This Free Fish guy must be on probation. If the authorities sought to throw the book at him before, it may be as simple as them being notified that he's up to his old antics again (assuming it's the same scumbag).

Can anyone (ewest, hint hint) find the link that someone posted to the article of the Free Fish guy being arrested?

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."