Maryland Bail Bonds Blog

Harford County Bail Bonds Company, Big Boyz Bail Bonds, was ecstatic to discover that a $75,000 bond posted for a defendant in Harford County was successfully apprehended today in Tucson Arizona. This defendant posted bond with our company back in 2005 and due to multiple postponements of his case he forfeited the bond only recently in September of 2009.

When we were notified by Harford County Circuit Court of this defendant failing to appear for court we were put in a very difficult position. All of the information within our file was very outdated. The information was from 5 years ago and just about every phone number was disconnected and most all people associated with the bail did not live at their respective addresses anymore. To make matters worse for us, the defendant went by the very common name of James Jackson and had at least 5 other alias names he has used in the past.

This was only the beginning. At the time of posting the bond, the defendant was residing in Philadelphia and the signer for the bond lived in New York. The defendant had no ties at all to the state of Maryland as he was arrested passing through the state in route to New York. Technically, we had no business writing the bail but hind-sight is only 20-20. By posting bond for this defendant we signed guaranteeing Harford County that he would appear for court. So it was our responsibility to bring Mr. Jackson back to Harford County to face his charges.

Today, Special Agent Joey Orlando of the Maryland Fugitive Task Force was contacted by friendly bounty hunters in New York about a defendant arrested in Tucson Arizona under the name James Jackson and the alias names we knew of. After matching his finger prints with his FBI ID# we were assured we had our man. Eventually, Mr. Jackson will be transported to New York and then Philadelphia to be served on several warrants. Soon after, he will be extradited down to Harford County Maryland to be served on our warrant.

An event such as today should prove to all fugitives currently on the run that you can only stay on the run for so long before the law catches up to you. No matter how far away you are you always run the risk of getting picked up at any time and any place. Trust and believe that once you get caught, the Bail Bondsmen will be aware and you will eventually be brought back to jail in the location of your court hearing.

Maryland Bail Bonds Company Big Boyz Bonds posted a $50,000 bond for the release of a defendant from the Anne Arundel County Detention Center in January of 2009. We posted the bond on the promise that the defendant and his girlfriend who co-signed the bond would guarantee his appearance in court. Unfortunately for us, the defendant failed to appear for court and he was on the run.

Tracking the defendant down proved to be a daunting task because he was originally from North Carolina and had only been living in Maryland for a short period of time. Most of his family is from North Carolina and he was quick to flee to his hometown after he was released on our bond.

Over the course of 6 months he rarely made any effort to contact us. And when he did contact us, it would be from a private number and he would never tell us where he was or who he was staying with. People that jump bail always surprise me because it is only a matter of time before it catches up to them. People think that they can stay on the run forever and think they are invincible to the people that are tracking them down.

The defendant claimed to be in Baltimore and expressed interest in turning himself in to face the music. He thought if he reached out to us and continuously told us that he wasn't going anywhere we would sit back and wait for him to walk into our office. While we might wish to happen we certainly were not willing to count on it. So we continued our hunt and traveled to North Carolina.

In North Carolina we were able to meet up with some helpful members of the police department down there and work together to bring the fugitive into custody. They were able to come up with an address for the defendant and his girlfriend and literally watched the defendant pull into their driveway. The Maryland bounty hunters moved in quickly as the defendant tried to drive past them running into our team's vehicle.

The bounty hunters quickly surrounded the defendant as he tried to flee and called local police for support. The defendant was successfully apprehended and transported back to Maryland to be served on his Anne Arundel County Bench Warrant. A case like this is proof that the Bail Bonds system in Maryland can work when you have a legitimate operation that is actually responsible for the people they post bond for.

With so many shady bail bondsmen in this State it gives most Maryland Bail Bonds companies that do it right a bad reputation. Hopefully one day shady bail bondsmen will be a thing of the past and those that take ownership for their bonds continue on in providing a valuable service to the Maryland Judicial System.

Recently here in Baltimore, bail was posted for a Deacon of a church for sexual abuse of a minor. The case was profiled on the news and some of the charges consisted of second degree rape and sodomy out of approximately 40 or so charges. The surety, as it usually does, was checking the status of the case for the trial date etc. Upon doing so they noticed that a pre-trial warrant was issued for the defendant before his trial date and immediately contacted me for assistance.

During the second day of my investigation I believed that I located the defendant at his home so I contacted some friends of mine to assist with the arrest. This was due to the fact that a recent search warrant was conducted at the residence and as a result the defendant was charged with FIREARM / DRUG TRAF CRIME.

As a standard operating procedure before arresting the subject we called the police agency that holds the original warrant and was told not to arrest the individual because the investigation was ongoing. I completely understand this reasoning but, if that is the case why would the warrant information be placed in the Maryland online court system?

