UPDATE: MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTION AT BLINN IDENTIFIED

  
Bryce Ballom

A Bryan man accused of abducting a woman Monday at Blinn’s Bryan campus has been identified.

According to police, a teacher at Blinn witnessed Bryce Ballom forcefully put a woman in his car in the parking lot behind an academic building.

The car left but returned a short time later, at which time the woman exited the vehicle.

The victim says Ballom physically picked her up and forced her into his vehicle as she screamed for him to let her go. The victim says she was struck in the head and face multiple times once she was in the car. She said she was eventually able to convince him to bring her back to the campus, where she was able to escape.

Blinn College police officers were able to find Ballom after he dropped off the victim. After an initial investigation, it was discovered Ballom was driving a stolen vehicle.

Ballom was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

He is being held in the Brazos County Jail on a $17,000 bond.

 

EARLIER: Blinn College officials say an attempted abduction took place on the school’s Bryan campus Monday morning.

At 10:18 a.m., Blinn College police received a call indicating an attempted abduction in the parking lot of the Bryan Campus. A witness allegedly observed the interaction between a man and a woman.

When they arrived on the scene, police made contact with the man and the woman.

Police took the man into custody and transported him to the Brazos County Jail. He is being held on the charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after it was discovered the car he was driving was stolen.

The case is still under investigation. The district attorney’s office will decide if any additional charges will be pursued.

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  1. Only $17k bond for kidnapping and driving a stolen vehicle?!?! No wonder crime rates are so high. The criminals basically just get to walk.

    1. I’m not exactly sure, but if the bond is $17,000, that means the bail is $170,000.

      1. Bail
        Bail in the amount that the court demands you pay to secure your release. So, for instance, if the court sets you bail at $10,000 you have to pay the court $10,000 in order to get out of jail until your trial.

        If you do not show up for your hearing the money is forfeited and a warrant is put out for your arrest. If you do everything you are supposed to and show up for your hearing, the money is refunded.

        If you have enough money to pay your bail (and plenty of wealthy people seem to commit crimes these days) this is a pretty good deal for you since you get your money back. Most people, however, don’t have this kind of money (and bail can be set at $100,000 or even $1M or more if you are considered a flight risk).

        Bond (also known as a “Bail Bond”)
        So what do you do if the court sets your bail at $10,000 and you don’t have the cash? Bail bond companies have good credit and the courts will allow you to go free if they vouch for you. In exchange you have to pay a percentage of the bail to the bail bond company.

        So in our example the bail bond company may secure your release, but charge you $1,000 (10% of bail is pretty standard). You get out of jail until your trial, the jail has an assurance that you won’t flee and the bail bondsman gets $1,000 – everybody is happy.

        One drawback, though – if you purchase a bond you won’t get any of your money back. That’s right, none of it – that is the bail bond company’s profit – if they gave it back to you they would not be making any money.

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