Los Angeles – Gangs in the L.A. Men’s Central Jail, which is notorious for its dangerous inmate population, are always kept apart from each other.  But the general population is not segregated and this has set off a powder keg of racial tension, primarily between black and Latino inmates, that forced the Sheriff’s Department to lock the prison down last Friday night.  Authorities took quick action after receiving an inside tip that certain inmates were plotting a racially motivated prison brawl.  These inmates continue to be confined to their cells.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman, Steve Whitmore, said the facility banned visitors and inmate movement until just this past Monday morning.  Now these restrictions are gradually being lifted.

Racial violence between inmates is an ever growing problem throughout the county’s jail system, particularly at the overcrowded and understaffed Men’s Central.  Ever since it opened some 44 years ago, the Men’s Central Jail has played house to many of the system’s most homicidal incidents, including  nine inmate murders between 2000 and 2007.

In 2004, one prisoner was even left unsupervised for hours, giving him the opportunity to kill another man who once testified against him.  Months after that killing, Merrick Bobb, the county’s special counsel, described the jail as “nightmarish to manage” in a graphic report.  Merrick concluded by calling upon the Sheriff’s Department to shut it down.

Of course, such was not the case, and this latest lockdown measure seems to have worked.  As of Monday, no riots or fights have been reported.

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Santa Monica – A man remained in the Santa Monica Jail today, in lieu of $150,000 bail, for allegedly violating a restraining order preventing him from coming within 100 yards of actress Jennifer Garner and her family.

Steven Richard Burky, 37, was taken into custody Monday at 9:05 a.m. at a nursery school in the 1200 block of Alley One, at the rear of the First Presbyterian Church, police confirmed. Violet Affleck, one of two daughters of Garner and her actor husband Ben Affleck, attends the school.

Garner was granted a restraining order against Burky in November 2008, after telling a judge she feared for her life and that of her family. She alleged that Burky had been stalking her since 2002 and was becoming more and more threatening.

According to her court papers, Burky once told her “God had sent him a vision of her being persecuted in some manner that

may result in her death.” Burky was held on a psychiatric hold last year.

Burky’s Bail Amount is currently set at $150,000 and will be in the LAX court House on Thursday the 17th we will update the story as it changes relating to bail.

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f you see Randy and Evi Quaid, you might make a couple of bucks if you tip off their furious bail bondsmen.  They have missed yet another court date to face felony charges of defrauding an innkeeper. They’ve  forfeited their $40,000 dollar bond and they’re facing felony charges for skipping out on a $10,000 bill in the first place. These people obviously have no problem fleeing from bills.  This is the fifth skipped court date for the couple.  It may be time for them to spend a few days in the clink…..

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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 bondsmenin Maryland have the same system to check warrants as the police do. This is not the case.

In truth, bail bondsmenin 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 bondsmenin 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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Vampire? Doctor? Zombie? How about trying to be a little more creative and going with a celebrity that has made headlines recently. Michael Jackson? Kate Gosselin? (Jon & Kate plus Lady GaGa? Bernie Madoff? This is the big question that everyone faces every year around this time. What am I going to be for Halloween?

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.”

So, how can you become a Big Boyz Pen for Halloween you may be asking? This is how Genya did it. “Making the costume was a labor of love. I’ve never been a crafty person, so it was quite an undertaking. First I bought a white sweatsuit. Then I cut off the right sleeve, which I dyed pink. I dyed the rest of the suit yellow, and then sewed the sleeve back on. I used stencils to spray paint “Big Boyz bail bonds” up the right side. I bought pink slippers to match my pink hat (onto which I sewed a toilet paper roll covered in pink tissue paper) and the pink glove for my right hand. To complete the costume, I mixed red and white face paint and painted my entire face and neck. It was my first time dyeing, sewing, and spray painting!”

The Big Boyz Pen may just turn out to be the costume choice of many people this year. Keep your eyes open, and if you need any pens contact Big Boyz at www.bigboyzpens.com

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Big Boyz bail bonds is officially announcing the arrival of our new and improved pink and yellow Big Boyz Pens. 300,000 new pens will be delivered to all of your favorite local restaurants, bars, night clubs, and even to your front door step. Request our Big Boyz bail bonds pens for free from our website.

