A fourth member of the Los Angeles County Ten Most Wanted List of child support evaders has been arrested, less than two weeks after the List was launched and unveiled at a press conference.
James J. Nickerson, who owes more than $412,000, was taken into custody at his home in San Clemente on Saturday, March 29. Officers from the San Clemente Police Department, working with information and assistance from Los Angeles District Attorney Investigators, executed the outstanding bench warrant issued by the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Following his arrest, Nickerson was turned over to the Los Angeles investigators, who transported him from the Orange County jail in Santa Ana to the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail (Twin Towers). Nickerson posted bail in the amount of $50,000 and was released on Monday, March 31. He was ordered to return April 24 for a sentencing hearing to Department 82 of the Central Arraignment Court adjacent to the Twin Towers facility.
In March, 2004, Nickerson pled "no contest" to a charge of violating Penal Code section 166 (a) (4) for failing to pay court ordered child support for two children. Following his plea, he was placed on probation. A bench warrant for his arrest was issued a year later, in March, 2005, after he was found in violation of probation and failed to appear for sentencing.
The County’s 10 Most Wanted List for child support evaders was launched by Supervisor Don Knabe, District Attorney Steve Cooley, and Child Support Services Department Director Steven J. Golightly on Tuesday, March 18. To date, four of the Ten Most Wanted have either been arrested or have surrendered to the court.