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The phone tip came to police Saturday night, shortly after the program profiled
James Detmer, a 44-year-old Kansas man who allegedly killed his father with
the claw end of a hammer in Missouri. Days before, Detmer had fled after
making bond on a charge that he tried to set a woman on fire with gasoline.
By 2 a.m., the police had persuaded a judge to issue a warrant. Police took a
photo of the wanted man to the apartment manager, who again said she
recognized the fugitive. Both Detmer and Bailey are about 40 years old, and
both are about 5-foot-10 and 240 pounds.
Bailey was handcuffed, Pierce said, "to protect the officers and himself" until it
could be determined he was not the fugitive.
FBI spokesman Richard Kolco said such raids are routine, and he believes the
Cobb police acted appropriately in choosing to go in.
"Everybody was treated correctly with respect," he said. "If it doesn't work out,
you just tell them, 'Thank you for your time.' It's worth it."
On Wednesday, Bailey said his hands were still shaking. Any knock on his
door drives up his blood pressure, he said. He is taking medicine for that, as
well as to help him sleep.
The bullets fired inside his home were especially unnerving.
"If anybody was in that bathroom, they would have been shot," he said.
He has hired a lawyer. Attorney Stephen P. Berne of Atlanta is demanding that
an outside agency look into the raid. He noted that this is not the first time the
Cobb County SWAT team has come under criticism. An independent report on
a raid that resulted in the deaths of two SWAT members, was critical of the
team's tactics.
On Sunday, Berne said, police created a dangerous situation at Bailey's
apartment.
"He has a right to be safe in his own home."