Brazos County’s Elections Administrator Responds To Public Concerns About Voter Registration Records

College Station City Council Budget Discussions Includes Staffing The Enforcement Of Local Housing Occupancy Laws

College Station city council budget discussions during workshops last week (July 16) included having enough people to enforce local housing occupancy laws. City manager Bryan Woods told council members that since enforcement resumed June 1st, “generally speaking we haven’t seen a ton of activity, which is understandable” considering there are fewer Texas A&M students in town during the summer. Woods also said “my guess would be when school comes back, even if things go very smoothly, that’ll be an opportunity even if we’re coming back before the end of the year to report that we have not had much to report.” When councilmembers Elizabeth Cunha and Mark Smith brought up the proposed fiscal year 2025 budget added deputy municipal court clerks associated with enforcing the ordinance limiting occupancy to no more than four unrelated residents, mayor John Nichols said the city manager told him that staff believes they can cover that responsibility with existing employees. Click below to hear comments from the July 16, 2024 College Station budget workshop meeting.  

Brazos County Commissioners Adds $819,000 Dollars To Overtime Budgets To Pay Jail Employees

Brazos County will be spending up to $819,000 dollars to pay overtime for employees at the jail through the end of September. There was no discussion before Tuesday’s (July 23) unanimous approval of a budget amendment to have almost $84,000 dollars available for medical employees and to have more than $735,000 dollars available for other jail employees. This follows commission action in May to seek proposals to hire a consultant to evaluate jail staffing. Click HERE to read and download the budget amendment document adding $83,915 to the overtime budget for jail medical employees. Click HERE to read and download the budget amendment document adding $735,400 to the overtime budget for other jail employees.

College Station Police Arrest Two West Texas Residents While Assisting The U.S. Marshal’s Office And Huntsville Police

College Station police assists the U.S. Marshal’s office and Huntsville police in the capture of a west Texas man. CSPD arrest reports say the Marshal’s office requested assistance in capturing the man who was inside the Home Depot on Monday (July 22) because “he was described to be armed and had made statements he would shoot at police if he was contacted by them.” The man, accompanied by a woman, were seen exiting Home Depot and got into a pickup truck that was reported stolen from Huntsville. The truck left the parking lot, drove west on University, then turned onto Spring Loop. A CSPD officer following the truck attempted to make a traffic stop on Spring Loop. A pursuit continued on Spring Loop, reaching a top speed of 80 miles per hour. The chase crossed Tarrow into the Chimney Hill neighborhood. The truck stopped on Hearthstone Circle, a cul-de-sac. The man and woman were both placed in handcuffs after they exited the truck. The man who was driving the truck was identified as 26 year old Tyler Axel Rogers of Andrews. He was arrested on CSPD charges of evading while driving the stolen vehicle and possessing a stolen gun as a convicted felon. Jail records show he was also arrested on warrants from Gaines County (TX) for theft, burglary of a building, and evading, a warrant from Yoakum County (TX) for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, and a warrant from Lea County (NM) for false evidence of title and registration. Rogers remains jailed as of July 24th in lieu of bonds totaling $113,000 dollars. The woman who was a passenger, 31 year old Danielle Castillo of Seminole Texas, was arrested on a CSPD charge of possessing methamphetamine and warrants from Gaines County (TX) for theft of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Castillo remains jailed as of July 24th in lieu of bonds totaling $61,000 dollars.