Bail News Roundup - March 30, 2007

This week, the AboutBail.com staff were all talking about Duane “Dog” Chapman - his legal woes, his new show, and his supporters. We also couldn’t help being reminded this week about the dangers - and temptations - that face bail professionals. Our top news story picks for the week are:

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Bail News Roundup - March 26, 2007

Around the water cooler this week, AboutBail.com staff had plenty to talk about. The news this past week was full of the continuing drama of Duane “Dog” Chapman and the stories of less famous bail professionals. This week, the stories of bail professionals showed again how dangerous the profession is. From the past week, the stories that got our attention were:

Hawaii Honors The Dog
Members of the Hawaii House of Representatives publicly honored bounty hunter and TV actor Duane “Dog” Chapman and his wife Beth this past week. The lawmakers praised the couple for getting fugitives and criminals behind bars, creating a safer society. Hawaii lawmakers have been supporting Chapman since he was accused of making an illegal in the June 2003 capture of rapist Andrew Luster.

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Bail News Roundup - March 19, 2007

This week, the AboutBail.com staff had plenty to talk about. From changes at one of our favourite networks, to an unusual investigation in Los Angeles, to a bail bondsman wanted on charges of non-payment, we were reading the news all week. Our picks for the most interesting and the wackiest news stories:

CourtTV Making Some Changes
We at AboutBail.com love CourtTV and were thrilled about the announcement this past week that the network is being revamped to include new programming and a new look. One of the shows we are really excited about is called Bounty Girls. The show will take cameras along on the assignments of Sunshine State Bail Bonds in Florida, a company that hires elite female bounty hunters.

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Bail News Roundup - March 12, 2007

Duane “Dog” Chapman is in the news again and the staff at AboutBail.com is keeping an eye on the news to see how the reality star’s extradition to Mexico will go. In other news, a woman made a daring escape from bail bondsmen, but the bondsmen got their arrest in the end. Also, a bail agent association donated some technology to help out a busy jail. Read on to find out what the AboutBail.com staff were talking about this week:

Shreveport Woman Tries to Escape From Bail Bondsmen
A Shreveport area woman jumped from a moving car in order to escape a bail bondsman. Although injured, she spent a brief period of time in the hospital before moving to jail. The bond agreement for 21-year-old Paige Cronford was broken and Pleasant Bail Bondsmen were re-arresting her when the woman jumped from the car in order to escape. She suffered a cut on her leg and was treated at LSU Medical Center. When released, Andy Pleasant took the woman to Bossier Parish Correctional Center.

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Bail News Roundup - March 5, 2007

The AboutBail.com staff this week was not reading all great news. This week the media reported on two bail professionals doing wrong. All is not bleak, though. There are still the stories of bail professionals working hard to track down the bad guys:

Not Heart-Warming News
Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell, his wife Kelly Harrison Campbell, and a bail bondsman named Bobby Junior Cox are facing court after allegations of corruption against the trio have surfaced. The three are accused of taking prescription drugs from homes they entered in the line of duty. They are also accused of plotting to manufacture methamphetamine. The trial continues.

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Bail News Roundup - February 26, 2007

At AboutBail.com, we have to admit that we are excited. Over the past week, the news has all been great. Again and again, the staff at AboutBail.com has been reading about bail professionals as heroes - as those catching the bad guys and nabbing crooks. It’s been quite a week and we’re so proud. We can’t wait for next week:

Another example of what bail bondsmen have to deal with…
When bail bondsmen James Farrar, Charles “Chuck” Koah, and Fish Fisher brought a defendant to court this past week, they brought more than they bargained for. The bail bondsmen brought Demorris Marcel Childress to the Bedford County Courthouse to face a drug charge, but Childress brought something a little extra – officers found crack cocaine in Childress’ pants. Childress was charged again, proving that criminals should not bring drugs into court. Quick-eyed Koah noticed that something was wrong when Childress kept asking to use the bathroom during court.

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Jimmy Jones is one of many fugitives bounty hunters are now looking for right now.

After twenty years as Private Investigator Gary Roberts took on the role as a bounty hunter just a year ago. With their weapons in place, his team is ready to go. The search is on for Jones, who is 43-years-old.

Roberts said, “He’s a meth dealer, I’ve heard rumors that he cooks, I know he buys meth out of Houston.”

Bail News Roundup - February 19, 2007

The staff at AboutBail.com has been busy looking at the week’s news and has come across a number of interesting and important news stories. The week was full of industry news and even some scandal:

New Orleans Newspapers Reporting on a Wave of Bail Business
Bail bondsmen and criminal attorneys have a busy week, thanks to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. According to bail professionals and attorneys, Carnival time in the Big Easy sees more tourists arrested - often for misdemeanours such as lewdness, public indecency, public drunkenness, and possession of marijuana - and fewer locals being arrested. Some attorneys and bail bondsmen actually leave town at this time of year, since tourists tend to pose a high flight risk, but those who stay report lots of business, according to New Orleans newspapers.

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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 astronaut who arrived in Florida disguised in a trench coat departed her hotel hiding under a jacket.

Some of the people involved in the case against her wonder why. After all, by now everyone has seen her face.

In her court appearances she stood mostly silent, showing little reaction as lawyers talked about the accusations that could lock her up for life.

But behind the scenes, people who have encountered her in the legal system say she seems stunned.

“I think she just snapped,” Nowak’s bail bondsman, John Vonachen, said.

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