Big Boyz Bail Bonds‘ CEO, Ross Nochumowitz has received the Baltimore SmartCEO 2010 Circle of Excellence Award in the field of Marketing. The SmartCEO Circle of Excellence Award recognizes 10 Greater Baltimore CEOs who have excelled in specific leadership attributes that have made them gain a competitive edge within the community.

At this point, if you have ever been to an establishment within Baltimore you surely have come across one of the famous Pink and Yellow Big Boyz Bail Bonds Pens. The Big Boyz Bail Bonds Pens have become such a phenomenon, that it’s hard to find a business that does not have their free supply sitting on the counter. Ross Nochumowitz, the CEO of Big Boyz Bail Bonds, was honored in the May issue of the Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine for helping to grow and nurture this guerrilla marketing campaign.

The Circle of Excellence categories for which CEOs were nominated and honored are:
• Hot Startup
• Serial Entrepreneur
• Marketing
• Young Entrepreneurship
• Family Business
• Product Innovation
• Lifetime Achievement
• A Classic
• Philanthropy
• Customer Service

“Circle of Excellence winners are not only selected and honored for their accomplishments, but for demonstrating success in applying a unique leadership attribute that significantly benefits their business and the community,” said Craig Burris, Publisher at SmartCEO Magazine. “We are honored to recognize Ross Nochumowitz as one of Greater Baltimore’s standout leaders.”

Baltimore SmartCEO magazine is a regional “growing company” publication. SmartCEO believes that a “growing company” is really determined by the spirit, drive and dynamics of a company’s owners and managers, rather than by the size of its building, the number of its employees, or its sales volume. Each month, a variety of businesses in the greater Baltimore and greater Washington areas turn to its pages for features, case-study advice and trend analysis, all with a uniquely local flavor. SmartCEO is read by more than 31,000 business owners in Baltimore and Washington DC.

For a complete list of winners or more information regarding the program and event, visit www.smartceo.com.

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Just the other day, WJZ Channel 13 news station took a visit to the ever dreadful Baltimore City Central Booking facility. It was interesting to hear one officer inside the jail describe the booking process as a “fast pace, high energy type of operation.” I believe our clients bailed out of Baltimore City Central Booking would say the contrary!

Click Here to read the WJZ story on Balimore City Central Booking.

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In fact, there is nothing fast pace or high energy that gets done inside that jail. Our Baltimore City Bail Bonds office sends licensed bail agents to the facility on a regular basis and we experience firsthand the rigors that are involved with completing bails for our clients. Baltimore City Central Booking is the only jail in Maryland that one cannot post bond for a defendant immediately after seeing the district court commissioner. Anywhere else in Maryland, once the defendant has been seen by the commissioner and been given a bail their case becomes active and bond can be posted. In Baltimore City there is an average of around 12 to 16 hours after one sees the commissioner before their bail bond can be paid.

To Central Bookings credit, their task is not necessarily a simple one. Due to the high volume of inmates being processed on a daily basis and employees manually processing their paperwork into their “Jail System” adds to the overall time delay.

One of the central issues however with Baltimore City’s jail system is that there is no real management person as a regular and forceful presence on a given shift. This generally leads to employees taking extended periods of down time due to nobody watching over them. As the saying goes, “when the cats away, the mice shall play.”

One of the most frustrating elements of Central Booking is trying to get a hold of someone that can give you accurate bail information. Before Big Boyz Bail Bonds makes any attempts at posting bail for someone we verify if the incarcerated inmate has any additional warrants or detainers in place. Unfortunately you could try for hours to get through to someone without getting any kind of a response. To make matters worse, when you finally do get in contact with someone you can be thrown on hold or transferred to another employee in the facility.

WJZ did a nice job giving viewers a glimpse of inside the jail. But what many don’t realize is that some of the real horrors of Baltimore City Central Booking take place when one makes attempt at posting the bail bond itself. Please call Baltimore City Bail Bondsmen at Big Boyz Bail Bonds if you would like to inquire more about the Baltimore City booking and release process.

