Family Bail Blog

What Happens When Some Jumps Bail?

Question:So this is like in the movies when somebody jumps bail the bail bondsperson is involved because they’ve got a vested interest in this person making it back to court.

Answer:Well, it’s not like the movies, however, you are absolutely right… the bondsman has a significant financial interested in the defendant going to court because the person writing that check at the end of the day would be the bail agent.

If a defendant doesn’t show up for a required court appearance (called “failure to appear“), the bail bondsman basically has 6 months to get them back into the system – meaning in jail or in court. You should know that if the defendant was sick or they have a flat tire or something simple, we can get them back into the system easily without incident via a call to the court and simple paperwork.

However, if the intent of the defendant is to leave the country or leave the state or just hide out and not show up for court, then it is incumbent upon the bail bondsman and the indemnitor (the person who signed the bail contract) to get the person back into court.

Click to find the California Laws on Failure to Appear.

Burglary Suspect Attempts Escape From SCV Sheriff Station

Ryan Martinez, a 20-year-old  man from Palmdale who was arrested on Monday for residential burglary charges, attempted a tricky and brash escape from the Santa Clarita Jail.

According to a sheriff’s reports, after being placed in a Read more »

Southwest Detention Center Information

General Information

Southwest Detention Center
30755-B Auld Road
Murrieta, CA 92563
(951) 696-3050
Bail Bonds for Southwest Detention Facility

When someone is arrested in the Temecula area they will typically be transported to the Southwest Detention Center. Women may be transported to the Banning Jail on South Hargrave Street in Banning.

Rules for Visiting at the Southwest Detention Center

• All inmates incarcerated in Riverside County Jails are allowed a maximum Read more »

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

• There is no Read more »

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 »