Furthermore, the defendant has court in a week and may flee the jurisdiction of the court because the warrant information is on the internet. One reason may be that the detective that is working the case may want to talk to him before he is committed, but if that is the case then why hasn't he arrested this individual yet?

In addition, the bail on the warrant is denied so he should have plenty of time to talk to him and if he prefers to speak to the target at the time of his arrest, then I suggest that he promptly arrest this individual or accompany me as I locate and apprehend this person. I would like to see what they do to locate this person should he fail to appear for trial when I could have arrested him today. My guess is that they will make some attempts to locate him and then they will return the warrant and hope that he gets arrested on it at some point later.

One more thing that is mind boggling to me is the fact that this Violent Felony Warrant was not placed in the National Criminal Information System (N.C.I.C.) which notifies every law enforcement officer in the country that may come in contact with this individual. This happens more times than one could imagine. If anyone understands why this may be, please explain.
Sincerely,
Agent: J. Orlando
Warrant / Fugitive
Investigations & Apprehension

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This morning Big Boyz Bail Bonds of Baltimore Maryland executed a bond for a defendant locked up in the Baltimore County Detention Center. She was being held on a bond while having very little local support able and willing to secure her bond with a bail bonds company. The reason for her lack of support is because the defendant had only been living here in Maryland for a few years due to her employment.

The parents of this defendant were able to find us via our Maryland Bail Bonds website and contact us to inquire about getting their daughter released on bond. We explained to them that one of our specialties is posting bail bonds for defendants who have out of state signers. We specialize in this for the simple reason that so few other bail bondsmen in Maryland are willing and able to do a bail without someone local to sign for the bail.

We understand that people travel and move for various reasons and at any time or place one can get in a jam and get taken into police custody. We don't discriminate from doing bails for people that have out of state contacts. Certainly it makes the bond a little bit more difficult for us to do, and we are taking on additional risk, but we welcome the challenge.

If you or anyone you know is in need of a bail bond and doesn't have any family local in the Maryland area to help, do not hesitate to contact our 24 hour Bail Bonds Office. There is always someone available to speak to you and you will never listen to a recording.

Regardless of the weather, Holidays, or any other events Big Boyz Bail Bonds doors are always open. This past Saturday during a record snow fall in Charm city we were called on numerous occasions to find out if we were still open. The answer was and will always be yes. We never close our Baltimore City Bail Bonds office for any reason; even if 20+ inches of snow fall on our city. It's very important for us to keep our reputation of a Bail bonds company that never closes its doors intact.

Our phones were ringing left and right with questions about bail amounts, court dates, and lawyer referrals just like any other day. I guess what I'm trying to say is Saturday was no different from any other day. We treat everyone's questions as if we were dealing with our own family.

Saturday, despite the snow, was still relatively busy for us. We did a few bails including a $15,000 and a $150,000 bail for Baltimore city. The families were so worried about their family member who was locked up but did not know where to start and was unsure she could find any help due to the inclement weather. We let them know we can come to them to do the paperwork and then post the bail for them.

Many people wonder why we have so many trucks riding around on the streets of Baltimore. It's primarily to get where we need to go regardless the weather, and help provide a better service for our clients. This past Saturday was no different for us from any other day. Despite the many inches of snow that fell, and other bail bondsmen closing their doors we stayed open to take care of business, because that is what we do every day.

Rain, sleet, hail, or snow the doors at Big Boyz Bail Bonds will always be open for anyone who has general questions. Whether it's about bail information or someone would like one of our famous shirts or pink and yellow pens (bigboyzpens.com) we will be here.

When one gets arrested in Baltimore County they are eventually transported to the Baltimore County Detention Center located at 720 Bosley Avenue in Towson Maryland. It is here that they will be held in a facility that has a release policy like no other detention center in Maryland.

The Baltimore County Detention Center is the only Detention Center in Maryland that has a cut-off for when they can accept releases for bail bonds. Every day this cut-off is at 8pm. In other words, if a Baltimore County Bail Bondsman does not have the bail posted and the release handed into the detention center by 8pm sharp then the defendant will have to wait until the following morning to be released.

It is important to understand that a bail bondsman can post a bail in Baltimore County 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The only restriction here is in the specific time period the jail is willing to accept the release. For example, if someone comes in to post a bail for Baltimore County at 9pm (after the cut-off) we will have to explain to the family that the bail will be posted immediately but the release will have to wait until the following morning at 8am. This can be a very frustrating fact for a family member or friend who is eager to get somebody released on bail.

In addition to the cut-off, it is one of the few places in Maryland that requires the bail bondsman to hand-deliver the release to the detention center. Fortunately, the court house where we post the bail is only a few blocks away from the Baltimore County Detention Center. But still, this has caused bail bondsmen's fair share of close calls as to whether they get the release handed in on time or not. If a bail bondsman gets the release at 8:01pm they are not going to accept the release.

