Harvey Guillén
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And what he's thinking is, hmm,
What if I just ask them to lower my bail?
So he picks up the jail phone and calls the county records office.
And when the clerk answers, Stephen says he's a judge presiding over the Stephen Russell case.
And there's been a mistake with his bail.
It should be $45,000, not $900,000.
Can she fix that in the system?
Hmm?
And you know what?
The clerk does.
She changes it.
No questions asked, no verification.
Just, okay, sure, 45K, done.
Stephen pulls bail with a check that later bounces.
When he gets home that night, Phillip's already there.
He paid his bail too, but he did it legally with help from friends.
Stephen's like, oh, yeah.
I totally did it legally, too.
So he doesn't explain how he got the money, and Philip doesn't ask.
Stephen knows the clock is ticking.