Video Shows Bail Bondsmen Beating Man In Lauderdale Lakes

Cellphone video shows bail bond agents punching, macing and hitting a man wanted for a traffic violation outside a Lauderdale Lakes apartment building.

Agents were sent to Anthony Hall's girlfriend's Lauderdale Lakes home on Nov. 29 to arrest the man for skipping out on court for his license being revoked.

Anthony Hall

A portion of the arrest was captured on a neighbor's cell phone camera.

In the footage, two agents with AAA Star Bail Bonds out of Palm Beach County are seen punching Hall, hitting him at least five times with a metal bar and macing him. After Hall is already on the ground and in cuffs, one of the agents smashes a window with the metal bar.

(Images from the footage are included below)

Hall's attorney said he suffered a broken nose, was treated at a hospital and then taken to jail.

In an interview with NBC 6 News, the agents claim Hall charged at them first, hit them in the face, bit them and resisted arrest.

"I was defending myself," said bail bonds agent Brandon Gaines. "My partner's and my life was in danger. We were dealing with a 265-pound kid that has a criminal past history."

The agents said they used the metal bar to break open the back door of Hall's home after waiting for him to come out for twenty minutes and that at one point, Hall picked up the bar before they got it back.

The agents said they're trying to file battery charges against Hall for punching and biting them. 

Hall's attorney, Russell Williams, of Williams Hilal Wigand Grande, said he's preparing to file a complaint against the bond company and its agents.

Hall remains behind bars in Broward County. 

While he was picked up for not appearing for a traffic violation, he's being held on unrelated charges due to a probation violation.


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