VA Magistrate Forges Documents to Give Bail Agent Dad Business

A local Virginia paper, the Bristol Herald Courier, is accusing Abingdon, VA magistrate John C. “Tiny” Mullins III of forging documents to funnel business to his father’s bail bonds company. As a magistrate, Tiny Mullins had the ability to decide whether or not they could be freed from jail and could set bail for certain defendants. While setting bail amounts and sending clients to his father, J.C. Mullins Jr. of Abingdon Bail Bonds was not illegal, the chief magistrate and Abingdon judges decided it wasn’t ethical and told... Read more

Virginia Bail Agents Fighting With Jail Over Inmate Information

Virginia bail agents are facing frustrating circumstances when they try to bail someone out of jails run by the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority.  As of four months ago, the Southwest Virigina Regional Jail Authority has enacted a strict no-release policy that includes the name of the prisoner, his or her charges, and the bond amount.  These three pieces of information in particular are vital to bail agents trying to bail a defendant out of jail.  Instead, the bail agent has to wait until the county clerk can be contacted to get this... Read more