I guess. I mean, I've been better.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I spoke to his mother on the phone,
0:11:23 > 0:11:24and she said that she's over the moon
0:11:24 > 0:11:26that he's actually going to be back in jail,
0:11:26 > 0:11:32because he's probably going to overdose on that heroin any day now.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36He told us that he just took it, about an hour or so
0:11:36 > 0:11:42before we showed up. So, whenever that starts to wear off,
0:11:42 > 0:11:45he's going to be feeling pretty fucking horrible in that jail.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48You've seen Trainspotting?
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Can you imagine doing that in a jail cell?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I'd rather do that on a comfy bed or something.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Being a bounty hunter means that Christian works
0:12:09 > 0:12:12long and antisocial hours.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14All right!
0:12:14 > 0:12:16It also means that many of his friends
0:12:16 > 0:12:18are in the business themselves.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Like Kevin Johnson and veteran bail bondsman, Ernie Sutton.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Christopher Bellarini.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31He used to be the number one bounty hunter around here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36He was crazy. He had an old German Shepherd dog named Major,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38weren't worth a shit. But he told me, he says,
0:12:38 > 0:12:4020 years ago, he told me,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43he says, "You're going to start seeing gangs down here."
0:12:43 > 0:12:46And he was right about the time. It's 22 years ago.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50But now people will shoot, instead of fighting or trying to run.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52I miss the good old days in Scotland.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53No-one shoots anybody in Scotland.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57You just fight. That's what we do.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59You know, in the old days, we had to go knock on doors.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02A lot of stakeouts. Now, a lot of it's what they call...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Cyber shit.- Yeah, the...
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- What do you call it? - Facebook checking's the best.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09- Facebook, yeah.- Facebook checking.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12People want to... They want to put everything on Facebook -
0:13:12 > 0:13:15where they're going, where they've been,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- what they're doing this weekend. Yeah.- I got a woman up in PG County,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Maryland, but she was going to school, right?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23There's five different beauty schools all in the same place,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27but she would check in at this coffee shop every single morning.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Every morning, she was there at the same time,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30getting coffee on her way to school.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34For Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and, then, Thursday, no check-in.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Because I'd checked her into West Winchester jail!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44As well as getting paid to put people in jail,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Christian also makes money getting people out.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49PHONE RINGS
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Hello?- Four years ago,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55he started lending bail money as a bondsman himself.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58How much is your bond? Uh-huh.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01Right.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Christian's received a call from a mother, whose teenage son
0:14:08 > 0:14:10has been arrested for possession of marijuana.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16He's seen the magistrate and he gave them a 5,000 bond,
0:14:16 > 0:14:18in order to get out of jail.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24So, I have to charge this woman 500 and then I'll pay the five grand
0:14:24 > 0:14:25and get her boy out for her.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30And he'll be out until he goes to trial for his case.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45At the jail, Christian pays the bond and the teenager, Alexander,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48is released on bail, with some unusual conditions.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- Did you get your bond?- Yep.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56He's got, kind of, magistrate's conditions, to...
0:14:56 > 0:14:58No driving without...
0:14:58 > 0:15:00No driving without the mother's permission
0:15:00 > 0:15:05and if he's to reside with the mother, has to obey all house rules.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09But, just an hour later,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Christian receives another call from Alexander's mother.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14PHONE RINGS
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Matlock speaking.
0:15:20 > 0:15:21Uh-huh.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Are you being serious?
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Where is he?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Right, I'll see you over there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Apparently, on the way home, he just fucked about, laughed at her,
0:15:43 > 0:15:44said it was all a joke.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Talking about all kinds of stuff. So she wants to put him back in jail.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54This is probably the quickest fucking revoke that's ever happened.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09Sup, man?
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Put your hands on the wall for me.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- For what? - You're going back to jail, mate.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- I'm going back to jail?- Mm-hm.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21You had fun there. That's what she said, wasn't it?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- No.- Right, well, what's going to happen is you and I
0:16:24 > 0:16:25are going to have to have a talk right here
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- and then, we'll find out... Don't. - I'm not trying to do anything,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- so don't... - Don't do anything stupid.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41So, it's 100% that I'm going back into that jail?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- For now, yeah. - I didn't break any of those rules.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I wasn't there, mate. I was not there, so I don't know.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53But it does state on there that you're supposed to obey
0:16:53 > 0:16:54the house rules of your mother.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I'm 18 years old and a graduate of high school. I'm in college.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I haven't done...
