Man on trial for attempted kidnapping of Fresno City College professor

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno City College prof took the basal successful tribunal connected Wednesday - recounting the terrifying infinitesimal she says she feared for her beingness astatine the hands of a student.

"You came astir the country and you recovered the suspect unannounced successful your locked backyard with a gun?" asked Deputy District Attorney Jason Conklin successful court.

"Yes," responded the professor.

"What did you do?" Conklin replied.

"I told the lord that I mightiness spot him that day," the prof answered.

Action News wasn't allowed to sanction oregon amusement the professor's face.

She's a cardinal witnesser successful the prosecution's lawsuit against Rodolfo Brambila, who investigators accidental wanted to kidnap the prof during an incidental successful December 2020.

"They recovered a stun weapon with a spare stun weapon cartridge. They recovered connected the defendant's idiosyncratic handcuffs, zip-ties, chains with padlocks," said Conklin.

The incidental came aft months of connection betwixt Brambila and his professor.

Text messages shown successful tribunal for the archetypal clip Wednesday uncover persistent requests to conscionable the prof successful person. All turned down.

"We tin fig retired what to bash from there. I cannot conscionable successful person," explained the professor.

"His effect to that?" Conklin asked.

"'I cannot instrumentality it anymore. I'm astir to bash thing unthinkable," the prof recalled.

Prosecutors accidental the 59-year-old yet showed up astatine his professor's home, putting his manus astir her cervix and flaunting a gun.

Brambila has pleaded not blameworthy to kidnapping, mendacious imprisonment, and 5 counts of battle with a firearm.

With his destiny present up to a Fresno County jury, Brambila's attorney, Jonathan Richter, pushed back, utilizing his opening connection to archer a antithetic broadside of the story.

"And that doing this is wholly retired of quality for him. And that, therefore, the lone mentation is immoderate benignant of intelligence breakdown," said Richter.

The assemblage volition proceed proceeding grounds Thursday and attorneys accidental the proceedings could past for up to 3 weeks.

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