What Makes A Bail Bond Good – Comment

The main takeaway from this excellent article is that often times what makes a bond “good” is the security of its transaction. If a bond has a face amount of $100,000 and mom is willing to sign and is willing to put up her house to ensure her sons appearance in court, it is often worth…

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Bounty Tank Talking From the Heart

Frank The Tank Frazier is a bail bondsman in Summit, Medina, and Cuyahoga counties. He is a bounty hunter for Sly Bail Bonds and tracks fugitives all over the United States. He works with the troubled youth of Summit County. Below he is talking from the heart to all kids young and old about making a…

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Stark County Officials Rethinking Bond System

http://m.cantonrep.com/news/20160220/officials-rethinking-bond-system The above article gives a good overview of the current bond situation in regards in Stark county and domestic violence cases pending as of the end of 2015. What is interesting and of some note is that fact that of those offenders currently on bond, the vast majority were on an unsecured bond through the pretrial…

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Fallacy in the Debate between Pretrial Services and Surety Bail

Tony Sylvester’s response to an article written on bailbonds.com about surety bail.     This article below rightly points out what is becoming a huge fallacy in the debate between pretrial services and surety bail, which is what exactly the purpose of bail bonds is, both from a historical and a legal standpoint. As luck would have…

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Bounty Hunting in Akron Leads to Arrest

Bounty Hunting in Akron ” Not everyone who is accused of a crime can afford bail money, which can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In those cases, a bail bondsman will step in and put up a bail bond — sort of like a loan — in return for a percentage (usually…

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