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• May 3, 2012 - Bakersfield, California - Brandon Sims and his younger brother Zachary Sims were killed Thursday, April 26, 2012, they were attempting to pick-up a skip named Zachary Adam Perrick. Perrick was wanted for failing to appear at a progress hearing related to a plea agreement on a drug possession charge. When the two bail bond agents showed up at his house Stephen Michael Stewart reportedly fired and killed the two men. Perrick and Stewart and in police custody and being held without bond.

  Police say that one of the brothers was found lying dead on the front lawn and the other died inside the premises, neither had firearms on their person, and they were both wearing bullet proof vests.

  It’s a sad reminder of how dangerous being a bail bond agent really is. A funeral fund was set up at Bank of America with the account number 1267119417.

• Orlando bail bond agent arrested after string of Motel robberies

  April 16, 2012 - Osceola County, Florida - The Osceola Sheriff’s office has charged a Ricky Lee Collins, a Florida state licensed bail bondsman with burglary for allegedly breaking into motels in Osceola and Orlando.
  
  In a joint investigation by detectives from Osceola and Orange counties a total of 31 laptops, 10 digital cameras, cell phones, luggage and jewelry were recovered. It is state of Florida policy to suspend any agent who is facing criminal charges. Collins’ bail has been set at $200,000.

• An agent in Springfield, Missouri charged with felony assault

  March 27, 2012 - Nearly a year ago Jackie Rutter was a bail bond agent in Springfield, Missouri. She was out on April 18 2011 with her unlicensed partner Derek Cain, attempting to capture a John James Jr. who was at the time a wanted fugitive. James was attempting to flee a convenience store where the pair had tracked him down. According to court documents and statements provided to the police, James flew out of a bathroom they suspected him of being in, Rutter attempted to tase him but failed, Crain fired at James and shot him using a handgun. James survived the incident and Crain is now in jail after being sentenced to four years for pleading guilty to the incident. Rutter was charged last week with felony assault, her license expired in December 2011.

• Bail Agents in Pittsburgh might have to forfeit a bond in cases were the wanted fugitive is picked up by a third party

  March 19, 2012 - In Allegheny County, P.A. a new law went into effect today that bond agents need to know about. If someone you are actively pursuing for jumping bail is apprehended by either law enforcement or some other person that is not part of your bail company you might still forfeit the bond.

  Before today if someone picked up your skip or if he/or she got arrested the courts would release the bond. According to this new law if your bail bond company cannot prove to the courts that you are actively pursing the skip you could end up forfeiting the bond.

• Assistant District Attorneys suspended for golf outing with a Bail Bondman

  March 9, 2012 - Two Muskegon County assistant prosecutors Marc Curtis and Kathryn Norton have been suspended with pay for allegedly going on a trip in February with Tommy DePung, owner of Bad Boys Bail Bonds Co.

  DePung recently won the lottery and wanted to enjoy the winnings with his golfing buddies. Muskegon county Sheriff Dean Roesler’s office is under a microscope, it seems as though the the Sheriff and Bail Bondsman DePung are long time friends and he was one of the people originally invited. He’s telling local news outlets that he refused the trip on the grounds that Vegas golf outing was to be “all expenses paid” and that he would never accept such an offer.

  The counties attorney general office will be releasing findings of an internal investigation tomorrow.

• The governor of New Jersey is looking to make changes to bail bonds in that state

  Chris Christie is looking to make changes to the way judges in New Jersey handle bail bonds in that state. Currently everyone has the right to a bail bond in the state except in situation where the defendant could possibly get the death penalty for a crime. He is proposing that judges have preventive detention option available to them that could be used in cases where the defendant is a repeat offender. Read More

• Kansas Bail Agents Association pushing for Bounty Hunter License Bill

  Kake-TV out of Wichita, Kansas reports that members of the Kansas Bail Agents Association went to a meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission and are requesting support for a law that would require bounty hunters in the state of Kansas to be fully licensed. Their request comes in the wake of William Poyner, an unlicensed bounty hunter getting shot when he went after a suspect who failed to show up to court.