The Bail Report |
January 13, 2009 |
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AboutBail.com staff has worked hard to bring you this week's bail industry news. Here are the news stories we found most relevant: |
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Fugitive Fakes Death to Avoid Jail |
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FORT MYERS, FL - In a bizarre series of events, a 22 year old Florida man tried to fake his own death to avoid arrest. The man eventually turned himself in to a bail bondsman. |
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Source: CBS4.com, December 30, 2008 |
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Evanovich Releases New Stephanie Plum Book |
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TRENTON, NJ - Everyone's favorite pretty-girl bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back in Plum Spooky, Janet Evanovich's first full-length "Between-the-Numbers" novel. |
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Source: Amazon.com, January 6, 2009 |
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Alabama Bondsman's Tragic Death |
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ANNISTON, AL - This week brings sad news as the bail industry loses one of its own. Allen Mayfield, an Alabama bail agent, was found dead in his office last Sunday. |
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Source: The Anniston Star, January 13, 2009 |
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Illinois County Attempting to Recover Forfeited Bail |
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KANE COUNTY, IL - The Kane County, Illinois's state attorney general's office is currently trying to collect almost $400,000 in forfeited bail. |
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Source: The Geneva Sun, January 11, 2009 |
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Bail Agent Uses Billboard to Locate Skip |
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KINGSPORT, TN - A Tennessee bail agent is doing whatever it takes to locate his man by February, including putting his skip's face on a billboard on a busy interstate in Tennessee. |
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Source: TriCities.com, January 6, 2009 |
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