So when contacting a Baltimore County Bail Bondsman concerning a bail for Baltimore County keep this info in mind if you expect to get your loved one released within the same day.

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Recently we were contacted by Steve Silverman of the Maryland law firm, Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White in regards to posting bond for a defendant held in Baltimore City Central Booking. At first glance this would appear like a normal bond. However, we soon discovered that the defendant locked up in Baltimore City was being held on Fugitive from Justice Charge out of the state of Connecticut. To make matters more difficult for Big Boyz Bail Bonds is that the defendant himself was not from Maryland, he was actually from Texas!

Typically, when one is incarcerated on a Fugitive from Justice Charge they are held without bail until the state that has lawful claim to the defendant can come and pick him up and take him back to the state where the charge is for. This defendant was able to obtain a bond because his family hired superb Maryland Defense Attorney Steve Silverman to handle the fugitive case in Maryland. The purpose of a bail in this particular instance is to insure that the defendant will willfully turn himself into the state of Connecticut within 30 days. As you can imagine, it is quite a difficult task to persuade a Maryland Judge that a defendant from Texas will eventually turn himself into a completely different state. Therefore, the judge ended up issuing a $200,000 bond in the case.

Big Boyz Bail Bonds executed the bond within hours of being contacted by the family for the bond. It is safe to say that 99% of the bail bondsmen in Maryland would never even dream of touching a bail like this. The defendant has virtually no ties to the state of Maryland other then the fact he comes here for business from time to time. There is no doubt that our Maryland Bail Bonds company took a significant amount of risk in executing this bond.

To make matters more interesting is that when the defendant turns himself into Connecticut he will be issued another bail. We informed the family of our capabilities of posting bails nationwide. So when the defendant receives his bail in Connecticut we will be more than capable to spring the defendant on that charge as well. Stay tuned for a follow-up on this particular case.

Yesterday, Big Boyz Bail Bonds in Baltimore Maryland was able to successfully post bond for a defendant held on $200,000 bond in Dorchester County detention center. The most significant factor about this particular bond is that it was posted for a mere 1% of the bail bond as a down-payment. To make matters more beneficial for our client, she did not have to travel to Baltimore from her home in Dorchester County to complete any paperwork. Information for the bail was taken over the telephone and signatures were obtained via fax.

In talking with the defendant's mother (who signed for the bail bond) it was clear that she did her research in evaluating all of her options available to her for getting her son released from custody. Rather than calling a bail bondsman initially for information she contacted the courts to find out what her options were. The courts explained to her that she had the option to use Maryland Real Estate, Cash, or a Bail Bondsman. This person had Maryland Real Estate, but did not have enough equity in the eyes of the court systems to secure the bail with her property.

Eventually she contacted our 24-hour Maryland Bail Bonds office for additional information about posting the bail bond. Rightfully so, she had a lot of questions due to her lack of experience in dealing with this particular type of situation. Since she never had to use a bail bonds service before, she inquired in great detail about her responsibilities as the signer for the bail bond.

When a family member or friend gets arrested it is important to not act too hastily or irrationally. It is important to act as this person did and do research into all of your possible options. Certainly when choosing a bail bondsman in Maryland there is literally hundreds if not thousands of options. It is important when contacting a Maryland Bail Bonds company to ask all the questions necessary. They do not teach bail bonds in school systems so don't feel like any question is a stupid question. As long as you are contacting a legitimate-licensed-bail-bondsman you will obtain 100% accurate answers to your questions.

One of the toughest tasks for bail bondsmen in Maryland is helping clients who reside out of state. The reason for this is quite simple, any time you are dealing with clients who don't live in state you are taking on a much higher level of risk. Most bail bondsmen in Maryland will not even consider a bail with out of state ties to it. If you are looking to get someone released from custody in the state of Maryland and you live out of state, look no further than Big Boyz Bail Bonds. Yesterday, Big Boyz Bail Bonds was able to successfully execute a bond for a family who all reside in the state of North Carolina.

The situation for the family in North Carolina was quite intriguing. The defendant was originally arrested in Virginia when pulled over for speeding. During the routine traffic stop, the officer ran her name and discovered she had an arrest warrant from 2005. She was held in Virginia for almost 10 days and then extradited to Baltimore County to be served on the warrant. We were contacted by the family who spent a lot of time contacting other bail bondsmen in the area who were unable to service their bail due to the North Carolina information.

A licensed bail agent was dispatched to meet the family at the Baltimore County Circuit Court to do paperwork and post the bail. The family was unaware that the warrant was issued and had they been they would have turned their family member into authorities. The defendant originally lived in Maryland when the charge originated but soon after re-located to North Carolina to attend school and be closer to home. After speaking with the defendant after her release she informed us that to her knowledge she had already been to court for this particular charge. According to court records she did appear for a court date and the charges were dismissed. But she was unaware that she had this charge still pending to go to court.