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I get it, mate.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12SNIFFLING
0:17:19 > 0:17:21I just want to live with my mom.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23I want everything to be OK again.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27And I didn't do anything wrong to go back.
0:17:27 > 0:17:33- Do you want to talk to her now?- Yes. - Right, it's going to be on here,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35so you're going to have to talk up.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37DIAL TONE
0:17:39 > 0:17:40'You have reached the voice...'
0:17:58 > 0:18:00'I felt bad for him.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04'Haven't really felt bad for anyone I put in jail
0:18:04 > 0:18:05'for quite a while, but that guy,'
0:18:05 > 0:18:07he got me.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It's definitely younger folk like that that need help,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15but when you grow up and you know how you act,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17you know what I'm saying?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22My grandfather picked me up from jail, fucking many occasions,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25and I never acted...I never acted that way on the way home.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43# Blue skies, smiling at me
0:18:45 > 0:18:47# Nothing but blue skies... #
0:18:47 > 0:18:51The next morning, Alexander's mother called Christian at home.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54# Bluebirds... #
0:18:54 > 0:18:57She said that she wanted to get him back out of jail.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00So, I called the jail for her
0:19:00 > 0:19:03and she took custody of him and they went home.
0:19:10 > 0:19:11I don't have any kids,
0:19:11 > 0:19:13so I don't know what it's like dealing with one,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16especially having to be a single parent,
0:19:16 > 0:19:20when you have an 18-year-old boy to deal with, you know?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25It must be tough and stressful for her, I can imagine.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I know I was an arsehole when I was 18.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Maybe that little experience for him,
0:19:33 > 0:19:35getting arrested and then getting arrested again
0:19:35 > 0:19:37and seeing how easy you can actually get put back in jail,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40probably scared him a little bit.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43So, maybe it's one of those few cases where jail actually
0:19:43 > 0:19:46did work...for someone.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Back at work, Christian returns to the second file
0:19:55 > 0:19:57given to him by bondsman Joey Belcher.
0:19:57 > 0:20:0119-year-old Raven was arrested for possession of narcotics,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04but failed to show up in court.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Right now, I'm just looking through Facebook on this lassie's page,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14to see if I can find something - places that she's been,
0:20:14 > 0:20:18folk that she's checked in there with...
0:20:20 > 0:20:22..what she's doing.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Maybe, if she's got, like, a work uniform on or something.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32So...
0:20:33 > 0:20:38..January, February, up until March, she's been asking for lifts...
0:20:40 > 0:20:45..up to Chesapeake, so she was down in North Carolina, then.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49We're probably going to have to drive past that address
0:20:49 > 0:20:51right there and just have a look at it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55That's down in South Mills, North Carolina.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00These places are horrible to hunt in.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04There's nowhere to sit.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Look, there's the actual map view of it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Got nowhere. You can't... I'm sure everyone knows each other
0:21:13 > 0:21:17right there, as well, so you can't go into someone else's driveway.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19These are the worst.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Christian plans to do some surveillance work
0:21:33 > 0:21:35on Raven's address in North Carolina this evening.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41First, he is meeting his friend, defence lawyer, Steven Pfeiffer.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- What's good here?- All their seafood. Phenomenal. It's all fresh.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51I mean, we're next to the water, it's a seafood restaurant.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I think I'm going to get this.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56Boneless chicken wings.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Wow, really exploring(!)
0:21:58 > 0:22:00We're at the best seafood spot in Virginia Beach
0:22:00 > 0:22:03and you're getting chicken wings.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I heard a report on NPR today when I was driving in
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and I think they said, the Attorney General said,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14there are more heroin deaths this year in Virginia
0:22:14 > 0:22:17than there is deaths from car accidents.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- I believe it. - That's insane.- I believe it.
0:22:20 > 0:22:26I've had four, five clients, this year alone, dead.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Yep, I've been to two of my clients funerals this year already,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34because they've taken... They've been heroin addicts,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37pill addicts and, then, that new stuff came out,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39fentanyl, or whatever.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I don't know if it's new, but they started...
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It's a drug. They are cutting... Mixing it with their heroin, yeah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48They are finding them dead with needles in their arms, you know?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03As darkness falls, we head down to the swamplands of North Carolina,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07to stake out one of the addresses on Raven's file.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13The most violent people that I've arrested are women.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I never usually get too much shit from men.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I don't know why. If they look at me and are like,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25"I'm not really going to fuck with him" or...
