Bail Blotter: New Law Decides Where Bondsmen Will Train
- July 30, 2012
- by AboutBail Staff
- In the News
Each week AboutBail combs the web for the latest and most interesting industry news stories to bring you the Weekly Bail Blotter.
New Law Decides Where Bondsmen Will Train
RALEIGH, NC – Governor Bev Perdue has signed a bill which mandates that North Carolina bondsmen receive their training from a private company known as the N.C. Bail Agents Association. This means that no other companies will be authorized to train bondsmen in the state – including NC Bail Academy, the only other company in the state to offer such training. It is expected that NC Bail Academy will fight the law, claiming that it amounts to a monopoly. In North Carolina, bondsmen are required to receive training in order to get their license and work as bondsmen in the state.
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Accused Man’s Bondsman Found to Be Unlicensed
TROY, AL – Cornelius Collins, an Alabama bondsman, of Alternative Justice Bail Bonding is the man who attempted to post bond for accused rapist Andre Ellis. However, when he tried to post the bond authorities found that Collins’s license expired in March of this year. The surety agent’s license which allows someone to be a bondsman in the state needs to be renewed every two years. According to authorities, Collins may have bonded out others during the period when he was without a license, which means that those bonds were illegal and Collins may face charges as well as civil suits as a result.
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Fake Bond Scam to Be Reviewed Within the Month
INDIA – The Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its review of the fake bail bond scam at Kurla railway station within one month. The court had originally asked the CBI to review the case last year. The scam involved employees of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), who allegedly told victims that they needed to pay cash bonds for being released for alleged offenses. The money was then kept by the employees.
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Malfeasance Claims Against Magistrate
PORTSMOUTH, VA – Chief magistrate Loretta Reese has pleaded guilty to malfeasance after taking loans from Virginia bondsmen and revealing confidential information to these bondsmen. The charges were made against Reese following a federal investigation, which also revealed that Reese had an illegal inspection sticker, provided to her by a bondsman working with a mechanic. Reese has already resigned from her position as magistrate and faces a six-month suspended jail sentence.
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Man Accused of Pretending to be a Bondsman
MIDDLEBURY, VT - Police have arrested Eric Turco, claiming that he was found in possession of a fake badge and handcuffs while pretending to be a Vermont bondsman. Several people in Middlebury contacted police after a man alleging to be a bondsman was in the area, claiming to be looking for a sex offender. When police arrived on the scene, they found Turco and discovered that he was wanted in another county for allegedly impersonating a public officer.
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New Law to Help People Make Bail
NEW YORK, NY – A new law enacted this week will allow charities to post bail on behalf of those who cannot afford to pay for bail or for a New York bondsman. Under the law, charities will need to be a 501(c) (3) organization and will not be allowed to charge a fee for posting bails of up to $2000 for misdemeanor cases. Before the law was passed, the state only permitted official full-time bail businesses to post bail.
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