NC Bail Bondsmen Raid Wrong House

Bondsmen raid wrong household By J. Eric Eckard, Rocky Mount Telegram
12/03/2004
Edgecombe County deputies on Thursday charged three Raleigh bail bondsmen with snatching the wrong person from his home. Bobby Glenn Judd Jr., 32, and Nicole Bernadette Bargas, 34, both of Raleigh, were arrested immediately after the incident. A third bondsman, Evan Lamont Judd, 22, of Greensboro, still is on the loose. The bondsmen apparently were trying to arrest a suspected bail jumper shortly before 5 a.m. Thursday when they kicked in a door at the home of Tony Sessoms, 35, of Tarboro, authorities said. The three bondsmen, with guns drawn, ordered Sessoms to the floor. Sessoms was handcuffed, authorities said, and they led him out to their vehicle and began driving. They told Sessoms that he was in custody for failing to appear in court on drug charges in Carteret County. Sessoms told the trio that they had the wrong person, but the bondsmen continued driving for at least 2 miles before they discovered that they did indeed make a mistake, authorities said. The trio were charged with first-degree burglary and felonious restraint. Bobby Judd, owner of Raleigh-based Access Bail Bonds, and Bargas were jailed under $25,000 bonds apiece. Warrants for the same charges have been issued against Evan Judd. The bondsmen apparently were looking for a different man named Tony Sessoms, one with the same middle initial as the Tarboro man. But the Carteret County absconder is eight years older than the victim in Thursday's incident. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Evan Judd can call the Twin County Crime Stoppers at 977-1111.