Fort Myers Bondsman Accused of Extortion, Theft

A Fort Myers bail bond agent and another man allegedly acting as an agent without a license are accused of stealing from a woman and not returning a mortgage she used as collateral.

Onil Martinez, 39, who runs 2nd Chance Bail Bonds, was booked into the Lee County Jail on Thursday and released the next day after posting $11,000 bail. He is charged with one count each of extortion, grand theft and criminal mischief and two counts of allowing an unlicensed bond agent to act as a bond agent. The maximum penalty for all charges is 35 years.

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What Happens When You DO Steal Something From a Baby...

Next time someone tells you something is "as easy as stealing candy from a baby," think twice about what the consequences might be. Two women in Pennsylvania who pled guilty to using two Wal-Mart gift cards they found at the store were sentenced to holding signs by the courtyard that said, "I stole from a 9-year-old on her birthday! Don't steal or this could happen to you!"

As it turns out, the gift cards the two women found and used were left on a box by a nine year-old child. Despite the child's name on the cards, the women told the cashier the gift cards belonged to them.

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