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Women don't get that, cos they're under the impression,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32"He's a guy, he's not really going to do anything back to me."
0:23:32 > 0:23:33So, I've been battered about by women.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Fucking, they've swung bags at me, all kinds of stuff. Thrown shoes.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42But I knew that from Scotland, too,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44because they're violent there, as well.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The house that we're looking for is half...
0:23:51 > 0:23:530.5 miles up here, on the right.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57And you can see, there's nowhere to stop, so...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Number 97.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28As we pull into the drive,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31two cars follow immediately behind, blocking us in.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Oh, fuck.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Oh, you're fucking joking.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Get your camera off.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44In the car behind is Raven's brother.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Right, I'm going to come in there. I have a warrant to check the house,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50so, I'm going to come in there and take a look around, OK?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55In every file, Christian gets a legal warrant
0:24:55 > 0:24:59to arrest his fugitive and to search their property at will.
0:25:01 > 0:25:02Any of you guys know where Raven is?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06No-one does?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09I really need her, like, immediately.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Christian searches the house,
0:25:13 > 0:25:15but Raven isn't there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I'd like to get her before she, at least, you know...
0:25:18 > 0:25:22gets into even more trouble or worse, you know?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- What did you say the name of that place was?- The Riverwalk.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31It's like... It's like a park and it's just, kind of, like in Norfolk.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- South Norfolk. Is that, like, in Chesapeake area?- Mm-hm.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41When was the last time you actually got in contact with her
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- or spoke to her about something? - She's kind of always been one
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- of the siblings of mine that...- Comes and goes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48No, that I've just never, like, really affiliated with.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Really?- Just due to what she does and what she brings herself around.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54I can understand that one.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58I mean, like, yeah, I'm not going to act like I've never done anything,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00I mean... Everyone does, but that's just a...
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- whole other level.- Well, maybe this time, we can get her some help.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11All right. I just sent you a text.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14If she stops by or gets in contact with you,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17just text me and let me know she's here and I'll come down here
0:26:17 > 0:26:19and get her, if you wouldn't mind doing that.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Thank you.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Fucking hell, that place was horrible.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30I thought that was her in the car there.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Christian has one other address on Raven's file to check,
0:26:43 > 0:26:45in the nearby city of Chesapeake.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55I went and spoke to the neighbour.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58I found out that Raven and her boyfriend, or whatever,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01got evicted and actually the Sheriff's office had to
0:27:01 > 0:27:05kick them out of there. And this was about two weeks ago.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08So we are about two weeks behind them now.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Don't know. I'm really going to have to think about this one.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16She's going to be hard to find...
0:27:18 > 0:27:19..I would imagine.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23I think that we going to find her, probably, fucked up on some kind of
0:27:23 > 0:27:24drug somewhere in a hotel room.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26That's probably where we are going to find this one.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40This sort of story is nothing new for Christian.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Virginia Beach jail contains many of his repeat clients,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52who tell a familiar story. Like 21-year-old Megan Shannon.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Drugs. I hate them. Like, I hate them.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Drugs came into my life because I ran away from home a lot
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and people saw that I was a little girl, a little pretty little girl,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09you know, who, like, needed somewhere to stay and then they
0:28:09 > 0:28:13wanted to have their way or do what they wanted and it was
0:28:13 > 0:28:17pretty bad and I had some things happen to me growing up
0:28:17 > 0:28:21that made me search for something that I thought would be better,
0:28:21 > 0:28:23but wasn't.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I mean, that's... that's where drugs came in.
0:28:28 > 0:28:36Drugs came in to numb the pain, to fix problems that nobody else
0:28:36 > 0:28:40wanted to try to help and fix or something, you know.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43And now, I'm here.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52You can usually tell, there are some people that, you know,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54they just genuinely need help.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58And, you know, they've got no-one else to help them, so...
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Kind of puts me in that position... where I feel like I'm, kind of,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05obligated to help them, in a way.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10I've never had somebody to really, like, look out, like he has.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14It's nice and comforting to know that I can call him,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18you know, and be like, "Look, I don't know what to do, you know.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22"Can you help me out?" And he'll give me the best advice
0:29:22 > 0:29:25that he knows, like a big brother.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27I like helping people.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29You know, it makes me feel good.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Christian's work as a bounty hunter and a bondsman is all-encompassing.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Bail bonds, can I help you?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I'm exhausted every single day.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55'But it's just something that I can't seem to stop doing, you know.'
