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What’s The The First Word in Wedding Plan To-Do’s?  Location!

Take almost 7,000 square feet of luxurious real estate, add a gorgeous ocean view, sprawling green lawn, chef’s kitchen, ample parking and what do you have? Instant wedding venue and an ecstatic brides’ dream location, right?

Sounds great, but not so fast there you blooming wedding planners.  In order to use a house as a wedding location, you must have a city permit. There are noise ordinances and time frames you must adhere to, your business licensing must be current and finally, you must have the blessing of  thy neighbors.

This was not the case of  Melahat Uzumcu and her mansion aka instant wedding location in the Palos Verdes Estates.  Actually, she had zip. Nada. Now, she’s facing steep fines and up to two years in jail for her egregious ways.  Uzumcu faces charges of violating city zoning laws, conducting business without a license and creating a public nuisance. Not only that, she was just plain rubbing her neighbors the wrong way.

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Fly Boy Does Illegal Fly-bys…

Take a pilot’s license, a small private plane, a jealous ex-boyfriend and what do you have? Tom Huey, 51 a man bent on angry suspicion proving to have a “bad attitude.” Talk about flying stalker!

Police state Huey, a seasoned pilot violated a domestic violence restraining order when he piloted his 1957 high-performance Beech plane several times over a Canterbury Village neighborhood in Concord, California.  Seems his ex-girlfriend lives in the area.

He was arrested by police on Wednesday, shortly after landing at Concord’s, Buchanan Field Airport. He’s being held at the on $150,000 bail at Contra Costa County Jail.

In the past, Read more »

Famed writer  and director and Oscar winning filmmaker, Roman Polanski has come to the end of his run. Polanski, now 76, was taken into custody Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland by Swiss authorities. He’s facing extradiction, having pled guilty to drugging and raping a 13-year old Calfornia girl back in 1977.

Federal officials want to extradite him back to Los Angeles courts to stand before a judge. Seems Polanski was at actor Jack Nicholson’s Read more »

They’ve Got A Ticket To Ride…

Hey, when you’ve made it big time in show biz, sometimes it just takes a quick ride down to the local bank to withdraw any sum of money you need; for any reasonable reason or item. 

Uh, I guess it also takes celebrity status be jailed, and while still in custody,  have a sheriff personally drive you to the bank to withdraw your bail money.

As in the case of Rancy Quaid and his wife, Evi.  After spending a few hours in a Marfa, West Texas County jail, a Presidio County Sheriff decided he’d give them a lift to retrieve their bail money. The reasonable thing to do indeed.  Although it was said the celebrity was given no special treatment, Read more »

Wonder what happens when a defendant is late for court?

When you bail someone out of jail, you take responsibility to make sure they show up for their court appearance. We tell people all the time, courts understand small mistakes like traffic, illness or trouble finding the courtroom. However, that doesn’t mean judges like it.

Such may have been the case in San Bernardino Superior Court this week where the judge issued arrest warrants and set bail at $200,000 for two defendants who weren’t present in his court when he call their case at 8:36 am. They were due in court at 8:30. The defendants Read more »

Back in June, Los Angeles County Sheriff threatened to close Pitchess Jail in less than a week. Well, here we are three months later and Pitchess Detention Center remains open. Tonight, Sheriff Baca indicates the Department has found $25million in savings and revenues. According to the Los Angeles Times:

“There will be no jail closures, and no portion of a jail will be closed,” said Steve Whitmore, the department’s spokesman. “There will no reductions in services in unincorporated areas and no reductions in detectives.”

Instead, the department will use Read more »

Ah, vacations! You plan, you look forward to it, but you know something is apt to not go as planned…

Let me back up: When people hear that I’m a bail bondsman, they always seem to think, “you must have a lot of good stories.” Truth be told, we don’t. Mostly, we bail out regular people. Day in and day out, bail is like most other jobs – except, of course, that you do it 24 x 7 x 365.

Days like yesterday, where we get an interesting case, are pretty rare. Got a call this for a bail bond out of Los Colinas Jail, San Diego’s womens jail on an out of state warrant on a woman – pretty regular so far.

Now, for the rest of the story… Husband put together a birthday cruise Read more »

In celebrity news this week: Chidi Uzomah, 25, was arrested in conjunction with an attack on Ryan Seacrest of E! His bail was set at $25,000, but Uzomah pled guilty in Orange County Superior Court. The charges included assault, battery, and possession of a switchblade knife. He has been sentenced to 15 days in  Orange County Jail, 3 years probation and was also ordered to stay away from American Idol’s, Ryan Seacrest.

Apparently, Uzomah was trying to get into Seacrest’s Read more »

Bill Hunt is a candidate for Orange County Sheriff, 2010. I met Bill initially at a California Bail Agents Association (CBAA) meeting two years ago. I believe I was introduced to him as a private investigator. He seemed like a nice honest person at the time. As you can see, Hunt has a passsion for Orange County and the law:

Since then, Bill Read more »

The Los Angeles Police Department has announced that an arrest has been made in conjuction with a break in at the home of Lindsay Lohan.

Nicholas Prugo, 18, of Calabasas, is believed to have been one of a group of people who were caught on tape entering Lohan’s home last month. LAPD officer Rosario Herrera says detectives made the arrested on Thursday morning on suspicion of felony burglary. Prugo’s bail was set at  $20,000.

Officers believe that Prugo is Read more »