A child’s report to her substitute teacher about her sister having bruises on her bottom and her right hand led to their stepfather’s arrest for spanking the child with a belt. Arrest reports from College Station police say 40 year old Marquis Thurmon was charged with injury to a child with the intent to cause bodily injury and witness tampering by trying to get one of the sisters to lie about how the injuries took place. Thurman told officers he used his hand to pop his stepdaughter twice. Online records also show Thurman is held in jail on an unidentified parole violation. Bonds on the new charges totals $50,000 dollars.
Texas A&M’s first civil discourse symposium for students at Rudder Auditorium included one arrest. The arrest report from university police says during the appearance of former vice president Mike Pence, during a round of applause an officer heard an audience member yell a profanity that resulted in other audience members turning their heads. The officer told the 25 year old man that further activities that could disrupt the gathering would result in him being kicked out. Seven minutes later, the officer observed the man raise his middle finger, which resulted in audience members looking uncomfortable. That led the officer to escort the man out of the auditorium. At the doorway leading out of the auditorium, the man again directed a profanity at Pence. That resulted in the officer pushing the man through the doorway and being arrested for disrupting the meeting. Kade Brockhausen of College Station is out of jail after posting a $3,000 dollar bond.