0:29:55 > 0:29:57You come down the front door?
0:30:00 > 0:30:04In an average week, he'll track down five to six people
0:30:04 > 0:30:06and bail even more out of jail.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10Ty's in jail, Joshua Shiflett's in jail.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Bounty hunters don't last very long.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19I know of, probably, three or four that's been in it as long as I have.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26And they either can't handle the hours or can't handle the stress.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Yousef got shot, he's still in the hospital.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Raven's still on the run.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34The job takes him through some of the most deprived areas
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- in the state. - Do you have any ID on you?
0:30:36 > 0:30:39And the people he meets are either suspects, criminals
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- or at the end of their luck. - Have you seen this guy here?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46The government really doesn't take care of you that well.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- No, but... - But he still flies the flag.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05His punishing workload gives Christian little free time...
0:31:05 > 0:31:07When's the best day to fly? Is it Tuesday?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10..but he is planning a visit back home to Scotland,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13to celebrate his sister's engagement.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Last time I seen my mother was last year.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Last time I seen anybody else was probably...
0:31:23 > 0:31:25two years ago?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29The fucking prodigal son returns.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Can I play a song?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It's like the theme song to my life.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44MUSIC: Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash
0:31:45 > 0:31:47# There ain't no grave
0:31:47 > 0:31:50# Can hold my body down... #
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Yeah, I mean, I think my past definitely helps,
0:31:54 > 0:31:59because a lot of my job is being able to talk to people, right,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04and somewhat understanding what they are going through at the time.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08You know, if they've got drug problems, drinking, family problems.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10I mean, I can relate to a lot of that shit.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13# Look way down the river
0:32:13 > 0:32:16# And what do you think I see? #
0:32:16 > 0:32:19Shit got pretty bad. I mean, I don't know if anybody else
0:32:19 > 0:32:20seen it, but I seen it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25It's just the lifestyle we lived across there, back in that time.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29A lot of parties and stuff that we used to go to.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33But it wasn't any normal party. It was, like, week-long,
0:32:33 > 0:32:34drugs and fucking drinking.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38A lot...a LOT of Ecstasy.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Bugger all else to do.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44I don't know. I feel like, in Scotland,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46I was supposed to die there, you know.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48# Ain't no grave
0:32:48 > 0:32:50# Can hold my body down. #
0:32:58 > 0:33:01I'm just glad he left here,
0:33:01 > 0:33:04because they were going out and getting drunk and getting in trouble
0:33:04 > 0:33:07with the police and drinking and just
0:33:07 > 0:33:09hanging out with the wrong people.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Brechin doesn't have a lot going for it, really.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15There's not a lot of work
0:33:15 > 0:33:17or nothing in this area.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20It's just, like, some place to sleep now.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I think he did notice, when he was young,
0:33:26 > 0:33:28that there is no potential here for young people.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31There was never any place for them to go of an evening,
0:33:31 > 0:33:33kind of, do things.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37It was just, walk the streets and that's what you did with your mates.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41Aye, back in the day, he was off his head. We all were.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44- Who?- Christian. He's asking about Christian.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- Oh, Christian.- Used to get in so much shit, you've no idea.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52Unbelievable. Battering people, for the fun of it.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54He was like, "Aye, I'm a bounty hunter."
0:33:54 > 0:33:56I was like, "You're talking shite."
0:33:56 > 0:34:00It wasn't until about...maybe about four years after he became
0:34:00 > 0:34:03a bounty hunter, I thought, Christ, this guy's actually telling
0:34:03 > 0:34:05the truth, man.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10He's came from Brechin to actually doing something with his life.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Probably the only one of us that's turned his life around.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17He's doing really well for himself, basically, you know.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28From Brechin to the United States!
0:34:31 > 0:34:33There you go! Feel the heat.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- Eh?- See the shit I've got to put up with?
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Right, boys... Right, what's the plans, like?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- What are we doing? We're causing some carnage?- No.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56Here, fucking behave.
