IOLA MAN RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR CREDIT CARD ABUSE

  

A Brazos County jury returned four convictions for credit card abuse against an Iola man on Monday.

According to the District Attorney’s Office, 26-year-old Nicholas Bollin stole a credit card from his then employer, Rock-Crete Foam Insulators in June 2022.

He then used the card at numerous businesses in Brazos and Grimes Counties before his employer discovered the card was missing.

Bollin charged more than $2,600 on his employer’s credit card.

This included at Academy, where he purchased 1,200 rounds of ammunition of various types, AR-15  magazines, and other parts for various firearms on four different days.      

Bollin refused court appointed counsel and chose to represent himself.  He also said that he believed that federal and state laws don’t apply to him.

On Tuesday, Judge Kyle Hawthorne sentenced Bollin to 24 months in State Jail and a $5,000 fine on each count, which is the maximum allowable sentence under Texas law for the charges.

Judge Hawthorne also threatened Bollin with contempt of court during the trial when he repeatedly refused to show the jury proper respect by standing when they entered the courtroom.