Arrest Warrant Issued For Someone Who Failed to Appear For A Punishment Hearing In Brazos County District Court

Photo of the Brazos County courthouse taken May 3, 2022.
Photo of the Brazos County courthouse taken May 3, 2022.

Photo taken July 13, 2017 of Gautham Chidambaram from https://portal-txbrazos.tylertech.cloud/JailSearch/default.aspx
Photo taken July 13, 2017 of Gautham Chidambaram from https://portal-txbrazos.tylertech.cloud/JailSearch/default.aspx
The third of three Houston area residents who admitted to participating in a College Station armed robbery in July 2017 failed to appear at his punishment hearing in Brazos County district court last Friday (January 3).

A spokeswoman in the Brazos County district attorney’s office confirmed to WTAW News that an arrest warrant has been issued for 28 year old Gautham Chidambaram of Katy.

He entered a guilty plea in March of 2024 to armed robbery with a deadly weapon.

The DA’s spokeswoman says the failure to appear means they can seek punishment ranging from probation to life in prison.

Prosecutors are no longer bound by a plea agreement setting punishment at ten years.

Chidambaram has been out of jail on a $50,000 dollar bond since July 14, 2017, which is nine days after the robbery.

The victim was hospitalized after he was shot in the face with pepper spray and beaten in the head and back.

Last month, a second participant was sentenced to ten years in prison and a third person was given ten years probation after completing a prison based substance abuse program.

A fourth person has been awaiting trial.

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