Monday, February 23, 2009

Cleaning up the city

By Keith Purtell - Phoenix Staff Writer

Handing someone a ticket does not always go well.

“I’ve had people wad it up and throw it in my face,” said process server D. Boots. “You just have to smile and keep your composure. The thing about it is to always maintain your professionalism.”

Boots is three months into a six-month pilot program where he helps the city issue citations to people who were notified of a code violation and did not pay the fine.

The city’s top four code enforcement problems are: Weeds and trash, where they’ve had 2,000 complaints; junk-like appliances, furniture, and non-functioning vehicles in the yard; dilapidated houses; and parking in the grass or on the curb...

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Pilot program beginning to show results

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Foreclosure exposure: Business is good for those on legal end

ROSS COURTNEY - Yakima Herald-Republic

Dennis Copeland double-checks the address of a house on Queen Avenue before posting a foreclosure notice on the door.

A man comes to the door. He tells Copeland he's just renting and was planning to move soon anyway.

"If you ... need to go in the backyard, there's a dog," he says with a friendly voice.

No need, Copeland tells him. The 24-year-veteran process server tapes the notice under the house number, takes two digital photographs and leaves.

Copeland, 56, appreciates the man's warning about the dog: "He was nice."

Dogs are the scariest part of the job for the man who posts the first legal notice -- one for someone about to lose their home.

So far this year, he has been posting 10 such notices a day all over Yakima County. His company also serves Kittitas County, which sees two or three a day...

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Foreclosure exposure: Business is good for those on legal end

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Spears’ ex investigated for assault with deadly weapon

Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): Pop princess Britney Spears’s ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib is under investigation for allegedly trying to run over a process server with his car in Los Angeles.

The man, who was trying to serve Ghalib with court papers on February 9, was not badly hurt and filed a report for assault with a deadly weapon, though Ghalib, 36, is not a wanted man.

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Spears’ ex investigated for assault with deadly weapon

Adnan Ghalib Serves Assault to a Process Server

Actress Archives - Friday, February 13, 2009

Perhaps once a man lets Britney Spears into his life, he's never quite the same - although, in the case of Adnan Ghalib, the greasy paparazzo that wormed his way into Spears's heart at the height of her nervous breakdown, we're inclined to believe that he is indeed guilty of any wrongdoing he's accused of being part of.

Now, Ghalib is accused of assaulting someone with a deadly weapon. We don't need to hear any more. We believe it.

But just to be fair and balanced...

Here are the facts. Ghalib is said to have assaulted a process server who arrived at his home on Wednesday morning. The server was there to serve Ghalib legal papers in relation to a restraining order keeping him way from Britney Spears.

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Adnan Ghalib Serves Assault to a Process Server

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Busy Times for Las Vegas Process Servers

Las Vegas Now - Feb 11, 2009

With foreclosures at an all time high in Nevada, those who serve foreclosure notices have been busier than ever. In some cases, letting people know they are about to lose their homes has turned into a dangerous job for process servers.

You wouldn't think it's a dangerous job, but on this morning, Norma McMahon is reminding her employees about their safety, "You need to remember, if you have any incidents out in the field you have to call the officer immediately."

McMahan runs a legal process service that serves people with legal notices -- a job that isn't getting any easier, "It's all having to do with collections, people losing their homes, people losing their vehicles, people who can not make ends meet."

Hard times are keeping her servers busier than ever, "Before all this happened, I rarely saw a foreclosure. We didn't see them very often, in all honesty."

But times have changed. Jeannie Smith is a process server and knows first hand how desperate times can affect people, "Some people lie, say they aren't them but they are because I have a picture of them. One man was really mean. He threatened me -- if I ever come back again he would shoot me, and bring me in his back yard and bury me."

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Busy Times for Las Vegas Process Servers
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Ron Belec: Seattle’s Least-Favorite Process Server

Ron Belec: Seattle’s Least-Favorite Process Server
Seattle Weekly - February 03, 2009

He's willing to do whatever it takes to complete a service--and has an especially passionate enemies list because of it

At 61, professional process server Ron Belec is usually content to stay at the office and let his employees run around town, thrusting subpoenas and other unwelcovme legal documents into the hands of reluctant recipients. But in November 2007, Belec's company, North West Legal Support, was charged with delivering a courtroom summons to a woman who happened to live in the same Pioneer Square apartment building as he did. So he went to make the delivery himself.

Belec recalls knocking on her door, announcing he had papers for her, and receiving no response. Whereupon, he says, he returned to his apartment, took out his dentures, and had a couple of drinks.

The woman in the apartment recalls the evening differently. She says Belec banged so hard that the door hinges started rattling. She refused to open up and instead called 911.

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Ron Belec: Seattle’s Least-Favorite Process Server

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Joe Satriani Plans to Have Chris Martin Served Legal Papers at the Grammys

The Cleaveland Leader - February 4, 2009

Guitarist Joe Satriani is still pursuing a lawsuit against Chris Martin and the band Coldplay, claiming that "substantial original portions" of his 2004 song "If I Could Fly" were used for Coldplay's hit single "Viva La Vida." He is seeking compensation plus damages. The only problem is, no one has yet been able to serve the British band with the legal papers required for the suit. That might soon change.

If Satriani's lawyers plan it out well, the Coldplay frontman who so snobbishly refuted Satriani's claims in December 2008 will be officially served at this year's Grammys. Oh, and they're also planning to tape the ordeal for posterity...

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Joe Satriani Plans to Have Chris Martin Served Legal Papers at the Grammys

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