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Public safety concerns rise over Iowa bail bondsmen practices
In Cedar Rapids a kidnapping on a Kaplan University campus led to the arrest of bail bondsman Lord Range and an associate after a high speed chase. A broader Des Moines Register review finds nearly a quarter of Iowa’s 192 license holders have prior criminal charges. The article notes lax licensing rules, limited fingerprinting, and a self regulated industry with bounty hunters separately licensed by the DPS.
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Cedar Rapids
Kaplan University
Lord Stephen Alexander Range
Linn County
Range
Buchanan County
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Jeffrey “Kip” Fennelly
Indianola
James
Texas
Jim” Hendrickson
Winterset
Department of Public Safety
Ross Loder
Insurance
DPS
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