Bail Reduced For Langston Williams Jr.

Langston Williams Jr., 21, was released yesterday from the Monterey County Jail on a $500,000.00 bail bond. The defendant, a Hartnell College student was able to post the bail bond through the support of his church. The money was raised by hundreds of the San Antonio Church members. Williams father, Langston Williams Sr., is the pastor at the church.

Langston Williams Jr. is being accused of stabbing his brother, Thaddaeus Williams, 18, to death during a dispute over a computer in their Salinas apartment.Williams family's motivation for his release is to attend his brother's funeral this Friday.

Williams was fortunate enough to have his bail reduced from $1,000,000.00 let alone have bail! A defendant charged with a capital crime is usually held without bail.

California Arson Suspect Arrested

Catalino Pineda, a native of Guatemala, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department and charged with arson.

According to investigators, the defendant, was seen on a hillside near Del Valle Street and Ponce Avenue lighting a fire and walking away. Witnesses followed Pineda to a local restaurant where they called the police.

Pineda is currently on probation for making false emergency reports to law enforcement. Catalino Pineda's bail bond is set at $75,000.00, but it is unknown if he has made bail.

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O.C. Defense Attorney Pleads Guilty to Payoff

Joseph Cavallo, a high profile criminal defense attorney, pleaded guilty to illegally paying off bail bonds agents to get him clients from the Orange County Jail.

Prosecutors claim that Cavallo paid Castro, a bail bond agent, $50,000.00 between June 2003 and August 2005.

John Barnett, Cavallo's attorney, mentioned to reporters that his client is willing to serve any sentence deemed appropriate.

Lodi Man Out On $250,000.00 Bail Bond

A day after he was charged with threatening and bribing drivers at a local trucking company, a former dispatcher and Lodi man posted a $250,000 bail bond and walked out of jail.

James Melvin Canclini, 41, faces charges of bribing at least 29 drivers at T&T Trucking between 1997 and 2006. Prosecutors also charged him with stealing more than $100,000 from the business, threatening a witness this year and filing false tax returns.

Canclini was arraigned Thursday on a total of seven counts and was appointed a public defender, saying he could not afford his own attorney. Judge Richard Vlavianos set bail at $250,000, the amount previously set in an arrest warrant, and scheduled a hearing for Tuesday because Canclini's attorney had asked that bail be reduced.

On Friday afternoon, Canclini posted the bail bond through a bail agent, Deputy District Attorney Stephen Taylor said.Bail bond agents charge a 10 percent fee, meaning that Canclini would have needed to come up with $25,000 cash, as well as collateral to cover the bond.