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March 27, 2010
Baltimore bail bondsman Milton Tillman III, 32, pleaded not guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to charges he defrauded the Treasury Department, lied on tax returns and permitted a prohibited person, his father, to participate in the insurance business through a type of bond guarantee. His father, Milton Tillman Jr., who was indicted alongside his son in February, was scheduled to be arraigned this week, but his attorney Billy Murphy was held up in New Orleans. Tillman Jr.'s arraignment on charges he defrauded Ports of America Baltimore Inc., by allegedly saying he worked more than he did, as well as the Treasury Department, by claiming he made less than he did, has been rescheduled to April 2. Tillman Jr. also faces charges of filing false tax returns, wire fraud and illegally engaging in the insurance business through 4 Aces Bail Bonds.
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By Tricia Bishop | tricia.bishop@baltsun.com | March 18, 2010
Baltimore's leading bail bondsman and his son were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of filing false tax returns and illegally running an insurance business, among other counts. Milton Tillman Jr., 54, and his son, Milton Tillman III, 35, who run 4 Aces Bail Bonds Inc. and other companies, were each released pending trial during an initial appearance in Baltimore U.S. District Court on Wednesday afternoon. Neither man had been able to review the 28-count indictment before being brought to court.
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By Tricia Bishop | tricia.bishopt@baltsun.com and Baltimore Sun reporter | March 26, 2010
Baltimore bail bondsman Milton Tillman III, 32, pleaded not guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to charges he defrauded the Treasury Department, lied on tax returns and permitted a prohibited person, his father, to participate in the insurance business through a type of bond guarantee. His father, Milton Tillman Jr., who was indicted alongside his son in February, was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday as well, but his attorney Billy Murphy was held up in New Orleans. Tillman Jr.'s arraignment on charges he defrauded Ports of America Baltimore Inc., by allegedly saying he worked more than he did, as well as the Treasury Department, by claiming he made less than he did has been rescheduled to April 2. Tillman Jr. also faces charges of filing false tax returns, wire fraud, and illegally engaging in the insurance business through 4 Aces Bail Bonds.
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By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | October 24, 2012
A Big Boyz bail bondsman has been banned from Central Booking after an exchange with jail staff, a move his attorney says was unnecessary. According to the City Paper, which first reported the ban, Ethan Nochumowitz was barred from entering the booking facility effective Oct. 5 because security officials said they were conducting an internal investigation into an incident that had occurred involving him and staff. Big Boyz is one of the biggest bond companies in the area, and perhaps best known for flooding the region with its pink and yellow pens.
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By Alan J. Craver and Alan J. Craver,Sun Staff Writer | February 3, 1995
Howard Duncan is no mere company man -- unless he owns the company. "I can't work for anyone," he says.The independent 55-year-old Columbia man has operated a car-dealing business. He's worked as a mortician. He's run a snack bar at the Howard County Circuit Courthouse in Ellicott City. Now he's a bail bondsman.Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, the North Carolina native says an adventure for him is starting a business from the ground up. "I think he typifies the American small-business man," said Joel Abramson, a Columbia lawyer who represents the Duncan family.
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By Tricia Bishop, The Baltimore Sun | December 16, 2010
Baltimore's biggest bail bondsman will plead guilty in a federal tax fraud and conspiracy case next week as part of a deal that spares his namesake son — and co-defendant — jail time and a felony record, which means the younger man can likely stay in the bond business. Milton Tillman Jr., 54, of Four Aces Bail Bonds Inc. was arrested alongside his son in March on a 28-count indictment charging the elder man with under-representing his earnings as a bail bondsman and over-representing the hours he worked as a longshoreman, along with wire fraud, filing false tax returns and illegally engaging in the insurance business.