Prior to his suspension last year, 228th District Judge Frank Aguilar granted “some of the lowest bonds” to felony offenders. According to Andy Kahan with Houston Crime Stoppers, 21-year-old Frank Njoroge, who was convicted of assault while impeding breath in 2023, was given deferred probation by Aguilar. Then, two months into his probation sentence, he …
One of two alleged human smugglers has been released from jail on a low bond, following a court hearing in Houston last month. Angel Mendoza, 25, is out of jail on seven bonds after seven charges were filed against him for kidnapping and smuggling. During a probable cause docket hearing on November 28, the magistrate …
The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that bails people in need out of jail, has ceased its operations in Las Vegas after they bailed out a suspect who critically injured a waiter in a shooting six days later. The move, made in early December, came after waiter Chengyan Wang filed a lawsuit in September against …
A 22-year-old man The New York Post calls the “darling” and “poster boy” of advocates for bail reform is wanted for a shooting outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The Post quoted unnamed law enforcement sources saying Pedro Hernandez allegedly fired into an occupied vehicle after losing cash and a gold chain in a game of three-card …
A South Carolina bail bondsman could be held in contempt of court after prosecutors charge that he failed to report “nearly 50” alleged bail violations for man accused of sexual assault. Court documents say that Reginald Illery, who owns Illery’s GPS Monitoring Service, violated a court order for Bowen Turner that required “any and all …
A Texas man who was given a lowered bond on a capital murder charge has been arrested again for causing another person’s death, police say. According to Houston police, 20-year-old Jonathan Vera and two other suspects invaded a home in the Greenpoint area of Houston on October 19, 2019. They shot and killed Silvano Cortez …
