College Station And Bryan Police Deal With Drivers Demonstrating “Hooligan” Behavior

Local Arrests On Charges Of Assault, Child Endangerment, Drug Possession, And Escape

A Bryan man awaiting trial on charges of assaulting a College Station police officer and evading arrest in February of 2023 returns to jail following his weekend arrest on a new assault charge. The Bryan police arrest report says six officers were involved in removing 25 year old Giovanni Carrillo from a home near Texas Avenue and Highway 21 on Saturday afternoon. Carrillo was taken to jail on charges of punching a woman over the age of 65 in the face and resisting arrest after officers forced their way into a bathroom to take him into custody. As of July 15, Carrillo remains held in lieu of bonds totaling $22,000 dollars. College Station police respond to a citizen’s report of seeing a woman sitting in a vehicle with a gun in her lap, looking intoxicated and distraught, and with two/three year old children inside. The woman told an officer according to an arrest report that she had drank a half bottle of wine and she was planning to drive back to Spring after getting in an argument with her boyfriend. 26 year old Ravyn Smith was arrested on two counts of child endangerment due to being intoxicated, having slurred speech, getting out of the vehicle and falling, planning to drive 75 miles, and having an incorrectly installed car seat. The arrest report does not say who took custody of the children. As of July 15, Smith remained in jail in lieu of bonds totaling $10,000 dollars. College Station police searching a home near the South Texas and freeway flyover discovers 3,000 Ecstasy pills weighing more one and a half pounds and inside a car more than five ounces of Adderall pills. That led to the arrest of two men on drug charges. 31 year old Jordan Cooper of Brenham is out of jail after posting bonds totaling $100,000 dollars on charges of possessing with the intent to deliver the Ecstasy and Adderall. 32 year old Craig Sweed of Bryan is out of jail after posting a $25,000 dollar bond on a charge of possessing with the intent to deliver the Adderall. Freedom for a Brazos County jail inmate who escaped the night of July 11 lasted two and a half hours. The sheriff’s office arrest report says 27 year old Juan Alvarez-Medina, who was among five trustees taking out trash during the midnight hour, was noticed missing after the rest of the group returned inside the detention center. A Bryan police officer found Medina about one and a half miles away in the area of Highway 21 and Sims. Medina had been in jail since June 20th on charges of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, and a hold for immigration authorities.

The Texas American Legion’s New State Commander Comes From Bryan

A member of the Bryan American Legion post is the new state commander. Tom Marty, who was elected Sunday (July 14), also served as the state’s vice commander, and commander of Bryan’s post 159. He also helped as the state’s training chair to launch a mobile training team to assist legion posts around the state. News release from Tom Marty: Brazos Valley veteran and former Commander of the American Legion Post 159 in Bryan, Tom Marty, was elected as American Legion State Commander at the annual convention in Austin, Texas on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Marty has served at the District Level as Vice-Commander and at the State level as the Training Chair for 6 years, where he helped to launch Texas Legion College, a mobile training team that delivers training to Legionnaires at Posts across the state. After completing a year as State Vice Commander in 2023, he made the commitment to traveling state-wide for a year to visit as many Posts as possible as he campaigned for State Commander. Marty served in the United States Air Force as a Security Policeman from 1981-1987, followed by a 32-year career as a civilian policeman and investigator. Since retirement in 2013, Marty has dedicated his time to serving the community as a volunteer at the Bush Presidential Library, the City of College Station Parks Board, Brazos County Veterans/Mental Health Court Committee, Brazos County Veteran Service Officer Search Committee and Wellborn Baptist Church. As Texas Commander, Marty will lead the American Legion’s efforts statewide in membership recruitment and retention, public relations, and promotion of local American Legion programs and services to the community.

Texas A&M’s President Announces Two Leadership Searches Will Be Starting As Two More Are Coming To An End

For the third time in as many days, Texas A&M announces an update to searches in leadership positions. President Mark Welsh posted on his website Thursday (July 11), two searches will begin this fall and two others are coming to an end. Welsh said the dean at A&M’s veterinary school, John August, will retire in May 2025. Welsh says August, who will finish a nearly 40 year career at A&M, will stay while a national search is conducted. The president also said there will be a second search for dean of A&M’s school of architecture. Welsh says that follows the provost reviewing the report of the first search committee, the provost’s interaction with the finalists, and feedback from the campus community. Welsh says he has received recommendations for A&M’s next vice provost of faculty affairs and a decision is expected in early August. And Welsh says final recommendations for dean of A&M’s graduate and professional school have been forwarded to the provost and an announcement is expected soon. The president’s announcements follows naming a permanent chief operating officer, the permanent dean of A&M’s school of performance, visualization, and fine arts, and the new dean of the Bush school of government.