0:34:58 > 0:34:59Behave.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06I really like being home, but at the same time,
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I don't know if I really like being here. I wouldn't say
0:35:09 > 0:35:11this is my home any more. The only good thing about coming home
0:35:11 > 0:35:14is my mates, obviously.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19- You fucking better miss us. - I do. Of course I do.- Do you?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22We used to fucking party hard.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25It was every day, because we never had no jobs, we never had nothing.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- That's the way we lived.- I don't know if I could live it again.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30But I definitely miss it.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- ANNOUNCER:- We are all here for the one thing tonight!
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's Christian Matlock's homecoming parade!
0:35:36 > 0:35:37CHEERING
0:35:46 > 0:35:47CHEERING
0:35:47 > 0:35:50CHEERING
0:35:54 > 0:35:55- I love you.- I love you, too.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07RAVE MUSIC PLAYS
0:36:08 > 0:36:10You can't stop them.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Here we, here we, here we fucking go! Here we, here we,
0:36:14 > 0:36:20here we fucking go! Brechin, Brechin, let's go fucking mental!
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Between Brechin and Montrose, that's what made me.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42It's fun, but it's also upsetting coming back here,
0:36:42 > 0:36:44because when I was growing up here, it was...
0:36:44 > 0:36:47It was a really busy, fun place to be.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Now, it's just terrible.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Driving through and everything's falling apart
0:36:52 > 0:36:54and it's just like a little sad town now.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Christian left Brechin to escape a life that was heading
0:37:03 > 0:37:04in the wrong direction.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08His drink and drug habits were getting worse
0:37:08 > 0:37:12and his run-ins with the police were becoming more frequent.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22You know what's really fucked up?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Last night, there was a guy, right, in Montrose.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29He was doing all kinds of fucking ectos and all kinds of shit
0:37:29 > 0:37:32last night and he came up to me, he was like,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36"Man, I'm really proud of you, what you've done and look at you now."
0:37:36 > 0:37:40And then, I'm thinking, that's great, look at you.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43I brought you here, you know?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48He was a fucking... Probably like 14 years old when I first met him.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52And he wanted to be fucking cool, like we were.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55So, we got him into the stuff we were doing.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03And now he's fucking still doing the same shit as he was, you know,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05when we first met him.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08And he says he's proud of me.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20It's not cool.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25I just, kind of, wish there was a way I could help
0:38:25 > 0:38:28the people back here, though, you know.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31If I was here, I couldn't help people.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32It would be me that needed help.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38So I have to do what I do from fucking far away.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49Back in Virginia, Raven is still on the run.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Christian's next move is to recruit the help of someone
0:38:59 > 0:39:02who might have an insight into where she could be.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Fries in my milkshake? Oh, yeah.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10His client Megan Shannon has just been released from jail.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- You look happy to be out of jail. - Super happy.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16I'm actually surprised you're not back in jail already.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19So, what have you been doing since you got out, Megan?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Well...- Drinking again?- Yes.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26I'm actually looking for a woman.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Not for me. To put in jail.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33But she's a similar person to you. She's young, got in a bad situation.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36She's really bad on drugs, staying in hotels.
0:39:36 > 0:39:41If I were still doing drugs and in that lifestyle of, like,
0:39:41 > 0:39:44doing hard drugs and always on the run and bouncing around from place
0:39:44 > 0:39:47to place, I would probably be like,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51you know, either stripping or trying to do private parties.
0:39:51 > 0:39:57Heroin's an addictive drug and it's dirty and makes girls
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- do things, makes guys do things... - You ever done that?- Done heroin?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04- Yeah.- You have? - Yes.- I didn't know that.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- I snorted it.- How did you go from just smoking weed to heroin, coke,
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- pills? - Somebody introduced me to them
0:40:13 > 0:40:15and that was a rough time of my life and I just made the decision to just
0:40:15 > 0:40:18have fun and try it and, then, I lost control over it.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- What happened?- I got addicted.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25You said it was a rough time in your life, though.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Some things happened. I lost custody of my daughter. Look.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47That night, Christian and his backup, Dwayne,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49try a number of hotels, looking for Raven.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53But to no avail.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05A few days later, Christian gets a call from Joey Belcher,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09the bondsman who had given him Raven's file.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10RING TONE
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Hello.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Uh-huh. Right.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20I was actually going to go...