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It sounds like the combination of a joke and a game: “Knock, Knock” and “Go To Jail, Go Directly To Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200.” But according to CBS2, Glendale residence are breathing a sigh of relief rather than laughter.

The Glendale Police Department arrested three women on Friday and took them to the Glendale Jail where they are each being held on $20,000 bail. According to a witness, the women knocked on a residential door. When noone answered, they forced themselves in. The three were arrested as they drove away from the scene thanks to the fast acting witness.

The three, Sukari Joiffron, Valeria Acosta and Ziara Cannady, are suspected of other area burgleries. Those with additional information are asked to contact the Glendale Police Department at (818) 548-4911.

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Pretrial Services Vs. Commercial Bail

Is anyone surprised that bail wins?  Would you be surprised to know that twice as many defendants on unsecured release failed to make their court date?  That is correct: commercial bail (releasing a defendant on bond with a friend and bondsman following up) outperforms pretrial services (releasing a defendant on a promise to appear or their “own recognizance” without a responsibile individual to track the defendant) two to one in getting persons to court.

For 22 years, the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics has been indicating that bail wins, but recently the pretrial services advocates have been trying to make a case to change or eliminate the bail system as we know it. Bail bonds work because they assign responsibility and financial liability to parties who can control the outcome – getting the defendant back to court while allowing them to return to work and freeing up public funds (via jails and staff). This, of course, at no cost to the public.

Now we have another source to prove our point. This comes from this pretrial service’s own records. This particular agency in Houston, Texas is one of the largest and most sophisticated in the country. Bail works twice as well in preventing failures to appear.

Source: Pretrial Services Vs Commercial Bail

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From Witchita KS:

Thursday, April 29, 2010

A bail bondsman attempting to take a man into custody for warrants, was shot in the thigh with his own gun when it accidentally discharged during the pursuit.

The incident happened outside of a Quik Trip at 4730 East Central Thursday, according to a 911 dispatch supervisor.

The incident happened at around 9:15 p.m. The suspect escaped.

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Big Boyz Bail Bonds recently attended a fundraiser for the Sitting Judges of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. Judges Bailey, Brobst and Nagle are asking for your support and re-elect them to the circuit Court for Baltimore County.

The kick off campaign was held at Martins West from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Countless attorneys and prosecutors attended this event. Our 24 hour Maryland Bail Bonds Company regularly attends events such as this to show our care and support of the Justice System. It was a pleasure to speak with defense and state’s attorney’s and give them a better understanding of just what it is that we do as Bondsmen and why it is so important for us to continue our much needed roll in the Justice System.

What is a kickoff campaign? When there are vacancies in the Baltimore County Circuit Court the Governor appoints Judges who are highly qualified to serve on the bench until the next election. When the next election occurs, those Circuit Court Judges who wish to continue to serve must run for a 15 year term in a special non-partisan election.

Recently appointed Judges Sherrie R. Bailey, Ann Brobst and John Nagle are each running to be retained as Circuit Court Judges for Baltimore County in the 2010 election.

If you are interested in getting involved by volunteering or contributing please visit their website at www.sittingjudges.com or check out their facebook page and become a fan.

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The bail bond premium, that is the fee paid to the bail bond agent, is one of the most misunderstood parts of the bail bond contract. Many people are of the opinion that the fee that they pay is refunded when the defendant appears in court. This is not correct and I’ll explain.

When a person is arrested and a bond amount is set, the family of the defendant has several options. They may post the entire amount of the bail in cash or they my enlist the services of a bail bond agent. If they elect to post the bond in cash, they must deposit the case with the court and that amount will be refunded when the bond is released. If the family does not have the cash, they may enlist the services of a bail bond agent. They will pay a percentage of the bond as a premium for the service of not having to post the entire amount in cash. That premium is earned by the insurance company backing the bond and is not refundable. Think of it as buying car insurance. You pay a premium, but you don’t get any money back if you don’t have an accident.

