Two KS Bounty Hunters Arrested After High-Speed Chase

After a high-speed chase through Wichita, Kansas where speeds at times exceeded 100 mph, two bounty hunters were arrested.  One bounty hunter was charged with aggravated kidnapping and carrying an unconcealed weapon while the other was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.  John Roberts, the bail agent who had hired the bounty hunters who were arrested and participated in the chase as well, was trying to arrest a fugitive wanted on city and county warrants. Unfortunately for Roberts and the bounty hunters, the two people they were pursuing... Read more

WSBAA Continuing Education Classes

The Washington State Bail Agents Association is holding continuing education classes at the Little Creek Casino and Resort in Shelton, Washington. The classes will be held March 26th through March 27th, 2009. For more information, visit the WSBAA website.  Read More →

MBAA Continuing Education

The Mississippi Bail Agents Association is holding a Continuing Education class on March 26th, 2009 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. According the the Mississippi Bail Agents Association, Mississippi bail agents need eight hours of continuing education a year.  Class information can be found on the MBAA website, along with a printable registration form.  Read More →

Prisons Feeling Economic Crunch

The International Herald Tribune is reporting on the latest casualty of the financial crisis - the prison system.  For decades, prison populations have been increasing, in large part due to minimum sentencing requirements, 3-strike laws, and harsh sentencing for non-violent drug offenders.  Instead of focusing on prison reform, the solution to the problem of over-crowded prisons was simply building more prisons or contracting with private prisons.  However, as counties and states are watching their budgets shrink and are feeling the money crunch,... Read more

CBAA Continuing Education Course

The California Bail Agents Association is holding Continuing Education classes at The Proud Bird Restaurant in Los Angeles California.  The class will take place on March 24th. For more information, visit the CBAA website.  Read More →

Ten Questions with NCBAA President Mark Cartret

Mark Cartret, president of the North Carolina Bail Agent’s Association, was recently asked ten questions by the residents of North Carolina.  The questions Cartret answered ranged from “How exactly do bail bonds work?” to “Do many people jump bail?” Read his answers to these questions at WRAL.com.  Read More →

Pasco County, FL Phasing Out Pretrial Services

Bob White, the sheriff of Pasco County, Florida, has recently announced that his county will be phasing out pretrial services due to budget constraints.  As of the end of 2008, the pretrial services unit had been responsible for almost 700 defendants, with another 400 released on their own recognizance but without police supervision.  The sheriff’s department stopped accepting defendants into this program on March 23rd, 2009. Pasco-Pinellas State Attorney Bernie McCabe and County Court Judge William G. Sestak do not support the dissolvement... Read more

HI Insurance Commissioner Revokes Bail Bondsman’s License

Monica Joyce Pacheco, a bail agent on the Big Island of Hawai`i, has been issued a cease and desist order from J.P. Schmidt, Hawai`i’s Insurance Commissioner after allegedly withholding premium payments and cash collateral for her own use. Pacheco had been operating an unlicensed and unregistered bail agency. Schmidt encourages those who feel they are not being treated in the proper manner by a Hawaiian bail agent to contact the Investigations Branch of the Hawai`i Insurance Division.  Read More →

CBAA Continuing Education Course

The California Bail Agents Association is holding Continuing Education classes at the Hilton Garden Inn in San Diego, California.  The class will take place on March 23rd. For more information, visit the CBAA website.  Read More →

The World of Bail Enforcement

William “Moose” Moseley has seen more of the world than many people can dream of. He has seen more countries than states – partially due to his work in the military – and he uses his background to make sound choices while working in bail enforcement. He has to make hard choices about taking cases in states where the rules and regulations are not kind to bail enforcement agents, and has learned hard lessons about who to do business with. Moseley has had what he terms a “very dirty trick” played on him. On occasion, he has gone looking... Read more

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