The jury found Pontillo not guilty of conspiracy to kidnap for the purpose of extortion and conspiring with employees in an alleged bail-forfeiture fraud. The jurors also found the defendant not guilty of less serious charges of false imprisonment, attempted false imprisonment and extortion, which were offered as options to the jury. 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"
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. more
The report from Brookings “Are College Students Borrowing Blindly?” cites some shocking figures, based on two data sets. The first, a survey conducted in spring 2014, included responses from first-time, full-time freshmen who applied for financial aid at their college, a “selective four-year public university in the northeastern U.S.” The second is the most recent result of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, a nationally representative analysis of first-year, full-time undergraduates with federal loan information available in the National Student Loan Data System. read more"
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