The trial started in mid-August, but the jury selection process began a few weeks before then. The owner of AJ's Bail Bonds was accused of holding clients against their will at the business on Yosemite Boulevard to get payments from them. read more
A jury on Wednesday acquitted Modesto bail bondsman Aleo John Pontillo of all criminal charges against him after a five-month trial and an investigation that went on for several years. read more"
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Frank Carson, Pontillo's defense attorney, argued his client was acting within the law, offering clients behind on bail bond payments opportunities to pay what they owed and avoid returning to jail. He told the jury that the trial was the result of a vindictive prosecution by local law enforcement executives intent on ruining Pontillo. click here
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