Kevin O’Connor Kommentary April 25

Brazos County’s District Court Clerk And A Former Girlfriend Are Arrested For Family Violence Assault Causing Bodily Injury

Brazos County’s district court clerk and a former girlfriend are arrested on misdemeanor charges of family violence assault causing bodily injury. 56 year old Gabriel Andre Garcia and 33 year old Maria Guadalupe Ramirez of Bryan are both out of jail after posting $5,000 dollar bonds. The BPD arrest reports show Garcia and Ramirez both said what happened was not the first time they have had a physical altercation. 9-1-1 dispatchers sent BPD officers to a report of a disturbance at Garcia’s home Saturday morning (August 17) around 4:30 that was called in by Ramirez. Arrest reports say Ramirez was pushed twice by Garcia, causing her to fall. Garcia said he pushed Ramirez while trying to get away from her after she struck him on the left side of his head. Ramirez had scrape marks on her right hand and right forearm, a small cut on the back of her right arm, and redness in her left eye. Garcia had a small cut behind his left ear that resulted in bleeding. The physical contact took place outside Garcia’s home while his children were sleeping. The arrest reports do not say who had custody of the children after Garcia was arrested. Garcia said he and Ramirez had a disagreement at a local restaurant before the disturbance at his home. Garcia is in the middle of his second term as Brazos County district court clerk. Brazos County judge Duane Peters issued the following statement: “Brazos County officials are aware of the arrest of District Clerk Gabriel Garcia. A charge against an elected official is deeply concerning, but as this is a legal matter, we cannot comment on any details at this time. The district clerk’s office is fully staffed and will continue to provide professional customer service. We will provide further information as it is available.” WTAW News identified Garcia with his middle name of Andre because online jail records also list a Gabriel Anthony Garcia, a Gabriel Alejandro Garcia, and a Gabriel Edward Garcia. WTAW News identified Ramirez with her middle name of Guadalupe because online jail records also list a Maria Lemus Ramirez, a Maria Eleuteria Ramirez, a Maria DeJesus Ramirez, a Maria Carmen Ramirez, a Maria Portillo Ramirez, and two women named Maria Ramirez with birth years of 1961 and 1978.

Filing Deadline Is Approaching For College Station And Bryan City Council And School Board Elections

The deadline is approaching to file in November’s College Station and Bryan city council and school board elections. As of Friday, August 16 at 5:200 p.m. There are three contested races for College Station city council. Seeking the place three seat are David White and Valen Cepak. Linda Harvell is not eligible to run again for the place three seat due to term limits. Seeking the place four seat are Aron Collins and Craig Regan. Running for re-election in place five is incumbent Bob Yancy. Seeking the place six seat are Tre Watson and Scott Shafer. Dennis Maloney is not eligible to run again for the place six seat due to term limits. On Friday afternoon (August 16), Craig Regan switched his candidacy from the College Station council’s place six to the place four position. The switch came after Shafer filed for the place six position. Click HERE to be directed to the city of College Station elections webpage. All four incumbent Bryan city council members have filed for re-election. Three of the incumbents have opposition. Incumbent Jared Salvato filed for re-election to single member district three. Incumbent James Edge, who has filed for single member district four, is opposed by Shane Savage. Incumbent Marca Ewers-Shurtleff, who has filed for single member district five, is opposed by Patrick Giammalva. Incumbent Kevin Boriskie, who has filed for the city-wide at-large position, is opposed by Justin Wager. Click HERE to be directed to the city of Bryan elections webpage. One person has filed for the College Station ISD school board. Darin Paine is seeking his second term as the at large place one member. Kristin Wilson has filed for the at large place two position. Click HERE to be directed to the College Station ISD elections website. Two people have filed for Bryan ISD school board. David Stennis has filed for the district wide at large seat. Ruthie Waller is seeking her fourth term representing BISD’s single member district four. Click HERE to be directed to the Bryan ISD elections website. The filing period continues through August 19th.

Arrest Made This Week From Gunfire At Two Local Residences In March

College Station police arrest a 17 year old Bryan man on charges of firing a gun inside a College Station apartment, then 90 minutes later firing a gun outside a Bryan residence. Jaylen Workman, who was picked up on Wednesday (August 14), remains jailed as of August 16th on charges of deadly conduct and evidence tampering from the gunfire that took place the early morning hours of March 11th. No one was hit by the gunfire at either location. The CSPD arrest report says nine people were inside the College Station apartment. The five month investigation by CSPD detectives included obtaining information from phone calls made from jail, along with text messages and social media posts. Workman is held in lieu of bonds totaling $70,000 dollars.