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Suspect Handcuffed To Stairs By Bail Bondsman

Perhaps filed under the category of “Why Choose A Bondsman Wisely” or “How Not Run a Bail Business” comes today’s Fun Friday in Bail story: A Missouri bail bondswoman decided to take matters into her own hands after police refused to accept an alleged fugitive suspect into custody. Instead of releasing him, the bondsman handcuffed him to the stairs in her home. She was later arrested and charged with false imprisonment for the her actions. Hmm… no kidding?

KY-3 TV has reported that Jean Marie Chartier brought Reynaldo Delarosa to a Webb City jail in an attempt to revoke his bond but was denied because she did not have a court order.  Instead of letting him go she apparently transported him to her home and handcuffed him to the banister of her staircase. Court documents indicate it was her intention to detain him until she was able to speak with a judge the following day. Reportedly the defendant was confined in her home for at least 24-hours and was released only after his friends co-signed a $7,500 bond. Interesting way to get clients to pay. I don’t think we’ll try it.

In the state of Missouri, like California, it is illegal for a bondsman and/or bail recovery agent to detain a person longer than it takes to get them to the jail. They are also prohibited from cuffing suspects unless they are being taken to a jail.

Chartier is currently Read more »

Ahh, Mother’s Day — For some it conjures the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven; the sting of Bactine and band aids on the knee; or long nights mom spent wiping away our crocodile tears.

Our mothers taught us how to be upstanding citizens, to do the right thing and respect other people. Invariably, they would also sometimes dress us in funny clothes or brightly colored shoes we didn’t like. But heck, we still loved our mothers and would do anything in the world for them.

However, it’s unfortunate, but very real when we in the bail bonds business hear, “my mom was arrested last night, what do I need to do to get her out?”  There’s something Read more »

This week has seen the closing of Orange County Women’s Jail. The County will now house female inmates and defendats at the Intake Release Center (known as IRC) and James Musick Jail, known as “The Farm”.

The County hopes to use the facility which formerly held Orange County’s female inmate population for “Beds For Feds,” where Read more »