Family Bail Blog

Who Gets Arrested for Domestic Violence?

Question: I’m curious: who gets arrested for domestic violence? It’s such an emotionally scarey charge. Do you bail be people out for that?

Answer: Yes, we do provide domestic violence bail bonds. I can tell you that most of the people we work with are family members of the people who have been arrested. They are many times surprised or disappointed or just don’t know what to do when their son or daughter, or ex-husband calls and says they have been arrested for something related to drugs or domestic violence, for example. It is very shocking to those people and especially so when we hear the words like domestic violence that is very, very serious.

What we find is that most people who find themselves call us are experiencing this one time event in their lives and it may or may not be a serious case. In California, specifically in Southern California, if Read more »

Santa Maria Jail Information

General Information

Santa Maria Jail
812-A West Foster Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Phone 805-934-6159
Santa Barbara County Bail Bonds

The Santa Maria jail facility is a remote booking facility, which can only house inmates for up to 96 hours.  Those arrested in this area will be held there temporarily until they are released or transferred to the Main County jail located in Santa Barbara, which is the main jail in Santa Barbara County.

The main jail is a secure correctional facility which holds pre-trial detainees (both male and female sentenced inmates).

Inmate Visiting and Call Information

• The exact time of inmate Read more »

Beam Me Up at the Los Angeles County Jail?

The Future of L.A. Jail Law Enforcement is Found in a Laser Beam

The future is right now and has landed on the doors of Los Angeles law enforcement. The latest and greatest gadget to hit the ground running is a non-lethal laser beam! The state-of-the-art weapon designed by Raytheon has been developed in the hopes to reduce prison violence.

Originally designed as a military device for crowd control, the Assault Intervention Device or (AID) works by emitting an invisible heat ray which penetrates the skin up to 1/64th of an inch and feels like a focused blast of hot air. The device has a range of between 80 to 100 feet and really packs a punch.

According to Mike Booen, Vice President of advanced security at Raytheon, he explains that that “No one can stand there for more than three seconds because it really hurts.” Which in turn, causes the person to get out of its way.

The Pitchess Detention Facility, a Los Angles County Jail in Castaic, California, which has at least 400 fights Read more »

Is A Bail Bond A Loan?

Question: So let me see if I understand how bail works: as a bail bonds company what you do is you provide the cash and they give money toward that bail which is sort of like what interest on a loan?

Answer: No, it’s not a loan. It is actually a bond. It is a piece of paper and the amount paid to the bondsman is a fee. We collect the bail fee and that’s how we make money. However, Read more »

City of Industry Jail Information

General Information

City of Industry Sheriff Station Jail
150 North Hudson Ave.
City of Industry, CA
Phone: 626-330-3322
Bail Bonds for City of Industry Jail

The City of Industry’s Sheriff Station polices the cities of Industry, La Puente and La Habra Heights, as well as the unincorporated county communities of East and West Valinda, Valinda, Bassett-North Whittier and Hacienda Heights.

Visiting Information

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How Is Bail Set?

Question: I’m not clear how the bail process works. If somebody is arrested for something whether guilty or innocent, they have an option to have bail?

Answer: Bail is set by the court system. Judges set what is called a “bail schedule” in every county every year and for criminal offences. Not every person gets bail because there are mitigating circumstances. The first concern is public safety and then they are going to look at the risk involved with the individual. That is why you’ll hear some bails that are  multi-million dollars in amount. They are set very high and what they are banking on is that there is not really going to be the funds to be raised in order to bail that person out.

Let’s just take Los Angeles as an example. The average bail in Los Angeles is Read more »

Old Police Station May Be Transformed Into High Tech Startup Co.

In an effort to attract the upper echelon of high-tech guru’s and higher paying  jobs, Escondido decision makers have endorsed a plan to makeover an old police station and transform it into a building of the future.

Once completed the defunct Escondido Police Station on West Grand Avenue would be a startup site for future technology companies.

According to Mayor, Lori Hold Pfeiler, leasing the site could help the city in achieving its goal of having a technology park. “We’re trying to Read more »

Do I Need Collateral for a Bail Bond?

No Collateral Bail Options

One consideration in deciding to use a bail bondsman is collateral, which may or may not be required.  For the most part, it’s up to the bondsman if collateral is required for the bond. While not always the case, most bondsmen will require collateral equaling and sometimes exceeding the amount of the bond. One hundred-fifty percent (150%) of the bond as collateral is a traditional number in the bail industry. Collateral covers the bail company if the defendant fails to appear in court and needs to be found and returned to jail or court.

The factors that the bondsman will look at when deciding about collateral requirements include the amount of the bail, the amount of time the defendant and the indemnitor (the person signing the bail bond contract) have lived in the area and the need of a payment plan. Basically, the bondsman is determining risk. The higher the risk, the more likely the need for collateral.

Collateral, when required, is Read more »

Illegal Bail Bond Practices in San Bernardino

Four people pleaded guilty on Friday after a two-year long investigation for running illegal bail bond practices. A former sheriff’s son, along with three other people were named in a major investigation in San Bernardino County.

The four who pleaded guilty worked at Boones’ Bail Bond. The Sheriff’s Department found evidence they paid inmates to help them make money by soliciting business to others in jail. According to California bail laws, this is not only unethical, but highly illegal. The other defendant’s involved in the case took plea bargains, each pleading to one misdemeanor count.

Objecting to the Tidwell’s pleas, the prosecutors Read more »

How Did You Become A Bail Bondsman?

Question:  Would you share a little bit of background  about yourself? You sound like such a happy person for someone it seems comes across depressing stories of others! How did you get involved in bail bonds?

Tonya: Well I married into the bail business. My husband’s father started Rynerson Bail Bonds in Santa Ana, California which is in Orange County, in Southern California, in 1971. Greg basically grew up in the bail business, but didn’t think it was something he would do as a living. However, in college he did get his bail license to earn a little extra money and take care of some of the bail business for his dad.

When his dad retired, he said offered Read more »