Keep Bailing

City officials are up in arms about the proposed state budget to build a new jail in downtown Redwood City.  Due to jail overcrowding, a new San Mateo County jail is proposed to be built at cost around $150 million dollars and city leaders are worried that a new jail might put a damper on businesses and developers.

Since 2006, Redwood City officials have rallied against this plan and have gone as far as hiring a public relations company to help cease this proposal from going forward.  County officials have Read more »

San Bernardino, CA – After the Sheriff’s Department performed a two-year investigation back in 2003, of Boone’s Bail Bond Company, they found compelling evidence that Tidwells and company had paid inmates to promote their business. Six years later, 4 people, including a son of a sheriff,  plead guilty to performing inappropriate bail bond practices in San Bernardino County.

Both, Shirley Tidwell and her husband, Danial “Boone” Tidwell,  after pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charges, were sentenced to three years probation and a fine. Shirley Tidwell pleaded guilty to three counts, while Danial Tidwell pleaded guilty to five, for him, resulting in 180 days of house arrest.

Deputy District Attorney, William Lee, explained that prosecutors Read more »

Don’t blame “Dog The Bounty Hunter” Chapman. He was just doing his job when he located and arrested Hoang Nguyen for not going to court on several warrants. Mr. Nguyen is suing Dog for damaging his reputation when his arrest was caught on camera for the Dog The Bounty Hunter Show. Dog’s crew allegedly used pepper pellets.

But this past Tuesday, another arrest warrant was issued for Mr. Nguyen, and it doesn’t have anything to do with Dog. This time, it was for failure to file proof of completion for a public service program regarding his driving on a suspended license.

Seems this is about the 12th time Mr. Nguyen has Read more »

A report submitted to the Board of Supervisors in Los Angeles County revealed how two deputies were cheating the bar code system by avoiding inmate’s cell checks. The bar code cheating lead at the downtown Los Angeles Men’s Central Jail to the firing of two deputies as well as disciplinary actions for eight other deputies.

These delinquent behaviors, now called the “Scannergate” scandal, are due largely to a March 2009 incident where a high security inmate was found dead after committing suicide in his cell.

Deputies in the jail system are responsible for checking the safety and health of inmates on an every half-hour basis. They are then required to document each check point by using a scanning device that scans a bar code near each row of cells.

According to investigators, after Read more »

In a movie that has been years in the pre-production making, actress, Katherine Heigl has signed on to play Janet Evanovitch’s best selling book character, Stephanie Plum in the upcoming film, One For The Money.

The hit Stephanie Plum book series by Evanovitch have created quite a stir. Her latest, Sizzling Sixteen, is already a New York Times best seller. Working for her cousin Vinnie at “Vincent Plum Bail Bonds”, Plum is less than realistic young bounty hunter, but is more than lovable in spunky, heroic way to Evanovitch’s following.

Katherine Heigl has pushed to Read more »

Earlier this week a bail bonds company located in Rancho Cucamonga was served a warrant under the suspicion that they have been violating rules of solicitation.

Bail bonds regulatory agency California Department of Insurance  investigators and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s detectives served a warrant to search the premises of the Bail Hotline Bail Bonds Company.

The bail agency is being accused Read more »

The Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS) association’s annual midyear meeting is approaching. This four day event will be held at the Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago July 21- 24. This will be their last meeting before they celebrate the 30th year anniversary in February, 2011. Bail professionals from all over the US meet here and are given the opportunity to network, attend and participate in lectures as well as attend association meetings.

According to PBUS President, Linda Braswell, there was some controversy on the location of the event. Apparently there were some PBUS members that were not in favor of this location because Illinois happens to be a no-bail state. Braswell stated that having the meeting in Chicago would allow them an opportunity to get them to support the bail system.

Braswell said, “They’re (Illinois) a 10-percent state, but Read more »

In the world of bail, there are different variations when it comes to the types of bonds used, and ways to have people released from jail.  While the words “bail” and “bail bond” are often used interchangably, there is definately a difference.

Specifically, according to Princeton University’s WordNet, Bail (as a noun) is: ”the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial).”

And, Bail (as a verb) is: “secure the release of (someone) by providing security.”

Both “Bail” and “Bail Bonds” accomplish Bail as a verb – they get the defendant out of jail while they await court. Let’s see if we can clarify…

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Without a bondsman, a individual can Read more »

An Orange County bail bondsman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of conducting illegal business activities by a proposed referrals to attorneys and soliciting business via postcards to inmates. Under California Law, bail bondsmen are prohibited from referring clients to attorneys as well as soliciting bail bond clients. Potential clients must contact the bondsman requesting service.

The defendant, Ronald Lee Brockway is being charged with two felonies for violating regulations of bail licensing. Brockway, if convicted, will lose his bail license and serve time in a state prison for a maximum sentence of three years and eight months.

According to a news release, Brockman Read more »

KeepBailing? What does that mean?

We’ve been surprised how many people visit our blog and enjoy the news stories on celebrity and sports star arrests, jail issues, and police crack-downs, but don’t realize that we are a licensed, professional California bail bond company.

Greg Rynerson Bail Bonds is owned and operated by Greg Rynerson and his wife, Tonya. Greg’s dad, Cal, started a bail bond business in Orange County, California in 1971. When Cal retired, Greg had a career in the insurance industry and the business was sold. Years later, Greg started his own bail company.

Now, we’re a thriving, family owned business. We’re a mom-and-pop company that uses technology and an network of agents throughout the state to serve every jail in California. Often, potential clients assume that we are one of the larger bail companies in the state. In reality, we’re a small bail family that cares about the individuals we work with and goes the extra miles to meet their needs. We hope you enjoy our blog and if you ever need a bail bond, we’ll be here for you.