Recently, Baltimore City Bail Bonds Company Big Boyz Bail Bonds received a bond forfeiture notice for a defendant with a long history of Failure to Appears (FTA's). We posted 3 bonds for this defendant, a $15,000, $10,000, and $1,500 cash bond respectively. (Didn't know we could post cash bails? See our blog on our ability to post a cash required bond!)
This defendant inevitably forfeited 2 out of the 3 bonds. A representative of Big Boyz Bail Bonds made contact with the defendant to try and arrange for him to turn himself in to our custody. The wanted subject had no interest at all claiming he had already been to court on all of his cases. This statement by the defendant was of course incorrect.
So our hunt began to bring this defendant back in the custody of the Baltimore City Jail. Our hunt ended in just 1 hour time from receiving the bond forfeiture notice from the courts and after making contact with the defendant. The hunt ended in a chase on foot that spread over 10 blocks until finally the defendant was apprehended.
When Big Boyz Bail Bonds receives a bond-forfeiture notice from the courts we take it personally because we are financially liable to produce the defendants we bail out for court. If we fail to do so we must pay the full sum penalty of the bail to the courts. This is a service that the State of Maryland cannot afford to lose. Without bail agencies such as Big Boyz Bail Bonds there would be many more fugitives running the streets presenting danger to the community at large.
Many fly-by-night bail bonds companies make little to no effort at all to hunt their fugitives out on bail. Instead, they use "the system" to their advantage and hope the person eventually gets re-incarcerated on their own. This method is contrary to public safety and allows the fugitive to remain on the run for a longer than necessary amount of time. It is this very issue that gives bail bondsmen in Maryland a bad name.
Bail Bonds companies such as these need to become extinct from our industry so bail bonds companies such as Big Boyz can offer legitimate public safety service to the State of Maryland.
