Bail News Roundup - February 12, 2007

The AboutBail.com staff can’t be accused of not keeping up with the news. The office water cooler sees plenty of current events discussions. This week, these are the stories that had our interest:

Texas Bail Bondsmen Down, Not Out
On February 7, 2007, newspapers were reporting that a computer glitch, of all things, practically shut down close to 50% of bail bonding companies in Hidalgo County, Texas. The glitch permitted bondsmen to bail out even those people for whom financial backing was unavailable. The glitch apparently stems from what experts are calling a programming error - a mistake that allows companies to seriously overextend themselves financially. Some are pointing to the lack of routine maintenance on the sheriff’s department’s computer system as the cause of the problem.

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The contractor is to provide background investigations for the Hospital Police Department for the State of California – San Bernardino Division. The duration of the contract is two years, and the estimated value of this contract is $25,000 - $49,999.

The due date for this bid is set for March 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM Pacific Time

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Many parents and children are in financial difficulty today because parents are not paying the child support ordered by courts. Hiring a private investigator can help parents augment resource-strapped legal systems so that payment can finally be made.

Deadbeat parents cost children a lot of money. In the state of Hawaii alone, more than half a billion dollars represents the amount of delinquent child support payments. According to 2005 statistics, the state is only able to successfully collect 40% of delinquent accounts. The District of Columbia is not much better, collecting only in 37% of cases. Most states have passed laws to get deadbeat parents to pay up — in some states; parents who fall behind on their child support can find their pay checks cut, their credit dinged, or their licenses suspended.

Despite the legal measures, though, parents still report that deadbeat parents do not pay child support. Child advocacy groups point out that some parents move or change identities in order to avoid child support, while others only make a payment or two when threatened with cut pay or loss of a license and then return to non-payment. In many cases, law enforcement and child services simply do not have the resources to find and compel non-paying parents to make payments.

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The vendor shall provide limited software access subscription for a maximum of 300 (25 background checks per month for 12 months) nationwide criminal background checks for contract employees (to include county checks), Social Security Number verification (including name verification) and address history for the period of performance of this contract. Acceptable sources for criminal records checks include: County Courthouses; Defense Security Service; and Infolink Screening Services, Inc.

The due date for this bid is set for March 9, 2007
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For a married individual, there is nothing worse than experiencing the feeling that eats away at you when you suspect that your better half is turning to another for attention.

Whether you see the common signs, find clues or want to relieve the paranoia, there are ways to get to the bottom of this lingering mistrust without letting your partner know your intentions. One of the best and most discreet approaches to this matter is to enlist the help of a wireless camera. Catching a cheating spouse has never been easier.

Throughout the years, hidden cameras have caught countless cheating wives and husbands. Many users enjoy the freedom of being the only ones to catch their spouses in the act, eliminating the usual hiring of a private investigator. Hidden cameras are safe and do not entail a stranger following your loved one wherever he or she goes. They are also very easy to use and are only detected when your significant other uses a hidden camera detector, which is highly unlikely.

This week in Nova Scotia (it could have been anywhere in Canada), it became public that two registered nurses taped shut the mouth of an elderly woman in a nursing home.

After the woman was silenced, the nurses drew a happy face on the tape. Mission accomplished: The 80 year-plus resident was “calmed down” and “distracted” and everyone carried on with business as usual at the Glen Haven Manor in New Glasgow.

You would think that other workers might have been disgusted enough to report the incident. They were not. When the matter finally came to the attention of the board of the Glen Haven Manor Corp., you would think that appropriate action would have been taken. After all, two professional staff had utterly failed in their professional obligations to protect the dignity of a patient who clearly couldn’t protect it for herself.

In July, when Anthony Marshall — the only son of well-known philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor, himself 82 years old — was accused by his own son, Philip, of mistreating Astor and forcing her to live in what her grandson described as wretched conditions, elder abuse was much in the news. After all, the stories implied, if a woman worth some $45 million could be mistreated, with her own son allegedly refusing to spend money for her care, what did this portend for those with lesser means?

Do you know who will be coaching your child’s sports teams this summer? The Bloomingdale Park District and Bloomingdale Baseball and Softball Association want to make sure you do.

Having recognized a “crack in the system” that allowed registered sex offender David Litt to coach youth baseball and serve on the league’s governing body, both organizations vow to be more vigilant in their screening procedures.

The association said every adult on the field will be given a thorough background check and both organizations have promised to improve communication among themselves to create and share a database of approved volunteers.

“There are several signs of infidelity that typically appear AFTER Valentine’s Day, which can confirm the existence of an extramarital affair,” says infidelity expert Ruth Houston, founder of www.InfidelityAdvice.com and author of “Is He Cheating on You? - 829 Telltale Signs. “But knowing what to look for is the key.”

Houston advises anyone who suspects a spouse or significant other of cheating to be alert for the following post-Valentine’s Day telltale signs of infidelity:

Surely nobody wants to think their sweetheart has eyes for anybody else.  But if there’s ever a doubt, there’s one man who can lend his eyes and ears to find out.

Joe Rubio is the owner of RGV Private Investigations.

He’s a retired police officer of 22 years who specializes in criminal investigations but says his main bread and butter is investigating spouse dishonesty.

He gets called daily by people wanting to know if their honey is cheating on them.

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