The new prototype can be seen below. We our including all 4 address locations of our bail bonds offices, just in case you might run into a jack-pot. In addition, both of our websites will appear on the pens, bigboyzbailbond.com and bigboyzpens.com. One final feature to the pen will be our “cezane” font that so many of you are accustomed to seeing appearing on our t-shirts.

Baltimore bail bonds Company Big Boyz bail bonds takes pride in helping local businesses supply their staffs and clients free pens to subdue costs. We process many pen requests per week so please be patient as we work on getting the pens delivered to you as quickly as possible. Any additional comments or questions you might have in regards to our pens, please visit our pen website and send us an email.

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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 bondsmanif 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 bondsmenwho 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 bondsmanis 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.”

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The Carroll County Detention Center is located in City of Westminster fifteen minuets from the Owings Mills/ Reisterstown area. When picking up a family member when bail is paid, the address to come to is 100 North Court Street directly across from the Carroll County District Court.

After the Defendants bail has been paid if he/she is already upstairs the typical wait time is around two hours for their release. The defendant will be released from the same area where they allow visitations. If you’re lucky and the defendant is in the Central Booking area the wait time is only five to ten minutes and he/she will get released from the bottom area of the detention center.

Overall, the employees in the detention center are very nice to deal with and will answer any question you have. If you feel you have a question regarding picking an inmate up or posting a bail bondin Carroll County, please contact us any time. We are available to post bails in Carroll County 24 hours a day. 410-857-9440.

Carroll County release process can take longer on the weekends than the weekdays. On the weekends, the Carroll County Commissioners are on call. This means when your Carroll County bail bondsman arrives and the Commissioner is out of the office, the commissioner must be paged to come and process the bail. The commissioner has up to one hour to come to the detention center once being paged. After arriving the usual wait time is an extra five to ten minuets for them to get logged in to their systems. This is largely due to the fact that there is not a very high volume of crime in Carroll County.

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Last week, the James A. Musick Jail, a 100-acre detention facility in Irvine better known as “The Farm”, shut down its East Compound.  According to the Orange County Register, Orange County authorities are hoping to save $1 million by doing so.  The move is yet another example of the economic challenges faced by the OC, a community that normally enjoys quite a reputation as the poster child for California affluence.

The OC Sheriff’s Department has had $20 million cut from its budget this year and more than $65 million is still expected to be slashed. “It is essential that we continue to evaluate our operation and identify potential cost savings.” Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said in a written statement.  She also promised the closure would not result in early inmate releases or impact public safety in any way.  Instead, about 40 Musick inmates will be transferred to the Central Jail Complex (OCJ) in Santa Ana or to the Theo Lacy Jail in Orange.

Interestingly, back in July, Orange County closed the Women’s Jail (physically located adjent to OCJ) and moved some of those inmates to Musick.

The 1,250 inmates currently housed at the Musick Facility are considered a low security risk.  Most of them are incarcerated for DUIs, minor drug possession, burglary, failure to pay child support or prostitution.  The Farm has a rehabilitation program that helps them receive a G.E.D. and it also offers them agricultural training.

Officials expected the jail’s population to increase in this weak economy, but they are now happy to report a decline.  If this trend continues, even more sections will be closed.

The Sheriff’s Department may also still reopen the East Compound if it wins a contract from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house detainees, which could add a much needed $18 million back into their budget.

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Four armed men forced their way into a Newport Beach mansion in the Pelican Ridge gated community, on the night of December 9, 2009. Three of them ransacked the home and stole cash and jewelry while the fourth remained outside as a lookout.  The target of this violent crime was Daniel Sadek, former head and founder of Quick Loan Funding, a collapsed subprime mortgage lender that wen belly up in 2007.

After a manhunt, three of the suspected robbers were arrested by the Newport Beach Police Department. Two remain at large.  Each was held in lieu of $100,000 bail.  Two were booked on suspicion of robbery.  One is booked on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery.

Sadek’s mansion was also the scene of a fire two weeks ago, during which a Mercedes Benz mysteriously went up in flames.  Officials have yet to determine whether this might be related to the home invasion.  It is also not clear if the gunmen knew the people they attacked, if they had a motive other than robbery, or if Sadek was even home at the time.

Daniel Sadek’s company, which he founded in 2002, once did about $4 billion worth of business.  He recently declared bankruptcy in Nevada.

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