After being charged in 2021, a convicted kidnapper has been seen sentenced.
District Attorney General for 31st Judicial District Chris Stanford announced in a press release that Jason Keith Bouldin, 48, entered a guilty plea on Jan. 11, 2023 to especially aggravated kidnapping and other felony charges.
According to the release, “As part of the plea agreement, Bouldin received a sentence of 20 years to serve at 100 percent in the Tennessee Department of Corrections for his admission of guilt to the offense of especially aggravated kidnapping. Bouldin’s other sentences were ordered to be served concurrently with the especially aggravated kidnapping conviction.”
Bouldin was charged on May 27, 2021 and arrested two days later after he evaded law enforcement. His case was scheduled for a jury trial on Feb. 9, 2023. According to the release, “The evidence at trial would have shown that on May 27, 2021, Jason Keith Bouldin tracked the victim down at a cemetery in Irving College where he gained entry to the vehicle the victim was a passenger in and, whereafter, Boudin repeatedly struck the victim in the head with a handgun.”
The victim reportedly made attempts to escape from Bouldin including through the sunroof where he pulled the victim back inside and through the backdoor of the vehicle when he began choking the victim. The victim finally escaped by breaking his hold and falling out of the moving vehicle. The victim sustained a broken leg and other injuries.
The release stated, “Fortunately, the victim escaped and crawled to safety at a nearby residence. Bouldin fled the scene, evaded law enforcement and was later located and arrested on May 29, 2021.”
District Attorney General Stanford expressed his appreciation for the investigators, witnesses and the neighbors who assisted as well as the victim. “It is never easy for crime victims to relive their traumatic experiences, and this case was no exception,” said Stanford in the release.
Bouldin has been convicted of charges of aggravated kidnapping with a serious bodily injury, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of methamphetamine and driving on a revoked license.