0:41:20 > 0:41:23What? She's in Chesapeake jail?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Raven was arrested by the police in a Chesapeake hotel.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Well, it means nothing for me.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36It means I don't make any money on that one.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42When you invest, you know, that amount of time and that amount
0:41:42 > 0:41:46of miles running about trying to catch someone and then the police
0:41:46 > 0:41:49go ahead and catch... I mean, it's great for Joey.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52He's no longer stressing out about losing the money on the bond,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54because that's it. She's done, she's in jail, you know.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58At least, with her being in jail,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01she's a lot safer there than anywhere else.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04She might not see it that way, but she's probably in the best place
0:42:04 > 0:42:06she can be.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Christian's attention turns to another client
0:42:15 > 0:42:18caught up in America's ever-growing drug problem.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26There's a severe, severe drug epidemic right now.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31The heroin and prescription pain pills.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Oh, it's just... It's killing a lot of people.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Young, young people.
0:42:37 > 0:42:38Younger than me.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Kids that are in high school are shooting up heroin with needles.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47At 18, Colby Davis was working in the local shipyards
0:42:47 > 0:42:51when he had a near-fatal road accident that left him on
0:42:51 > 0:42:54heavy medication prescribed for the pain.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I had insurance to my work and I couldn't work,
0:42:59 > 0:43:05so they cut my prescriptions off, so I was going through withdrawals.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07An addict came up to me one day and she asked me if I wanted
0:43:07 > 0:43:11something to take the pain away. I said yes.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13And she said, give me your arm.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14And I give her my arm
0:43:14 > 0:43:16and that was the first time I ever shot heroin.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29For the last six months, as Colby serves his time in jail,
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Christian has been offering support to Colby's mum.
0:43:33 > 0:43:35But now they are preparing for his release.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38I never showed you the pictures!
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Look, this is Colby.- That's Colby?
0:43:41 > 0:43:44That's Colby. Look, that's his wrestling medal.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46I think he actually told me about the wrestling stuff.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48This... Oh, he was a great wrestler.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52That's his son and that is him when he was around the same age...
0:43:52 > 0:43:55- Well, a little older. - How old's Colby?
0:43:55 > 0:43:58- He's 22.- I had the exact same problems he did,
0:43:58 > 0:44:03- but with a different substance. - Wow.- Same age when I got...
0:44:03 > 0:44:05- I came here when I was 21. - How long have you been clean?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- Six years.- That's amazing.
0:44:08 > 0:44:14I miss my son. I miss seeing him smile, I miss teaching him things.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19I, kind of, let go of the girl of my dreams, all to do drugs and alcohol,
0:44:19 > 0:44:23so this time around, since I've been incarcerated,
0:44:23 > 0:44:28I've put myself into the substance-abuse programme
0:44:28 > 0:44:32and I hope to stay drug and alcohol free when I get out, so I can make
0:44:32 > 0:44:37amends with people that I've hurt and try and change my life.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41I can't wait to have my son back.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Yeah, I can't wait till he gets out, either.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46If he wasn't in there, he would have been dead.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48The month after he went to jail,
0:44:48 > 0:44:53a young fella that he used to live with overdosed and died.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58It broke my heart, because I knew that it could have been my son.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I was glad he was in jail.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04- He looks a lot better. - He looks... Really?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- I can't wait to see him. - He's getting chubby, too.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10- He said he was working out. - Yes, he's getting bigger.- I'm glad.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13You are really, really, really a good guy.
0:45:13 > 0:45:17You do more than any other bondsman would ever do!
0:45:17 > 0:45:22And I'm so thankful that Colby met you and you are in our life,
0:45:22 > 0:45:25so... I'm really glad. Thank you so much.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27I really appreciate it. Really.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34But Christian won't be in town for a Colby's release.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37A potential job offer has come up,
0:45:37 > 0:45:40so he's heading south, to the Sunshine State - Florida.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46# There's a reason for the sunshine sky
0:45:46 > 0:45:51# And there's a reason why I'm feeling so high
0:45:51 > 0:45:57# Must be the season when that little light shines all around us. #
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Palm trees. I love palm trees.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Christian's in Florida to see his friend, Johnny Milano,
0:46:08 > 0:46:12a retired New York cop who, together with his wife Nicky,
0:46:12 > 0:46:16now runs one of the most successful bail bond companies in the country.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20# Just let your love flow
0:46:20 > 0:46:22# Like a mountain stream
0:46:22 > 0:46:24# And let your love grow
0:46:24 > 0:46:26# With the smallest of dreams... #
0:46:27 > 0:46:28Fucking hell.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Hey, hey, hey! How are you, man?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40- Good to see you.- Come on.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46What's going on, bud? Welcome to the new crib.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48- What do you think, bud? - This place is huge.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52- Thanks.- It's a little shack. - Just a little shack.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55In south Florida, bail is set at considerably higher rates
0:46:55 > 0:46:59and bondsmen like Johnny can become extremely wealthy.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00This is where the magic happens.
