A College Station man remains jailed after his arrest for leading multiple law enforcement agencies on a 10 mile high speed pursuit Monday afternoon (July 7). The arrest report from the Brazos County sheriff’s office says when the car came to a stop in Bryan’s Kemp school neighborhood, the driver got out and tried to run away before he was caught. 30 year old Jacquinton Echols was arrested for evading with four prior convictions and possessing Adderall, marijuana, and methamphetamine mixed with Fentanyl. Echols remains held as of July 10 in lieu of bonds totaling $27,000 dollars.
A Bryan police officer pulls over an extended cab pickup that pulled away from an intersection too fast, going 15 miles per hour above the speed limit, and could not stay in his lane. The officer sees inside, a one year old with an improperly fastened child safety seat and a five and eight year old in the backseat who were not restrained. After the driver failed field sobriety tests, 32 year old Jonathan Amaya of Houston was arrested for DWI with three prior convictions and endangering the three children. Two other people were in the truck. As of July 10, Amaya remains jailed in lieu of bonds totaling $40,000 dollars.