The defendant retained criminal defense attorney Brian G. Thompson of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White. Anytime an out of state defendant retains a local attorney it certainly makes the bail bondsman feel a little more comfortable about taking on the liability. It will probably be at least 3-4 months before this defendant must return to Maryland to appear for court so until then we will be sure to stay in touch with our defendant, and make sure she and her family is aware of her court date.

Maryland Bail Bonds Company Big Boyz Bail Bonds takes numerous calls daily from people wanting to check if they or one of their friends or family members has a warrant. Many people think that bail bondsmen in Maryland have the same system to check warrants as the police do. This is not the case.

In truth, bail bondsmen in Maryland can only see certain types of warrants. We can see warrants for failure to appear (FTA) and violation of probation (VOP). When an FTA or a VOP occurs at the district court level, often times a preset bail will be set. These are the warrants that we can see for our clients. If an FTA of VOP occurs at the circuit court level the preset bails cannot be verified. The defendant must be served on the circuit court warrant and appear before a judge.

Many people call inquiring about arrest warrants which are much different than the previously mentioned types of warrants. In today's world it is rather simple for someone to go and get an arrest warrant out against somebody. All you need is a police report number, general information about the person you're trying to get detained, and venture to the commissioner's office to fill out the necessary paperwork. These warrants are kept from the public. Commissioner's decide whether to issue the warrant or not; and if they do, they give the information to an officer to attempt to locate the defendant and make the arrest.

Next time you want to contact a bail bonds service that provides warrant checks keep in mind the warrants we can actually see. If you try to contact your local police department or precinct they are going to tell you to come in no matter what so they can make the arrest if you do in fact have a warrant.

Very few bondsmen in Maryland will actually perform warrant checks for their clients because most work off their cell-phones in their vehicles and are sleeping when you need them for something. If you want detailed information concerning a possible warrant it makes sense to contact a reputable bail bonds company such as Big Boyz Bail Bonds. We always have multiple employees in an office by a phone and a computer to look into a situation.

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If you live in or around Maryland, chances are that you have signed your check with one the Big Boyz Bail Bonds famous pink and yellow pens. The pens have become so popular that the Maryland Bail Bonds company recently launched a new website bigboyzpens.com that restaurants, businesses or individuals can go to and request big boyz pens for free. It's a good thing that they did! They recently received a request from a fan that said that she wanted to be a Big Boyz Pen for Halloween.

Genya Shimkin, a 23-year-old young woman who works downtown for a public health non-profit came up with the idea after giving her friend one of the pens. "The idea actually came from a friend of mine. He's about to leave for Africa, so for his birthday I gave him a Big Boyz Pen- it's portable and will remind him of home while he's away. While chatting about the ubiquity of the pens, someone suggested it as a Halloween costume. I don't think they thought I'd go through with it."

Genya wore the costume last night to Nightmare on Bourbon Street. "The bouncers and staff totally got it, and were really excited," she said. "The crowd inside was mostly college students and many of them didn't get it at first. However, because my friends and I were handing out pens all night people caught on pretty quickly." Everyone loved the costume so much that they encouraged her to enter the costume contest that night, which sadly she didn't win. She has higher hopes for tomorrow night when she will be in Fells Point, "I think it will be a lot better in Fells Point, it will be a much larger crowd."

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Yesterday, Big Boyz Bail Bonds in Baltimore was contacted by a defendant in regards to needing transportation to court. We posted a $10,000 bond for the defendant in Baltimore County back in April of this year and she was finally due for court here in October. This defendant was considered a "high-risk" bond for us because on her commitment papers she used an address in Beaumont Texas.

Her court date was set for 8:30am so we had her at the Towson District Court House in Baltimore County by 8am. She was one of the first citizens to enter the courtroom that day and was very appreciative of this service. She successfully utilized our fundamental purpose as a bail bonds company in Maryland, which is insuring the defendant's appearance for court.

We urge more defendants out on bail to call their bail bondsman if they are having difficulties making it to court. One of the most common excuses this day in age for a Failure to Appear (FTA) is lack of transportation. We hear stories all the time about the bus showing up late, or their car broke down, and nobody ever thinks to call their bondsmen who bailed them out.

Big Boyz Bail Bonds is ready and available with agents standing by to provide this service to our clients in need. If your bail bondsman is unwilling to provide this service for you then they are not a quality bail bonds service and should not be in the business at all. Most people have the misconception that our sole duty is to release the defendant from custody. In reality, our responsibilities go far beyond just bringing someone back home.

Unfortunately for this particular defendant we took to court, she was re-arrested while in court because there was an arrest warrant for her. They took her into custody and issued her a $20,000 bond. Big Boyz Bail Bonds is ready and eager to post this bond for her because she has a great understanding of our purpose and the importance of appearing for court and "facing the music."