Title: Bail bonanza

" people arrested after judges go home is still a constitutional right to bail but the people's outing against bailed out are partly how and sometimes even tens of thousands of dollars in the process."

" Now our investigative team is great part about whether some of the people's freed on bail. Their -- in the first place covers Mike Beaudet is here with the good and in -- might."

" mark hundreds of court officials across the commonwealth are called on when courts are closed to act and take L. Every time someone released that court officials get a small feet and among them are collecting so many fees they're making tens of thousands of extra dollars on top of their already generous salary. Which race that why it is the desire to make money clouding the judgment of the people that day."

" People did 24 hours a day seven days a week -- ports are closed clerk magistrate. In clerks and bail commissioners. Call the police department -- to -- accused criminals have been freed on bail for the night locked out. The defendant is released on the court official collect a forty dollar fee and for on the money adds up quickly. These records ought to raking in big money on LP in 2008. 30000 dollars. To 50000 dollars even more than ebony thousand dollars. No one is a former -- and police lieutenant. Who -- criminal professor at Boston University. And the potential is certainly to exploit the defendant doesn't make -- the official doesn't get paid the fee which critics argue is an active to a low bail amount. Grief and relief that her with no -- to the forty dollar fee. In fact this 2003 report on management in the court. Recommended stopping the payment of -- fees to match rate it would eliminate the conflict of magistrates -- When making judicial in the can impact their personal finance. That they do come out. -- are 9900. Are going to get her release on bail. Our -- Tobin clerk magistrate of Quincy district court -- frequent trips to the Quincy police department to set bail. At 18 dollars in bail -- in 2008. And 30000 dollars in 2007. On top of that figure salary Tobin released this man Dennis Harrington with no bail. After it was at for a halting girlfriend but Arrington never got a court the next day. Police eventually found Harrington and he pleaded guilty to assault charges. Tobin declined a damper on camera and our view tells us the bail was to assure their appearance in court could be used to unit at. He does really -- we could hear the couple's two children. Not the only controversial. Invite Tobin and domestic violence can -- it was arrested for assault and battery after punching her father in the head four times -- was that when police department in her father took out an emergency restraining order against her. But released with no bail anyway within our -- back her father -- Became abusive and was read it again for violating every -- order -- this woman up and bailed out."

" Probably not on the -- failed commissioners clerk -- are. It cleanly reluctant to release people who have been arrest for domestic violence offense is. For obvious reasons."

" People who violate free training orders are not eligible for bail. Tobin was eligible because he hadn't violated the straining order at the time he was really Tobin tells us I have no way of knowing at that moment that -- going to go told released this man's Fabio Oliveira on 500 dollars bail. He was arrested for driving without a life in the report -- Quincy police learned Oliveira had -- To default warrant opera arrest. It was being deported by immigration and customs enforcement. Would release the."

" This individual here of that who is undergoing the deportees and eating who is being looked at by immigration and customs enforcement who has -- There's there's -- to -- warrant be someone who I would be extremely reluctant to Italy unveiled."

" Even know what in the police report Tobin as he didn't know about all bears -- I was aware of the immigration and customs enforcement thank you would've been held Tobin admit that he allows people to be bailed out on all kinds default warrant. Even though the official who oversees the bail and that did not happen and all it. That tens of dollars -- make collecting healthy. Tobin denied the money motivates him and that was never on and sent it just part of the job is there are true and monopoly. And monopoly on the Daniel Hogan -- the clerk magistrate. And municipal court and president of the association of magistrate. And clerk. He also benefit from the bail. You may 28000 dollars and they'll -- year."

" Does the desire to make money ever people are having worked with the men and women. That constitute the members last association. I am not aware of of any individual. That or any. I cannot sign or I'm in which I believe someone else do you think people are being released coalition -- It's not I'm not in my opinion and on under. On not when I'm making -- currently."

" Now the -- village administrator -- not -- any complaints about clerk magistrate Arthur Tobin but I see a pattern of questionable case is we'll do his own investigation. Right now the -- administrator says there is one clerk. Who's not a lot of that they L anymore because of questionable release that these bail these have been targeted before former governor William weld one of them eliminated. But nothing's changed there are actually discussions now under way. Hot and many thousand dollars in fees. Forty dollars welled -- a lot of details about 2000 -- an eight year period we did talk to last year's highest -- Brendan Keenan. Clerk from what their district court who made all -- He worked many night and at least one weekend a month to collect all those bailed -- Buddy that he never let someone go just to make a forty dollar and I never heard a complaint about releasing someone shouldn't. Got an idea for fox undercover investigation we want to hear it call 1800 TV box 15. Mike Beaudet for fox America."