How to Locate Fugitives with Facebook

How to locate fugitives with Facebook and other social networking sites John Dillinger might not have been such a successful bank robber if he had kept a Facebook page. These days, more and more bail agents, private investigators and law enforcement agencies are using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to locate hard-to-find fugitives. With a quick Google search and a little creativity, it is now possible to find out everything you need to know about your subject without leaving the office. Social networking has become an especially... Read more

Post-Conviction Bonds a Promising Solution to Prison Overcrowding

Prison overcrowding has become an ever-evolving dilemma for many states, where each new solution creates a new assortment of problems. The end result has been prisons operating grossly over capacity, such as in California, where the state’s 33 prisons were designed to hold 84,000 inmates but are packed with 158,000. States are being forced to release prisoners early and turn away new inmates, which is giving criminals the opportunity to become repeat offenders without much consequence. With current solutions proving largely ineffective, bail... Read more

PBUS Winter Conference

Join the Professional Bail Agents of the United States at  the 2010 Winter Conference Membership & Meeting Expo at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The conference takes place February 15th through the 18th. For more information visit the PBUS website.  Read More →

Bringing Unity to the Nation’s Bail Industry

For nearly three decades, the Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS) association has been a haven for the bail industry to learn, network and even get bailed out with advice when thorny issues or situations arise. Founded in 1981 and based in Washington, D.C., PBUS focuses on arming members with the up-to-date information and education needed to survive and thrive in the ever-changing bail industry. PBUS counts the majority of bail companies in the United States as members, which means the association supports most of the country’s... Read more

Welcome New Marketing Consultants

AboutBail.com is proud to announce Kimberley Conner, Pam McDonough and Mindy Naumer as our newest Marketing Consultants, Amanda de Bock as the new Client Concierge and Nora Sneberger as the Senior Marketing Consultant. Each of these women brings a diverse background to the team, but are all here for the same reason: to help the bail agents, investigators and criminal attorneys we work with to be more successful. Meet the team: Nora Sneberger, Senior Marketing Consultant As a former prosecutor, public defender and attorney Nora has extensive experience... Read more

MBAA Winter General Assembly Meeting

The Mississippi Bail Agents Association is hosting their winter general assembly meeting at the MBAA Office in Ridgeland, Mississippi.  The meeting will be held January 6, 2010. For more information visit the MBAA website.  Read More →

Tough Technology for a Bail Agent’s Rough Lifestyle

Today has been ‘one of those days’. You had a sentencing set for one of your clients who was out on $150,000 bail early this morning. You showed up, checked in with the bailiff and were immediately notified that the defendant had not arrived. After waiting for an hour you called the home office to put your lead investigator on high alert. Increasingly aware that the defendant was not going to show, you waited for the call. Another 45 minutes passed and your detective called to let you know that you had a rabbit. Off to the home office... Read more

Bondsmen Market to College Students

Athens, Georgia – Student journalists at the University of Georgia Athens offered writers and journalists some story ideas and leads for the holiday season. Student Hanna Griffith notes that one interesting story is the tendency of local bondsmen to aggressively market to college students. Bondsmen apparently like having students as clients since students usually have parents and families who can offer help when students need bail. As a result, bondsmen market heavily to students and some even offer free bond to students who wear a bondsman’s... Read more

Bail Reduced for Couple Accused of Embezzling $230K

Houston, TX. A couple accused of embezzling more than $230,000 from the Harris County District Attorney’s office appeared in court this week. The judge reduced the bail from hundreds of thousands of dollars for each person, to $25,000 each. Prosecutors say that the couple stole the money from a special fund set up to help victims of crime. Read the full story here.  Read More →

Clients Protest Bail Agent in Texas

El Paso, Texas. An angry mob of protesters waved signs outside of Apodaca Bail Bonds in downtown El Paso. Protesters claim that they showed up for their court dates and have been awaiting the return of their bail deposits for more than 30 days. Apodaca has claimed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it is not clear if the bankruptcy is protecting Apodaca from repaying clients’ bail debts. Read more here.  Read More →

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