0:47:03 > 0:47:04I always wanted to say that.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08In an average month, he'll lend millions of dollars in bonds,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10charging 10% commission on every one.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13I've got to show you a couple of things that you need to do get.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16You need to get a nice pair of Christian Louboutins.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Now, Johnny. How much were those shoes right there?
0:47:20 > 0:47:22These were 1,200.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28No Louis Vuitton blue? Want to go blue? These are you.
0:47:28 > 0:47:30I don't think they are anyone.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37The downside of dealing with high-value bonds comes when
0:47:37 > 0:47:39one of your clients goes on the run.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46That night, we join Johnny's team on the hunt for a fugitive
0:47:46 > 0:47:49with a bond of 40,000.
0:47:52 > 0:47:56He's got a big bond. He's got Count 1, DWLS felony.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58The issue is, he is a big dude.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01And he's probably not going to be happy about going to jail.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- So...- Let's do this.
0:48:09 > 0:48:10Welcome to Riviera Beach.
0:48:12 > 0:48:17Probably the worst area in the state of Florida.
0:48:19 > 0:48:20- Back there?- Yeah.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32BARKING
0:48:32 > 0:48:33What was that?
0:48:33 > 0:48:35There is a dog in there. Did you hear that?
0:48:35 > 0:48:38With a warrant to search the house,
0:48:38 > 0:48:41Johnny gives the go-ahead to enter with force.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Cockroaches all over the place, look.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Yeah, what the fuck?
0:48:58 > 0:49:01It looks... It seems like they've just grabbed everything
0:49:01 > 0:49:03that was essential and just fucking dibbed out,
0:49:03 > 0:49:04to be honest.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10See if you see any addresses or anything.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15What the fuck is that?
0:49:15 > 0:49:19"So many memories in this house to let go.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21"Goodbye."
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- These motherfuckers... - Knew we were coming.- Yeah.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27Or they knew somebody was coming.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31All right. Anything? Anyone?
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- Are we done?- Yeah.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38Johnny's next move is to offer a reward for anyone
0:49:38 > 0:49:41with information that can lead to the fugitive's arrest.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47If he can't locate him,
0:49:47 > 0:49:50then Johnny will become liable for the full 40,000.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54It's exciting.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56It's like a real-life game, you know.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00We'll piece it all together and then I'll start putting
0:50:00 > 0:50:05- a reward out there and somebody'll snitch.- Most definitely.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16The following morning, Johnny speaks to Christian
0:50:16 > 0:50:20about moving to Florida on a more permanent basis.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24I'm just a dumb retired cop that's figured out how to be a businessman
0:50:24 > 0:50:27and, you know, so I'm grateful when I have somebody,
0:50:27 > 0:50:30a fellow associate, that could better the business.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33You think that's something you want to do?
0:50:34 > 0:50:35Maybe.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41I mean, as far as compensation, I think, you know, the money that
0:50:41 > 0:50:46you make in Virginia Beach obviously doesn't come close
0:50:46 > 0:50:49to what a bondsman in south Florida makes.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51I like the Florida lifestyle down here.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53Yeah. I say that every time I come down, like.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58You know, obviously, it's been good to us.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12Away from the big house and expensive shoes,
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Christian decides against the move to Florida.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19Money's not really everything.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23I enjoy getting the chance to help people.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28If I did it, if I didn't give a fuck about people and all that
0:51:28 > 0:51:32kind of stuff, I would have been down here already, the first time.
0:51:34 > 0:51:38But I've got, you know, a lot of relationships with people
0:51:38 > 0:51:42up in Virginia that might end up going off the rails if I left.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45You know?
0:51:56 > 0:51:59Back in Virginia, Colby Davis has been released from jail.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01DOORBELL RINGS
0:52:02 > 0:52:05Hello! Come here!
0:52:05 > 0:52:09'I picked him up from jail and I was so happy.'
