Bail Bonds for a Bail Bondsman?

Unfortunately, sometimes those responsible for carrying out the law find themselves on the wrong side of it. For Milton Tillman, Jr. that is exactly what happened. The 28 year old Maryland bail bondsman faces 28 counts of wire fraud, unlawfully engaging in the business of insurance and tax fraud.

With the great recession hitting Las Vegas especially hard, people have cut a lot out of their entertainment budgets. Unfortunately for Joe Roman people in Las Vegas are still watching TV. That is because the Nevada Fugitive Investigative Strike Team arrested Mr. Roman after receiving a tip from someone who saw him on "America's Most Wanted" on March 13th. Apparently, people in Las Vegas are still watching the famous show about locating fugitives and others on the lam.

Las Vegas was once thought recession proof. This time it is different and even the governent agencies and departments are feeling the pinch. Officials say they're cutting the overnight hours that people can post bail at Clark Country jail in Las Vegas. This means people can no longer post bail and be freed from the very busy jail in Las Vegas during the middle of the night. So if you need to post Las Vegas Bail Bonds, you better hope someone at the jail is working.

Las Vegas Justice Court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer calls it a cost-cutting move needed in today's age of reduced budgets. He says that the court's Pretrial Services Division at the Clark County jail will shut down from midnight to 8 a.m. That means friends, relatives and your local Las Vegas bail bondsman won't be able to post bail until the morning. Sommermeyer says statistics show that most bail is posted after 8 a.m.

Information about inmates is still available 24 hours a day on the Clark County government's jail link.

Looks like Big Ben, the star quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, is in big trouble again. Ben Roethlisberger who has previously been accused of sexual assault has is now facing another round of legal wrangling for a different instance of alledged sexual assault.

Las Vegas Bail Bonds are offered at a set price or premium, as many people know. This bail bonds premium is set by the state of Nevada for Las Vegas bail bonds, but is dictated by the state with appropriate jurisdiction in other cases. For example, the premium is 15% of the bail amount or $50, whichever is more in Nevada, but in California, the premium is only 10% of the bail amount.

Las Vegas Bail Bonds pricing and The Free Market?

So the question is asked many times, can this premium be negotiated? If not, why not in a free market society? Being a firm believer in capitalism I must admit, I don't feel an affinity with government involvement in pricing in any way, shape or form.