A Mission Viejo bail bondsman pled guilty to 14 felonies after prosecutors determined he had hired Orange County Jail inmates to negotiate and sell bail bonds on his behalf.

Kenneth Hendrick, 50, has been sentenced to three years probation and will be required to serve one year in the Orange County jail.  The California Department of Insurance has also revoked his bail license meaning Hendrick will never be able to negotiate, transact or sell bail bonds again.

Authorities say the defendant commissioned nearly one dozen Orange County jail inmates to help him drum up business between March and December 2010.  Those …