UPDATE: MAN ACCUSED OF ABDUCTION AT BLINN IDENTIFIED

  

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.