I have now been in my civilian industry for about 7 years. In these 7 years I have learned that many people within this industry are very paranoid and possibly immature possibly even bordering on insanity. We all claim to be striving for a more professional image …. We claim to want a more business like appearance …. Yet, we continuously have childish drama getting in the way of that goal. There are those that will attack, slander, and back stab to get one step further, in this business. We have those that will steal someone else works, claiming it as their own, only to create a false appearance of “Godliness”. There are those that will do whatever they can to destroy another’s reputation, in hopes to better their own. Many have an “internet ninja (or telephone, text, newspaper ninja…whatever, as long as they are not face to face with the person)” mentality. If we are all working to create a more professional, more business like image, why is there so many that have this abusive and irrational personality. This is the type of thing that keeps us held back from being taken as a serious and useful profession.

Within the past year, I have had more trouble with my “co-workers and business network” than with any fugitive, client, or indemnitor. When “professionals”, who have been in this industry for 20+ years (or 9 as certain people claim, which is actually 7, according to his professional and business licensing), begin to attack my character and post my personal information in public, it becomes a problem. When this sort of person is only attempting to slander my name, in hopes of destroying my reputation, before I can distribute information about their unprofessional business tactics, it is not professional but is childish. I had worked with THIS individual on several occasions and made the choice not to do so again due to his lack of business etiquette but I have never expressed this to anyone. It was an internal choice which I had not expressed in a six month time period. After several months of abuse stemming from the fact that I had this information about him, he made a public posting on a popular Fugitive Recovery forum. This posting included instructions on how to create and set several man traps including homemade flash grenades and a sort of pipe bomb. After a few negative comments from others, I posted along the lines of "I believe the public would like to know how to set up dead falls, punji pits, and tiger traps, also. This might become helpful in easing someone’s need or desire to go to jail.....". I followed that with a disclaimer stating that traps like these were illegal and I was not condoning them plus a link that showed that any unmanned obstacle or trap, set with the intention of injuring, maiming, or killing another would be considered a "man trap”. Lastly, my posting made it very clear that "man traps" were illegal and prosecuted federally. At that time, he felt the need to publish my personal and military information in the same public forums in an effort to discredit me and any knowledge that I had displayed. The real sad part is the fact that most of his published information about me was incorrect and I could prove that it was made up or falsified although it was intended and worked as a way to cause me trouble and anguish. He attempted to write those “pre-text” things that I had told him but did not even bother to repeat them the way I told them......he couldn't even get my Military rank correct, much less my job or duty station. Some others did buy into his side of the story which definitely lead to the loss of some reputation and work. Also, he made a valiant attempt to research information on me, not realizing that he did not know my legal name, because I have only used a false name since entering this industry. Any information he did find was not on me, yet he posted, anyway. He made himself look bad without me saying a word.

The most recent exploits of this person, along with several others (with not so great reputations) was to begin investigating me and anyone associated with me. So, since this drama started over an individual’s fear of his improper, unprofessional, illegal, and unethical acts being expressed and/or published, I will now dish his dirt and there will no longer be a reason for him to slander my name and reputation. With his issues in the public and me out of this industry, he has no reason for further attacks. His recourse should be to crawl back under his rock and leave true professionals alone. The first, and main, subject that I spoke of is tossing around names of highly respected persons from the Bail and Repossession industries, in hopes to gain respect for his cause….that cause being to bash my name. I have, now, spoken to several of the people that have been contacted. I have explained my side and they all “claim” to see it from my point of view. Number 1, I chose to close business, as much as a month ago, due to lack of cases. Just look at this site……Its blank as far as business goes. For this reason I do not need current certification, licensing, or business licensing. I contacted the IRS and county licensing to let them know that I am closed down and I would be paying ALL taxes (As a matter of fact, I went in to pay those taxes on 08/10/2009 and nothing was said of any legalities; I am official closed for business, though). Number 2, these people who are conducting this investigation do not know my proper given name. They know a pre-text (assumed) business name so they have no way to look up my proper information. They only have the information that I have told or provided them and I would never give up my correct or legal information to someone that does not need it…..and if you aren’t putting money in my pocket, you don’t need it. When someone has as much dirt, as I have, on this “good ole boys club”; why would they intend to stir the pot? Number 3, they are associating with un-licensed, un-certified, foreign national which means that no license can be given to these persons. Others in this group are not properly trained or licensed to conduct the businesses that they claim to be operating. Some have committed such acts as to allow weapons to be taken from their person while conducting a recovery, allowed weapons to be stolen from their vehicle on more than one occasion, permitted themselves to scam associates on jobs that were contracted, they have been charged as a “dead beat” parent for child support non-payment, had vehicles repossessed, and refuses to follow the same rules of professionalism that are taught by this individual.

