Los Angeles bail bondsmen are seeing their business drop between 25- and 50-percent, forcing many of them to go out of business.

What? The criminals haven’t squirreled away enough of their pelf for future arrest and bail needs rainy days?

What are they doing with their ill-gotten gains? Shoving them up their noses?

As yet, there are no industry wide or country wide reports on just how much the bond industry is being affected, and anecdotal reports are mixed according to aboutbail.com.

Just as retail has lay-away plans or credit buying so, too, are some bondsmen resorting to ‘commit the crime, buy your way out on time.’