Maryland Bail Bonds Blog

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.

The New Year is only a few days old and already we are starting to see quite a few changes take place in the Maryland Bail Bonds industry. One of the more significant changes to occur is that Baltimore Bail Bondsmen are now allowed to charge a fee for posting cash only bails for their clients. Prior to this, bondsmen were not allowed to assist their clients with this leaving many people unable to post these cash only bonds.

When a bond is set at cash only one can only pay the bond with cash or a certified bank check made out to the District Court of Maryland. There is no opportunity for financing like you would have when posting a regular bail bond with a bondsman.

This is a statewide change that technically all Maryland bail bondsmen can offer to their clients. The fact of the matter is, however, that very few will offer this service to their clients. Big Boyz Bail Bonds is one of the very few that will service cash bails of any amount. You might be asking why so few bondsmen in Maryland would be willing to do this as an additional service.

The reason is simple. Posting a bail bond versus posting a cash only bond is quite different. When one posts a bail bond they are essentially insuring the courts that they will pay the total sum of the bail if the defendant fails to appear for court. This means that the bondsmen do not have to put up any "physical money" to the courts. When one posts a cash bond they are doing the exact opposite. Bail Bondsmen who post cash only bonds are literally withdrawing money in the form of a certified check to post your bond. And when the defendant appears for court and the case gets closed, the money is returned to the bondsman that put up the money

The truth of the matter is that 99% of the bail bondsmen in Maryland simply don't have the funds to be able to do this. In addition, if they had the funds, they wouldn't want to put up their own cash for someone they didn't know. So if you come across a friend or family member that needs assistance with a cash only bond, remember to call Big Boyz Bail Bonds.