Bail Agents Claim Pretrial Release Programs Create Conflict

Hanover County, Virginia – Both bail companies and pretrial release programs claim to keep jail populations in check by releasing defendants out of jail. However, this is where the agreement ends. Bondsmen claim pretrial release programs cost taxpayers money. Champions of pretrial programs claim the programs focus on rehabilitation and monitoring.  Bondsmen have gotten political, working with groups such as the Lower Cape Fear Bail Bonding Association, the North Carolina Bail Agents Association, and the N.C. Bail Agents Association Political... Read more

Bondsmen Take to the Airwaves

Fredericksburg, VA – Bondsmen worried about the state of the bail bond industry in Virginia has formed a group called Virginians for the Preservation of Bail. The group is now taking to radio airwaves, running radio spots and ads on radio stations as the General Assembly session sits. Virginians for the Preservation of Bail is led by bondsman Bill Weisband, who is worried about the growing power of pretrial release programs in the state – programs he claims cost him and other bondsmen business. Read the full article.  Read More →

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