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.
