At 0900 hrs today, Monday, June 21, 2010, we took schizo-boy down to the county courthouse for his first appearance.
As it turns out, he and a handful of other felons had their case pushed to July 12th. *rolling eyes* But, he and his mom got to talk with his public defender. The lawyer mentioned that the court might be very lenient if schizo-boy agreed to court-mandated medication for his schizophrenia.
I guess that time will tell on that.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
and he's OUT
This morning around 10 am or so, schizo-boy's mother went and picked him up from the jail...
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
deed done dirty
Just returned from paying out on the second bond - $12500.00. The payment to the bondsman was $1300.00. This brings schizo-boy's total up to $3K.
Now we can expect him to get out late tonight, early tomorrow.
Now we can expect him to get out late tonight, early tomorrow.
9 + 1 = 10
Yesterday afternoon, Schizo-boy's mom and I went driving around down town trying to get together what we would need to bond him out. His bond for the 9 counts was $16,842.xx. So, we attempted to use a property bond. No go!! As it turns out, they take the county's report of what your property is worth, which is usually low. Then they look at the amount of money you have left on your mortgage. If the county's number is not $16,842.xx higher than the remainder of your mortgage, you can not do a property bond.
What other options are available? You either cough up the $16k in cash... or use a bondsman. So, the bondsman reads over the charges and decides whether it is worth his/her risk to front the money. If s/he decides that it is, then you have to pay him/her about 10% of the total bond! So, we cleaned out the money that schizo-boy had in his joint account with his mother - a total of about $900 - and added some money to it to cough up $1684.2x for the bondsman. (As we know from previous posts, I am finished financially assisting schizo-boy. So, his next gov'ment checks will go straight into my checking account.)
The process works whereas the bondsman has to get off of his/her wide butt and physically go to the jail and actually pay the $16K. Then the jail has to process out schizo-boy. That whole thing takes 12 to 24 hours!
When we had not received a phone call from schizo-boy by 0900 hours this morning, I called the jail and asked, "OMG! WTF!?" THAT is when they told me that he was due in court in two hours for the tenth count, "Felony Forgery". So, what happens if they set a bond for that count as well? We have to repeat that process again. And what happens if they don't allow a bond to be set? Then schizo-boy is out $1,684.2x that he paid the bondsman.
Welcome to the hell jail.
What other options are available? You either cough up the $16k in cash... or use a bondsman. So, the bondsman reads over the charges and decides whether it is worth his/her risk to front the money. If s/he decides that it is, then you have to pay him/her about 10% of the total bond! So, we cleaned out the money that schizo-boy had in his joint account with his mother - a total of about $900 - and added some money to it to cough up $1684.2x for the bondsman. (As we know from previous posts, I am finished financially assisting schizo-boy. So, his next gov'ment checks will go straight into my checking account.)
The process works whereas the bondsman has to get off of his/her wide butt and physically go to the jail and actually pay the $16K. Then the jail has to process out schizo-boy. That whole thing takes 12 to 24 hours!
When we had not received a phone call from schizo-boy by 0900 hours this morning, I called the jail and asked, "OMG! WTF!?" THAT is when they told me that he was due in court in two hours for the tenth count, "Felony Forgery". So, what happens if they set a bond for that count as well? We have to repeat that process again. And what happens if they don't allow a bond to be set? Then schizo-boy is out $1,684.2x that he paid the bondsman.
Welcome to the hell jail.
Monday, June 07, 2010
Vodka & Redbull + Schizophrenia + Cops
On Friday night/Saturday morning, Schizo-boy found out that mixing Vodka and Redbull with his Schizophrenia just does not work out for him very well. He called one of his friends who came and picked him up. He was planning on staying with his friend over night, who lives in a city just north of ours.
They had a very big fight and schizo-boy decided to hit the street and walk. I am sure that he was VERY trashed which is why he got stopped by the local police in that city.
As it turns out, they were not the patient kind of cops. And schizo-boy was very belligerent due to alcohol mix and the fact that he is standing on the head of a pin with regards to his mental health right now.
The cops attempted to subdue him and he fought back. He even took pepper spray away from the cop! *evil laughter*
At any rate, his arraignment hearing is this morning at 1100 hours at the county detention center.
Yesterday, he called our house from jail four times. Each time, his voice and words became more and more hysterical. I think that we have arrived at another mental break.
They had a very big fight and schizo-boy decided to hit the street and walk. I am sure that he was VERY trashed which is why he got stopped by the local police in that city.
As it turns out, they were not the patient kind of cops. And schizo-boy was very belligerent due to alcohol mix and the fact that he is standing on the head of a pin with regards to his mental health right now.
The cops attempted to subdue him and he fought back. He even took pepper spray away from the cop! *evil laughter*
At any rate, his arraignment hearing is this morning at 1100 hours at the county detention center.
Yesterday, he called our house from jail four times. Each time, his voice and words became more and more hysterical. I think that we have arrived at another mental break.
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