Archive for December, 2007

Martin Tankleff Released on $1 Million Bail Bond

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Martin Tankleff was freed after serving 17 years in prison and posting a $1 million bail bond this past week. Tankleff was sentenced in 1990 for the killing of his parents, Seymour Tankleff and Arlene Tankleff in their Belle Terre house in 1988. An appeal court last Friday overturned the 1990 conviction based on new [...]

Rapper Yung Joc A Fugitive After Posting Bail Bond

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Judge Michael John Ryan issued an arrest warrant and set bail at $100,000.00 for rapper Yung Joc, whose real name is Jasiel Robinson. The arrest warrant was issued after Yung Joc had already posted a bail bond in the amount of $50,000.00 and failed to appear in court for his arraignment this past Wednesday. Jasiel [...]

Female Student's Bail Set at $1 Million

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Michelle Roper, 39, a student at California State University Monterey Bay was arraigned this past Monday on suspicion of stabbing her husband to death. Christopher Roper, 40, was found by the police with a stab wound to his chest just after 11 p.m. on Friday. Authorities believe that the suspect stabbed her husband after an [...]

Parolee Kills Four People in Drunk Driving Accident

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Anthony James Boles, 24, was drunk and on methamphetamines late December 14, 2007, when his SUV crossed the center lane of Highway 76 in northern San Diego county and killing two couples in the oncoming vehicle. Judge Martin Staven set bail at $25,000.00. But if the defendant were able to post a bail bond, he [...]

Three Bail Agents Arrested in Collier County Investigation

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

A year long investigation by the Collier County Sheriff’s office into the business practices of a local bail bond company resulted in the arrest of three bail agents. Joseph Houston, the bail bond company’s owner, had been arrested on similar charges in the past. He and the other two agents are being accused of soliciting [...]

O.C Lawyer Gets Jail Time in Bail Bond Scheme

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

We previously posted back in October about Joseph G. Cavallo, an Orange County criminal defense attorney, and Xtreme Bail Bonds. The kickback scheme in which Cavallo pleaded guilty earlier this year was a result of Cavallo paying Xtreme Bail Bonds $50,000.00 over a two year period for referring inmates to his practice. Last Friday, Cavallo [...]

Bail Bond Companies Indicted in San Bernardino

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Fifteen people were indicted last week in San Bernardino for illegal kickback schemes which involved several bail bond companies. Most defendants were indicted on December 6, 2007, by a special criminal grand jury who originally charged them back in 2004. According to the indictment, these people worked for Boone’s Bail Bonds, Arzate Bail Bonds, and [...]