College Station police responding to a shoplifting call at Post Oak Mall Friday evening (August 9) leads to the recovery of more than $3,800 dollars of merchandise and the arrests of two people. CSPD arrest reports say what was taken from Murdoch’s includes 39 clothing items, 15 power and hand tools, two ice coolers, and one box of gloves. A man and woman from the Austin area remain jailed on felony theft charges. Bond for 47 year old Lonnel Thorton of Del Valle was set at $6,000 dollars. The woman, 49 year old Elizabeth Nance of Austin, is also being held on a felony theft warrant from Hays County. Her bonds totals $12,000 dollars.
Three consecutive days last week (August 7, 8, and 9), Bryan police arrest a Houston for disorderly conduct-language. The third arrest, around three in the morning on Friday, included a robbery charge. The BPD arrest report says on Nicholas Petty’s 31st birthday, two people said he threatened them with a knife if they did not give him their phones and money. Petty, who is from Houston according to jail records, remains held in lieu of an $11,000 dollar bond on the robbery charge.
Two College Station police officers seeing a car run a stop sign last Thursday night (August 8) leads to a traffic stop where a passenger in the car goes to jail after admitting to possessing up to five pounds of marijuana. 26 year old Patrick Hunter Jr. of College Station was also charged with theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a gun by a felon. The CSPD arrest report also says officers found more than $10,000 dollars in cash. The driver of the car was not arrested according to online jail records. Hunter remains jailed as of August 12th in lieu of bonds totaling $18,000 dollars.
