A Public Speaker Calls On The College Station City Council To Do Something About The City’s Feral Cat Population

College Station City Council 4-3 Vote Brings Back Permit Requirements For New And Expanding Bars In The Northgate District

College Station city council members vote 4-3 to bring back permit requirements for new and expanding bars in the Northgate district. The conditional use permit (CUP) requirement was dropped in 2003. Mayor John Nichols made the motion based on public safety requests from the police chief and the fire chief. Police chief Billy Couch says the more than 30 existing Northgate bars attract 10,000 customers, a number which does not include those who do not enter the bars. Fire chief Richard Mann cited 1,184 responses during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. That included 454 ambulance calls and 441 trips by fire department ladder engines. Seven public speakers opposed the return of the CUP requirement. Travis Vollmering said the public safety issues are the result of more students at Texas A&M, adding “I don’t think that we’re going to have that number decrease if you shut down Northgate. That’s just the most fun place for them to do it right now.” The owner of Northgate’s Rough Draft bar, Justin Manning, said “We feel that there is an agenda that we’re not a part of and that we have lost control and we don’t have a voice.” Joining Nichols in bringing back the CUP requirement were Mark Smith, William Wright, and Elizabeth Cunha. Voting against the permit were Dennis Maloney, Linda Harvell, and Bob Yancy. Click HERE to read and download what was approved at the October 24, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials shown at the council meeting. Click HERE to read and download council questions and staff responses. Click below to hear comments from the October 24, 2024 College Station city council meeting.  

Bryan Man’s 42nd Trip To Jail Is On A DWI Charge And Texas A&M Police Arrests A Man Approaching Women Then Threatens An Officer

The 42nd time a Bryan man is booked in the Brazos County jail since November 1992, comes after the pickup truck he was driving strikes a house used as a business and a parked car south of downtown Bryan. The Bryan police arrest report says 53 year old Edward Jackson had breath alcohol levels more than one and half times the legal limit at .146 and .154. The arrest report says around 1:30 in the morning on Sunday (October 27), the truck going south on Texas crossed over the median and struck the car and the building. Jackson, who was arrested for DWI with one prior conviction, remains in jail as of October 28th in lieu of a $4,000 dollar bond. Texas A&M police (UPD) arrest a Houston man who witnesses say disrupted classes, asked women for their phone numbers, and asked women questions of a sexual nature. This happened last Wednesday (October 23) at the Polo Road recreation center. The UPD officer’s arrest report says he made contact with the 22 year old man as he was sitting down to speak to another woman. The officer said the man had slurred speech and the odor of alcohol and marijuana. The arrest report also says the man told the officer “I am going to hurt you.” William Abazie, who was charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and retaliation, remains in jail as of October 28th in lieu of bonds totaling $9,800 dollars.

35 Arrests In And Around The Northgate District During And After Texas A&M Football’s Win Over LSU

Arrest reports from College Station and Texas A&M police shows 35 arrests in and around the Northgate district during and after A&M’s football win over LSU. 19 went to jail for public intoxication, five for disorderly conduct, two for minor in possession of alcohol, two for interfering with public duties, two for giving a false name, and one for furnishing alcohol to a minor. Two pedestrians went to jail for walking across the street when they did not have walk signal. A third pedestrian was ticketed but their companion was one of those arrested for interfering with public duties by preventing the offender from signing the ticket, which does not admit guilt but promises the offender will appear in court. There was also an arrest on a reckless driving charge. The CSPD arrest report said the driver of a Dodge Challenger eluded officers in Northgate after the bars closed Friday night and just before the bars closed Saturday night. After eluding officers on Saturday night, the driver crashed a short time later on Wellborn Road in Bryan. 23 year old Carlos Martinez III of Bryan went to jail for the fourth time since May 2024. He is out of jail after posting bonds totaling $8,000 dollars on new charges of reckless driving and evading arrest. At the time of his latest arrest, Martinez is accused of violating probation after admitting to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that took place in December 2020. A replica of the Stanley Cup hockey trophy is the deadly weapon that a College Station police arrest report says was used by a customer at a Northgate bar to injure two employees. One of the workers had a cut on the left side of her head and the other believed she may have a concussion. 27 year old Morgan Smith of Bryan was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with the stainless steel trophy and disorderly conduct. As of Monday (October 28), Smith remains jailed in lieu of bonds totaling $60,000 dollars.