Update:SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- When Linda Kay failed to show up for her arraignment in South Plainfield Municipal Court on Wednesday, bail bondsman Kenneth Sass knew he had to find her -- and fast. Motivated by the $100,000 he had posted for her bail Monday, Sass launched a two-day search for Kay, a nude dancer with strip club Hott22 in Union who was charged last week with illegally possessing a severed human hand in her Diana Drive home.
That'd motivate me.
"I really wanted to relieve myself of owing that $100,000, so I started looking for her nonstop," said Sass, owner of In & Out Bail Bonds in Plainfield.
In & Out Bail Bonds. Sound's soooo New Jersey...
"And I don't stop until I get the person," he added. On Friday afternoon, Sass got Kay.
Following tips provided by friends and family and a 48-hour manhunt that took him to locations from Springfield to Fanwood, he finally nabbed Kay at her father's Scotch Plains house around 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sass said. "Her father was being very cooperative, and he and I were in contact throughout the search," Sass said. "As soon as I spotted her at her father's house, I jumped out of the car, showed her the warrant, handcuffed her and put her in the van."
Pops finally smarten up?
Without Kay putting up much of a fight, Sass took the 31-year-old woman to police headquarters, where she was taken into police custody and processed, he said. "She (Kay) was very, very, very scared," Sass said. "I'm just glad I found her."
Dan Russo, the owner of Hott22, the all-nude juice bar in Union where Kay dances, said the notoriety of Kay, who goes by the stage name Zilla, has not hurt business.
Hott22. Home of the twenty dollar glass of apple juice...
"We've been getting calls from media all over the world," he said. "People want to know if the skull girl is still dancing here." He said he will welcome Kay back once she straightens out her legal problems.
Kay displays a little "goth" style into her routine, he said, but uses little more than black lipstick and other makeup. Skulls are not part of her act.
Well, maybe in the back room...
"I'd never allow that here," Russo said.
Jeez, youse guys think I'm fockin whackjob or sumthin? I run a legit joint here.