Another misconception is in the premium rate charged for the bond. In Colorado, the maximum rate that may be charged is set by the State Legislature and is capped at 15%. Most bonds under $5000 are written at 15% while bonds above $5000 are usually 10%. However, the circumstances of each bond dictate where in that range the agent will charge. Risk factors such as residence, employment history, prior failures to appear and the collateral offered all contribute to the decision. Beware of agents that quote rates that vary significantly, either higher or lower from the norm.

Good service is seldom cheap and cheap service is seldom good. There are inherent risks in writing a bail bond and staying on the bond throughout the court process. Good agents provide good service throughout the court process and expect to be compensated accordingly.

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A news story out of Orlando, Florida caught my attention this week. It involved the Sex Crimes unit of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, where I used to work and a bail bond agent, my current position.

An Orlando bail bond agent was arrested for sexual battery upon a female he had bonded out. He called the woman to demand more collateral for her bond. She and her husband appeared at the bondsman’s office and the husband left to get more cash and the title to their vehicle. While the husband was gone, he threatened to revoke her bond unless she had sex with him. Not wanting to go back to jail, she complied.

When her husband returned, they completed the paperwork for the bond and left. She told her husband of the threatened revocation and sex. She then reported the incident to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies believe that there will be more victims coming forward as a result of the reporting of this incident.

I’ve written before about some of the unethical behavior of some bail agents and this is a clear example of abuse of power. Bail Agents are given tremendous authority over those they have out on bail and one must be very careful in selecting a bail agent. The industry has it’s share of bottom-feeders who offer low initial rates and later try and squeeze more money or other favors from those on bail.

Bail is a service business. Good service is seldom cheap…cheap service is seldom good.

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Detectives are investigating whether a man suspected in the slaying of a family in Little Armenia stalked one of the victims, according to law enforcement sources.

Alberd Tersargyan of Los Angeles has been charged with killing one member of the family, but police said they believe he’s responsible for all three slayings, which occurred over two years in the Hollywood area.

LAPD Capt. Kevin McClure said detectives recovered a weapon when they arrested Tersargyan on Thursday but declined to provide further details about the case. Tersargyan was charged with the special circumstance of lying in wait, which makes him subject to the death penalty.

The slayings stunned Little Armenia, in part because the family’s teenage daughter discovered the bodies of her parents and younger sister.

On Dec. 11, 2008, a gunman burst into the family’s Hollywood apartment and shot father Khachik Safaryan and his 8-year-old daughter. Safaryan’s 12-year-old daughter came home from school that afternoon and found the bodies.

Eighteen months later, Safaryan’s widow, Karine Hakobyan, 38, was found slumped in her car with a gunshot wound to the back of the head outside her apartment. The daughter, once again, discovered the body when she became worried that her mother had not returned home from work.

Tersargyan has been charged in Hakobyan’s death, but it’s unclear exactly what connected him to the case.

Sources told The Times that detectives are investigating reports that he was “obsessed” with Hakobyan and had spent some time stalking her. But the sources would not say whether the family knew the man or had earlier altercations with him.

Detectives have found no evidence that the family was involved in crime in either the United States or Armenia, from which they emigrated in 2003.

Safaryan worked as a butcher in Hollywood, and his wife was a patient-care service aide at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

After the father and daughter were killed, detectives struggled to identify a motive or suspects.

Several months after those slayings, the daughter who discovered the bodies drafted a letter to President Obama and other leaders, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking for help in solving the case. In the letter, which she had not yet sent, she recounted how the loss changed her family.

“I am hoping that you, Mr. President, will find time to put pressure … to solve the hideous murder of my beloved sister and father.” she wrote. “I still see the bloody bodies of my sister and my father as I found them that day.”

She said that Dec. 11 “was an ordinary day for a lot of people; but for us this day was special” because her younger sister was set to present a poetry reading. “My whole family was excited. Unfortunately, this day was tragic.”

She also wrote about the grim toll of the killings. “Our family is falling apart now,” she wrote. “My grandparents are sick and depressed. My mother cannot cope with the loss of her husband and daughter. I am not in any better shape.”

At this time the Defendant has no bail, as more information comes in, we will update the story as it relates to bail.

“Because You Have the Right to Bail”

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