There are 5 rules that this person states are a must to associate with him, yet I know that he fails at no less than 4 of these. I believe the basic rule of thought is “Practice what you preach”. Those rules are:

1) Professional Attire-Have you seen the way he dresses. Every time I have seen him, in person, he has looked more like a backwoods hick, on vacation than a professional.?.?.?. anything. Not only are his clothes wrinkled and mis-sized but he has an unclean presentation about himself. He portrays no professionalism.

2) Professional Appearance-Same as above. He shows up with an untidy appearance, with plans to speak with LE or a co-signer or anyone that is supposed to take him seriously. He drives a car that doesn’t even have proper exhaust; it rattles, pings, and sputters down the road but he is supposed to be taken serious and others are supposed to show him respect. Really?!? Hmmm.

3) Complete personnel file - Resume's, letter's of reference, business cards, military records (dd-214's, discharge) -Why would I make the effort to go through this for someone that can’t even remember to run a “good” data search or bring a file with him on his own case. He would ask for all this information but would he be willing to provide any of this information on himself? I doubt it and that’s not professional. I have always believed that an interview is for the benefit of both parties. If I am going to question, interrogate, interview and require certain information from a potential coworker it is only right that I allow them the same option. If I am hiring, I need them to fill a position as much as they need the work. I may not say that (most likely I wouldn’t) but it is the professional thing to do. Yet, I can bet he will not allow it, just from his post.

4) Being on time – He states “This is a HUGE personal pet peeve of mine. Being late is disrespectful not "fashionable". If you're late for an appointment with me, then you are disrespecting me, the job, and my profession.”(Written by Ruffin W. Blaylock) -This from someone that was supposed to meet me at an address in Georgia at 11:30pm, once, but didn’t leave his “office” until 12am. He arrived at our meeting spot at 3:30am with nothing more than a way to blame me for having to wait on him (He said that he told me he would CALL at 11:30 or 12 to arrange a meeting time…..yet he didn’t call, even while I was waiting; I didn’t hear from him until he had crossed the Ga/Ala line at around 2am). This was the same case I spoke of above. He didn’t have a good or complete search done. He had an apartment complex name but no unit number. There were 12 units per building and we had no idea which we were to contact. So after making me wait on him for 4 hours, showing up with little information, sitting around for another 3 hours (in hopes to see the SIQ walk out of the apartment…..at 4am????), he decides to leave for home. I am out a whole nights sleep, and 8 hours (10 by the time I got home) of life because he didn’t “plan ahead”…..he didn’t have his ducks, in a row.

5) Use proper writing skills; correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure -I want to point out that this is a published author but if you were to pull up thread and blog posts that he has written, you would find just as many (if not more) mistakes than the average person would make.

Every one of his requirements are outside of what he actually does. I said earlier that he does not fulfill 4 of his own 5 requirements…..I assume that some would say the attire is not that big of a deal. They might even say that so long as he presents himself professionally, other professionals would overlook his car. I say that, when writing something other than court motions or case reports….none of this is important. I could care less how someone spells; but this is one of his rules. Besides, these were just examples. I found them to be unprofessional, along with many other of his actions and comments. Being in the Bail Recovery Industry does not excuse you from the normal and excepted rules of society. Sending files with homosexual male porn, female S & M type insertions, and child porn attached is not what I would call professional. Although, he claimed that someone had broken into his computer remotely and placed these picture files on it a month later people were still receiving these as attachments. Once it was pointed out, and if it was not a file that you wanted to retain, a professional would have taken steps to keep it from happening again. I am very happy to say that the computer that I received these files on was hit by lightening more that 6 months ago, so all traces of those files have been removed from my home......if needed, I called my server provider and they still have a record of his e-mailed case file along with these pictures as part of their records. He has begun to claim that he has turned me in to Federal authorities for having these; I am no longer in possession of HIS pictures but my server can show that they originated from him. We can be cell mates, I guess. However, getting these obscene photos is what brought me to my final decision to never work with him, again. I should have turned my thumb drive that I put case files on, over to authorities so that he wouldn’t have the time to strike out at me. Lesson learned. Never trust anyone that presents themselves in such a manner.

