Bounty Hunters of Project Child Support
Apprehend DJ Cheese, Who Entered Into a Consent Order, Made a Payment and was
Released to Avoid Jail Time.
Tamela Nasim was
referred to Project Child Support to assist in the collection of $60,963.13 in
unpaid child support that she was owed by Robert E. Cheese, who is also known
as Hip-Hop DJ Legend "DJ Cheese".
When Ms. Nasim contacted Project Child Support, she stated that she was
receiving welfare and was unable to pay the subscription fee of only 13
payments of $30, plus a onetime fee of $10 to cover the document costs. Coincidently, on the day Ms. Nasim contacted
Project Child Support, a sponsor for Bounty Alert enabled her to receive Project Child Support's
Collection Program at
no cost. After conducting an
investigation to confirm Mr. Cheese’s address, and determine his ability to pay
his child support obligation, Ms. Nasim was provided with additional investigative services, legal services, collection services and apprehension services.
Tamela Nasim's child
support order was issued by the Superior Court of New Jersey in Somerset
County, and being administered by the Somerset County Department of
Probation. Her child support order
required DJ Cheese to only pay $85 per week, and he was issued a subsequent Order
on March 7, 2012 to pay $20 per week against his more than $60,000 in unpaid
child support arrears. The weekly
arrears payment plan issued in the subsequent Order, would have caused Ms.
Nasim to wait more than 63 years and 6 months to receive all of her unpaid
child support; assuming Mr. Cheese never missed another payment. Since Ms. Nasim is currently 46 year old, she
would have to live to a ripe old age of 110 before she could collect all of her
unpaid child support. Mr. Cheese is 47
years old, so he would have to continue working until he is 111 years old.
After obtaining a
copy Mr. Cheese's arrest warrant issued on August 21, 2013 by the Superior
Court of New Jersey for the nonpayment of child support, Bounty Alert
contracted one of its more than 43 fugitive recovery agencies (bounty hunter
agencies) to apprehend Mr. Cheese. Since
Mr. Cheese lives in Essex County New Jersey, it was unlikely the Somerset
County Sheriff's Department would travel across two counties to apprehend him. Noncustodial parents with arrest warrants
relish in the comfort of knowing they typically will not be hunted down by law
enforcement for the nonpayment of child support. States do not benefit financially when a
noncustodial parent pays their arrears, unless the custodial parent is
receiving state assistance. As a result, the cost of enforcing the nonpayment
of child support is becoming overwhelming.
According to the Office of Child Support Enforcement, unpaid child
support exceeds $110 billion dollars in the United States, and $53 billion is
absorbed by tax payers, which is almost 50%.
According to Ms. Nasim's statement of arrears, Mr. Cheese owes more than
$10,000 of his arrears to the State of New Jersey for the state assistance Ms.
Nasim receives.
Prior to being
apprehended, Mr. Cheese was hospitalized for emergency surgery, where he
received an appendectomy. The surgery
delayed the apprehension, because he was given the opportunity to recover. On the night of August 28, 2013, Mr. Cheese
had a welcome home party at his residence in Orange, New Jersey that was
attended by numerous guests, and observed by a fugitive recovery surveillance
team. On the afternoon of Thursday,
August 29, 2013, at approximately 3:30 PM, Mr. Cheese was apprehended by a team
of fugitive recovery agents that consisted of a former agent for the FBI
Fugitive Recovery Task Force, and a former United States Marine Corps Infantry
Officer. After Mr. Cheese was
handcuffed, he told the agents that he had just returned from purchasing
back-to-school clothes for his daughter, and that he recently made a child
support payment. Although the payment
was confirmed, it was not enough to satisfy the warrant. According to the fugitive recovery agents,
Mr. Cheese was very cooperative and was very respectful. As a result of his actions, his recent
payment and having recently purchased clothes for his daughter, he was provided
with the opportunity to enter into a settlement arrangement to avoid going to
jail. Both parents agreed to the terms
negotiated by Project Child Support and executed a Consent Order.
