A Bryan man on probation for stealing $2,700 dollars of merchandise from the College Station Cavender’s store two years ago is back in jail. According to the College Station police arrest report, 28 year old Christopher Andrew Hernandez was caught at the Target store with 22 magnets that are used to disable security devices. Surveillance video showed Hernandez removing the security device from a camera. Hernandez is also being held for violating probation from the Cavender’s theft and for jumping bail in Austin County.
A Brazos County sheriff’s deputy clocking a car going 82 miles per hour on Highway 6 near Millican Wednesday night led to the arrest of the driver for possessing $14,000 dollars of methamphetamine. According to the arrest report, the deputy followed the car from the FM 2154 exit until it stopped after pulling off at the Westward Ho exit. After the deputy found just over one pound of meth, the driver started crying. She and a passenger both denied possessing the drugs, two cell phones, and $948 dollars in cash. 39 year old Tina Contreras was arrested on the drug charge. The passenger was not arrested.
A Bryan man’s 15th time in the Brazos County jail in seven years followed a report to Bryan police that a man was sleeping on the roof of a house. A construction worker at Stephen F. Austin middle school saw the man on the roof of a home on Ennis Street asleep at eight in the morning. According to the arrest report, the officer woke up the man, asked for his name, then returned to the patrol vehicle to confirm his identity. While the officer was back in his vehicle, the man went into the house uninvited. 28 year old Michael Loy of Bryan was arrested for giving a false name and possessing a variety of drugs that included methamphetamine, K-2, marijuana, and alprazolam. According to online court records, Loy is also accused of violating a community supervision agreement from a prior drug conviction.
An officer from Texas A&M transportation services notified university police about a parked car in the Northside garage with a 12 gauge shotgun and what turned out to be almost one pound of marijuana. According to the UPD arrest report, the officers then found a handgun. That led to contacting the district attorney’s office and getting permission to tow the car and remove the marijuana, the guns, and some tubes containing THC concentrate oil. The owner of the car contacted College Station police to report the car was missing. CSPD transferred the call to UPD, and the owner and his father went to UPD. About three hours after the initial report, 21 year old Jey Baldobino of College Station was arrested on drug charges after admitting the drugs and guns belonged to him. UPD did not know the estimated street value of the drugs.
