Bail Bonds

30-year-old Jeffrey Simonek has spent the last two years in jail being held on $20 million bail. Mr. Simonek was charged with numerous counts of committing lewd acts with children under 14. It took nearly two years for the case to come to trial at a Los Angeles Superior Court and only two days for […]

It just keeps getting worse for 32-year-old Benjamin Golden after a drunken Uber ride went viral. Golden caught a ride through Uber in Costa Mesa. During the ride, which was recorded by a dash cam video, Golden can be seen sliding from side-to-side, unable to give the driver confirmation of where to be dropped off.

Recently, Equal Justice Under Law, a non-profit organization, filed a class action lawsuit seeking to end the cash bail system in San Francisco. The organization says that it is fighting “systemic inequalities” in the legal system and that San Francisco’s bail system is a “wealth-based detention scheme.” The lawsuit takes aim at cash bail claiming

New York’s Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman recently announced that he would take the matter of bail reform into his own hands. During an address to the Citizens Crime Commission in Manhattan, Judge Lippman, stated that the bail system “punishes people for being poor.” He urges judges to set bail at lower amounts and to use

A lot of factors are kept in mind when transferring a prisoner to another jail. Obviously when a prisoner is locked up in a jail he is in the most miserable circumstances. He cannot meet his family or friends. It is due to this reason that many people try to post for jail transfer requests.

The Bail Schedule and How Judges Set Bail Judges will typically set bail according to a bail schedule. Bail Schedules are set by county and fix a bail amount depending on the crime the person is arrested for. A judge may lower or raise the bail amount depending on the circumstances of the case and

Craig Tanber, a member of a white supremacist gang in Orange County, is being held on $1 Million Bail in the stabbing death outside of a bar in Laguna Niguel. Tanber had been released from prison in June on a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. In the current case, the Orange County District Attorney alleges that

Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a Saudi Prince, was arrested late last month after a woman accused him of trying to force her to perform a sex act. Now, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, other women have come forward alleging that the prince committed sex crimes against them. Al-Saud was arrested for false imprisonment, sexual

$15 additional bail bond fee rejected by California State Legislature AB1406 would have added Section 1824 to the Insurance Code. It required that each surety insurer or bail permittee pay a fee of $15 per bail bond transaction. According to the bill, these fees would be placed into the Bail Investigation and Prosecution fund to

Randy Quaid and his wife have emerged after 5 years of being on the run. Quaid and his wife, Evi, are each being held on $500,000 bail in Vermont. The duo was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents upon trying to enter the United States from Canada. Warrants were issued for their arrest