I have now been made aware of his intent, in his own words, through an e-mail that he sent to several people. This person claims to have first hand knowledge that I was physically served with a warrant on Aug. 3rd......It is now Aug. 11th and I have not been served with anything. I even went up to the Coweta County Jail and Sheriff's Department to check on this. They have nothing to serve me with, according to Warrants and the Investigators that I spoke with. He also states that his intention, from the beginning, was to have me blackballed and my reputation destroyed. In all reality, my reputation is becoming stronger since this situation has begun due to the way I have remained professional and proven my worth and legitimacy to this industry. Another claim was that his original intention was to have me jailed, remove any chance of going Warrant Officer, and to have me dishonorably discharged from the military.......he has succeeded in none. After contacting JAG on this subject, the military investigation has shown that there have been no charges or reports on me for any of this. JAG states that they contacted all County, State, and Federal agencies that would be involved with this type of investigation and they each claim to have no information on these reports, warrants, claims, or investigations. I have now been told that any further contact or claims from this individual will be handled through a military board and JAG, due to the fact that it all pertains to defamation, stalking, and endangering military personnel. Any and all of these carry Federal weight due to them being directed at military personnel and placing national security and DOD employees in harms way. My command has known of these accusations from the day that I found out about them.....they, too, have begun a "secure file" on this matter. Any and all information, from here forward, will be given to my command and that will be added to the laundry list of faults that this “professional” has committed. OH, and before I forget, I did have my computer checked (voluntarily) by Army IT specs.......It is clean; without a sign of any pornography or illegal material. I figured taking my laptop and desktop in without being asked would carry more weight than it having to be confiscated. The proof I will rely on to defend my case is from my server....and that will show that this person originated the pictures and sent them attached to a case file. He will be found guilty, whether I am or not. The bottom line is becoming very clear: Not only is this character unprofessional, immature, psychotic, and a stalker, he has now proven himself to be a liar with all of his claims being found untrue. It is sad that there are people that pathetic and lonely, in this world. He never wanted to help anyone or protect a soul. He wanted to destroy me and my military career for his own selfish reasons (and claims that in the e-mail from Aug 3^rd). All he has succeeded in is getting the military courts and legal system involved with investigating him and crushing his own reputation. I just love that thing called Karma. Karma takes care of those that truly need a lesson in life and proper etiquette. (Added on 09/03/2009) I have still not been served with papers, arrested, called in for questioning, or had any other action taken against me. How can this be? A Christian, Professional claimed that he had first hand knowledge..... Do true professionals lie about such things? I think not.

So my final thought is:

Why can’t professionals act like professionals? Why would someone that is, supposedly, so busy within this industry, have the time and energy to spend concentrating on a person that has left this industry? How can someone that preaches Christianity, professionalism, and honor to this industry do so much to take away from and destroy others? How can this person not realize that, no matter the outcome of his investigation on me, he is destroying his own business and reputation while taking away from the little respect that he has with his peers? Why is he not listening to the people that do have correct information on me, which are saying that I am legal and legit? One of those highly respected people that I mentioned in paragraph 4 has already told him that he found all of my licensing and certification to be correct and in order. He also told the subject to never use his name in the promotion of his childish causes. This person explained that my deciding to close down my businesses should have been enough for a sane, mature, professional to accept. He has also gotten a similar answer from the biggest names in Bail and Repo. The main person I have been speaking of can not bring himself to drop this issue….so his worst fear are coming to light. I have now decided to post those things that he hoped to never have to answer for.

(For those of you that may be wondering and since I am no longer in the business)

(editted on 09/03/2009) My name is still no ones business (according to several people I consider mentors and friends)