0:52:12 > 0:52:17He was having a great time with his sisters and happy to be home,
0:52:17 > 0:52:20just really having a good time and, then, Saturday,
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Saturday was the day that they started drinking early.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- Who's they? - They are Colby and his father.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- Oh.- And they got in a fight,
0:52:30 > 0:52:33rolling around on the ground and then, I heard Mike just, like,
0:52:33 > 0:52:37scream and he had a bite out of his neck and I was like, oh, my gosh,
0:52:37 > 0:52:40because I looked at Colby and he was bleeding down his mouth...
0:52:40 > 0:52:44- But it wasn't his blood.- But it wasn't his blood, it was Mike's.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47It's almost like a fucking horror story.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49And it gets worse.
0:52:49 > 0:52:54He took my keys off the wall and four cars were damaged,
0:52:54 > 0:52:58two were totalled. And the house across the street,
0:52:58 > 0:52:59he ran into their closet,
0:52:59 > 0:53:03in the same room that two people were sleeping.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05The side of their house is gone.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08I think he needs to get some help.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- He needs some help. - If he gets out of jail,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14- is he coming back here?- No.- No.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18I thought he was going to kill his dad this time.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22I did. I thought he was going to, if it came down to it,
0:53:22 > 0:53:26he would kill his dad and probably everybody and then commit suicide.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Like, it went through my head and that's not something
0:53:29 > 0:53:32a mom wants to go through her head. At all.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34But he was that distant.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49I really don't know what to make of it all, to be honest.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52He really needs to get some help,
0:53:52 > 0:53:55before he hurts himself or somebody else seriously.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58I'll go down and see what's going on.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01I don't want him to get to the point where he thinks everybody's given up
0:54:01 > 0:54:04on him, you know, because then it will just be...
0:54:04 > 0:54:06He'll have nothing left.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Colby was arrested across the state line in North Carolina.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- What's up?- Why are you in here?
0:54:33 > 0:54:41I took my mom's car and I hit a couple of cars and then I tried
0:54:41 > 0:54:44to drive down here, to see my son and my girl before...
0:54:44 > 0:54:45- They caught you.- Yeah.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49I mean, while we went through months and months of phone calls
0:54:49 > 0:54:54and court dates and you finally got one and, fucking, here you are.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58I don't even know what to say.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03I figured you would probably be pretty pissed off at me.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06- Yeah, I was. I still am.- I know.
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Cos I went... I even went to court and testified for you about
0:55:10 > 0:55:12how none of this is you.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Yeah.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I just can't believe this happened, can't believe I did this.
0:55:30 > 0:55:31Me, either.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38I think you need help, Colby.
0:55:38 > 0:55:39Yeah.
0:55:46 > 0:55:47You'll be all right.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53I'll talk to your mother tomorrow, anyways.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57She hasn't given up on you yet.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14I don't know what to make of it. I mean,
0:56:14 > 0:56:17it's almost like it's not even Colby in there.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20He's got that look on him that he's just given up on himself
0:56:20 > 0:56:22and given up on everyone else, too.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24So he's, kind of, at the end of the road.
0:56:26 > 0:56:27I won't give up on him.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33For breaking his parole conditions and multiple new offences,
0:56:33 > 0:56:36Colby is facing a lengthy time back in jail.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57You know...
0:56:59 > 0:57:03..I wouldn't mind having a normal life. Sometimes, I think about it.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Kind of...
0:57:12 > 0:57:13I mean, it gets you... It runs you thin.
0:57:21 > 0:57:22MESSAGE ALERT TONE
0:57:24 > 0:57:29A message from bondsman Joey Belcher and the cycle begins again.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37# Every day things change... #
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Christian has another load of files to work through.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43It's the same mix of criminals,
0:57:43 > 0:57:46drug addicts and people at the end of their luck.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53This is a job that... You can't do this half-arsed.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55You're either going to be a bounty hunter full-time
0:57:55 > 0:57:58or you're not going to be one at all.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03I've tried to get out of it two or three times, actually.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06I'm like, I can't take this any more -
0:58:06 > 0:58:09the phone calls and the stress.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13But I just can't seem to stop doing it, to be honest.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18# Any time the hunter
0:58:19 > 0:58:23# Gets captured by the game
0:58:27 > 0:58:28# Oh, yeah
0:58:32 > 0:58:33# Ooh-ooh, yeah
0:58:37 > 0:58:38# Ooh-ooh, yeah
0:58:42 > 0:58:43# Ooh-ooh, yeah
0:59:02 > 0:59:04# Oh, yeah
0:59:04 > 0:59:07# Secretly I've been trailing you... #