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Published October 30, 2009 01:46 pm - The Joplin father and son have seen their interests combined into a hard-hitting work ethic that keeps them busy training fighters, sleuthing, hauling and setting up a giant steel cage all over the state, and working to help children caught in an abusive situation. Work to be done: Father-son business keeps pair busy in gym, doing PI work, helping kids By Scott Meeker
smeeker@joplinglobe.com It would be hard to pin down Fred and Rico Engberg and get them to do just one thing for a living. Their Team Pain Fight Club gym at 2226 S. Main is filled with heavy bags, weights and a large red mat in an adjoining room for sparring. A quick look around the gym might lead one to believe that they would be easy to size up. But go a few rounds with them to kick around the things that they are passionate about, and you’ll find two men who enjoy all that they do and hope that they’ll be able to make a difference in the lives of others. The Joplin father and son have seen their interests combined into a hard-hitting work ethic that keeps them busy training fighters, sleuthing, hauling and setting up a giant steel cage all over the state, and working to help children caught in an abusive situation. And, if one might happen to need to be bonded out of jail, they can help them, too. “None of it is big time, just stuff we do in our spare time and try to make it work,” Fred said. “But between all of them, it is full time.” Round 1: Bondsmen, investigators Rico, 35, worked in law enforcement for about nine years, including undercover work for the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force. A few years ago, he and his father decided to go into the private investigation business together. “We started taking the PI classes online,” Rico said. “With my background in law enforcement, I didn’t have to have them, but I just wanted to make sure I had all my ducks in a row.” They opened Engberg Investigations at a small location at Eighth and Main streets after becoming licensed, bonded and insured through the city. Their work has involved doing background checks, digging through trash cans in the middle of the night on a search for drug paraphernalia and trying to catch cheating spouses. “The biggest job we’ve had was for 24 hours a day for a solid week,” Fred said. “(The wife) was out of town and her husband wanted us to never let her out of our sight, so we didn’t. We took turns driving and sleeping, and we watched every move she made.” The wife, as it turns out, wasn’t cheating. 
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