The North Carolina Department of Insurance is investigating a bail bondsman facing embezzlement and felony conversion charges ...

The package was fast-tracked after Gov. Greg Abbott declared “bail reform” an emergency item. The bills now head to the House ...

Deshawn Townes faces misdemeanor charges after allegedly posing as a Chapel Hill police officer and investigator.

The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

Or they can pay a nonrefundable deposit – usually 10% of the bail amount — to a bail bond company. Defendants who can’t afford to pay the deposit are often stuck in jail for weeks or months.