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440 pounds of heroin – that’s about the weight of a full grown black bear. Yet Jose Antonio Medina Arreguin, aka ‘Don Pepe,’ has been alegedly able to smuggle one bear-sized shipment of heroin per month into California. Arreguin reportedly did so by driving it across the Tijuana border into San Diego.

Mexican narcotics officers say Arreguin’s operation netted him $144 million a year. They were finally able to arrest the kingpin’s arrest in an attempt to take out the drug market there, after a two year investigation into his dealings,

Ventura County authorities now want to extradite Arreguin from Mexico, for trial.

At a news conference, Ventura County Read more »

Joey Porter, the Arizona Cardinals star Linebacker ended up in the Bakersfield Jail early Saturday morning. He was arrested on misdemeanor DUI, resisting arrest and battery upon a peace officer.

Reportedly, it all happened outside of a Taco Bell at about 1:40 a.m. Saturday when Porter was asked by CHP officer, Read more »

What’s up with the Hills and DUI’s? Last October, we reported on the DUI arrest of Jason Whaler. In the same month, Stephanie Pratt also made headlines with her Van Nuys DUI arrest.

 Jason Wahler former realty star was reportedly arrested a sixth time for drunk driving by the Newport Beach Police Department, last Friday evening. The reality star was stopped and handcuffed by police around 11:00 p.m. on March 20, 2010, but he was released without bail on his own recognizance (“O.R.”) hours later. While an “O.R.” is Read more »

Last Friday, around 1:00 AM, Elk Grove Police Department took three men into custody for their suspected involvement in a home invasion robbery.

The men allegedly forced their way into a house in the 4800 block of Roselin Way by posing as police officers. They were also dressed in Read more »

In an opinion published in the Orange County Register Thursday, Bill Hunt discusses the controversial decision by Sheriff Sandra Hutchens to offer criminals early release from jail.

The decision to “cite and release” inmates from Orange County jails has led to over 400 criminals being put back onto the streets without having to post bail or provide any further court guarantees. Many of the inmates who are released this way flee. This ‘unsafe practice’ has been put into action and instituted by the court in an effort to relieve jail overcrowding. However, it is said that the overcrowding issue no longer exists, as there are 1,400 open jail beds.

As a function of the criminal justice system, Read more »

As of this Tuesday, all inmates who are now booked into Orange County jails will have their immigration status checked via fingerprint identification. Prior to this, the inmates were screened by specially trained deputies upon arrival and those who were found to be foreign born had their immigration status checked even further.

Orange County jail officials will join 11 other California county jails such as Los Angeles, San Diego and Ventura which have already implemented procedures for checking the identification of inmates using a federal database to identify immigrants who land in their jails.

A national database, which Read more »

LOS ANGELES (03/15/10) – “Beware the Ides of March!” If you’re not Roman, you know what to beware of… break out your old, dusty green T-shirts, “Kiss Me I’m Irish” buttons, Shamrock earrings and good luck green socks, because St. Patrick’s Day is on it’s way - Wednesday, March 17th.

But don’t let this mid-week holiday fool you for one minute. State wide law enforcement will be in place. So if you’re caught driving under the influence of too many green beers, well, you’ll going to be arrested and charged with DUI. You’ll also be fined, lose your driving freedom and spend the night in jail. Fun, huh?

Now, I apologize for putting a damper on one of the years funnest holidays, but I want to make sure we all make it home safely – after our green day celebrations.

There will be several events in Los Angeles. Like the St. Patrick’s Day parade, the LA County Irish Fair, the Orange County Marketplace St. Patrick’s Day Festival, and the St. Patty’s Fest in Hollywood. Then again, there’s the many cool Irish pubs and Taverns peppered about town. A great time to be had by all!

But be mindful. Public drinking laws may also be enforced on the street. Don’t get caught with a brew in hand at a public parade. Most city ordinances prohibit folks from possessing open containers in public places.

During the week of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, the Los Angeles Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints around the city in an effort to keep the streets of L.A. safe. Below are some of the checkpoints Read more »

Thomas Lennon, one of 90 drug defendants that was freed last week due to a San Francisco police crime lab drug scandal, managed to avoid prosecution in three separate methamphetamine cases. But according to police, a gang task force officer, named Dan Silver of the San Francisco Police Department, was waiting just outside the court building to arrest Lennon for a separate counterfeiting case. Lennon was in the company of his attorney, Ken Quigley.

While Silver handcuffed Lennon, Quigley reached into his client’s pocket and withdrew his wallet. The officer asked for the wallet back but the defense attorney refused, even when he was threatened with arrest.

Officer Silver arrested Quigley and confiscated the wallet. Two counterfeit $50 bills, each made out of five dollar bills, were allegedly inside it. Reportedly, they still even had Lincoln’s face on them. Quigley was arrested for a misdemeanor obstruction of justice and for concealing evidence.

The attorney later said Read more »

OAKLAND — On Tuesday, approximately 140 health care workers, who are members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, held a one day strike at the Santa Rita Jail and the North County jail in Oakland.

They were protesting against stagnant contract negotiations which stated that management wants its employees to pay for 30% of their own health care costs.

On Wednesday, the employees were locked out. 

Their fight pushed forward after Read more »

Like KeepBailing? Well, the Rynerson family is bringing you a new blog: The Family Bail Blog.

The new blog goes along with the redsign of our “sister” website for Tonya Page Bail Bonds. The intention of the Family Bail Blog is educate the public as to how bail works, what to expect as they go through the bail process, how the jail system works, how bail bonds can be paid, what are the benefits of bail and so on. It will feature information that is helpful to those needing California bail bonds or simply curious about “How Bail Works”. We will also provide extensive information about Southern California jails.

If you have Questions about bail bonds, check out “Ask the Bondsman” on the Family Bail Blog.