Unlike the terms and
provisions provided in a typical Child Support Enforcement Order, the Consent
Order included enforceable terms that will cause an arrest warrant to be
reissued if Mr. Cheese fails to comply with the payment terms of the
Order. Mr. Cheese is responsible for the
payment of the fees, which he politely agreed to do. The requirement of Mr. Cheese to pay the fees
saves the State of New Jersey and tax payers the costs of enforcing Ms. Nasim's
child support order. The terms of the
Consent Order have reduced the payments of arrears from 63 years and 6 months
to 14 years and 6 months. If Mr. Cheese
did not agree to a Consent Order, he would have been taken to the Somerset
County Jail, a Motion for an Enforcement Order would have been filed. The Motion would have requested that Mr.
Cheese be required to pay all of his arrears within 2 weeks. Project Child Support has posted an Enforcement Order on
its website that contains the terms the Court previously has granted to enforce
the payment of arrears. Mr. Cheese's
wanted profile has been modified in Bounty Alert's Deadbeat to Released. The
Bounty Alert mobile phone and desktop applications enable users to receive
deadbeat parent alerts, which contain the profiles of noncustodial parents with
child support warrants. Should Mr.
Cheese fail to comply with the Consent Order, the arrest warrant will be
reissued, he will be hunted down and immediately arrested by fugitive recovery
agents. Also, Mr. Cheese is required to pay for his own apprehensions. "Since Mr. Cheese was polite,
cooperative, acted like a gentlemen, and had just purchased clothes for his
daughter, Ms. Nasim agreed to allow his driver's license to be restored to
enable Mr. Cheese to obtain more DJ opportunities", said Founder Kai D. Patterson.
Mr. Cheese just has
to comply with the terms of the Consent Order, and he no longer has to worry
about any enforcement actions, or being arrested. Now he can focus on what he does best, which
is being a DJ. In 1986, Robert Cheese
won the DMC DJ contest, and his YouTube Video
confirms he is extremely talented. His
skills enable him to perform at night clubs, summer park jams, and concerts to
generate substantial earnings. The
number of people that attended his welcome home party when he was released from
his surgery, also confirms that he has a fan following. He also has an interview posted on thefoundation.com, which is a website that contains profiles of
Hip-Hop music legends.
Bounty Alert, and the
Custodial Support Foundation were founded by Kai Patterson in honor of his late
mother Brenda
Patterson West, who raised Mr.
Patterson as a single parent mother, without receiving child support. Project Child Support was also founded by Mr.
Patterson, and consists of an initiative between Bounty Alert and the Custodial
Support Foundation. It is an initiative
provided by Bounty Alert and the Custodial Support Foundation. Bounty Alert provides investigative, and
apprehension services to assist custodial parents owed child support arrears. The Custodial Support Foundation assists
parents in acquiring discounted legal services to assist parents in obtaining
Enforcement Orders, Consent Orders and obligation modifications. "I founded Bounty Alert on the anniversary of my mother's birthday, which was on October 16, 2009, in honor of her and all parents who raise children
in America without receiving adequate child support", says
Patterson.
Last year,
Cablevision sponsored the Custodial Support Foundation's weekly talk show
called "the Custodial Support Forum".
Several episodes were required and aired on Cablevision to teach parents
how to deal with child support collection and payment problems. Included are an Apprehension
Episode that describes the
effective use of bounty hunters to assist in the apprehension of noncustodial
parents with arrest warrants. A Collection Episode,
an Enforcement Order Episode and a Noncustodial Parent Assistance Episode were also produced and aired.
To date, forty eight
(48) fugitive recovery agencies have been contracted by Bounty Alert to provide
apprehension services for noncustodial parents with child support warrants, for
the Project Child Support initiative.
Custodial parents who are owed arrears and where arrest warrants have
already been issued, can receive expedited enforcement services by calling
Project Child Support 24-Hour Call Center or by enrolling
on the Project Child Support website.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PARENTS MAY CONTACT
Project Child Support at (855) 851-HELP or (855) 851-4357
or via e-mail at support@projectchildsupport.com
