An employee of a Bryan auto parts store tells police a customer who became upset pulled a gun out of his fanny pack and said “I’m going to shut this place down.” No shots were fired. After the customer left the store, the employee locked the front door and the manager called police. The man who had the gun was found by police near the store. Two days before his 30th birthday, David Wayne Smith Jr. of College Station was arrested for terroristic threat causing fear of imminent serious bodily injury and public intoxication. Smith remains jailed as of September 11th in lieu of bonds totaling $2,485 dollars. Jail and court records show Smith was released August 22nd after serving 18 days of a 45 day sentence for causing a traffic accident resulting in damage. Jail records also show Smith has been in jail four times since February 20th and 14 times since April of 2015.
In June 2024, College Station police was contacted by two citizens who gave a man $17,000 dollars earlier in the year for a car and a S-U-V that were never delivered. After $5,000 dollars was returned to the buyers, an officer spoke with the seller. According to the CSPD arrest report, the seller said he never had the vehicles and he needed the cash for a sick family member. 37 year old Julio Cesar Gomez…whose hometown was not listed in jail records…was arrested September 5th for felony theft of the $12,000 dollars that was not returned. He is out of jail after posting an $8,000 dollar bond.
