Keep Bailing

First fraudulently obtaining bail bonds, now lying to the police and worse: J.C. Mullins, Jr., of Abingdon Bail Bonds, reportedly engaged four thugs, one of whom he had bailed out, to find one a “skip” — someone who failed to appear in court on a bail bond.

According to the Bristol Harold Currier, three people are charged with abduction, robbery, impersonating a law enforcement officer, conspiracy and sexual battery and a fourth is charged as an accessory after they posed as drug enforcement agents and pulled a woman from her car, hand-cuffed her, strip searched her and turned her over to Mullins. This is behavior that reputable bounty hunters wouldn’t engage in.

As we reported back in July, Mullins was previously in the spotlight with his son the magistrate. The pair were suspected in bail wrong-doing where the father was writing bonds for bail approved by the son.

Mullins is now under investigation by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, which licenses bail bondsmen. I, for one, hope they not only yank his license, but also throw the book at him criminally – jail and large fines would be good. I’m tired of unethical bondsmen in this industry’s spotlight.