College Station City Council Approves A Staff Request To Pursue A $3.6 Million Dollar Housing Grant

Arrests For Ramming A Pickup Truck Into A Spouse’s Car And For Grabbing The Throat Of A Brazos County Detention Officer

A Bryan man is arrested for domestic violence related aggravated assault with a deadly weapon…with the weapon being his pickup truck. The Bryan police arrest report says last Thursday night (October 3), 35 year old Luis Mata drove his full size truck into his wife’s compact car near the intersection of Turkey Creek and Finfeather Roads. The arrest report says the injuries the victim received were before the collision, where Mata is accused of punching and violently grabbing her. Mata was also charged with interfering with officers by refusing to stop talking while officers were trying to get the victim’s statement. Mata is out of jail after posting bonds totaling $32,000 dollars. A Bryan woman in jail since June 19th on a charge of assaulting an EMS employee is now accused of grabbing the throat of a detention officer and applying pressure. The arrest report from the Brazos County sheriff’s office from Monday’s incident says after a supervisor and other officers placed the inmate in handcuffs, the inmate struck, scratched, and attempted to bite multiple officers. Online court records shows 34 year old Charlene Jones is awaiting trials in the June assault and charges from a May 12th incident involving felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor obstruction of a highway. Jones is held on bonds totaling $16,000 dollars.

College Station Animal Control Picks Up A Fox And An Alligator

The College Station police department’s Facebook page has two posts of wild animals being captured. During Texas A&M baseball’s exhibition game last Friday (October 4), a city animal control officer caught a fox that found their way into the stands at Blue Bell Park. And last Tuesday (October 1), animal control caught an alligator that was spotted by construction workers on Lincoln Avenue.

College Station City Council Adopts A New Housing Action Plan

The city of College Station has a new housing action plan. A 13 member committee drafted the 180 page document following four public meeting, two meetings with groups of homebuilders and developers, and more than 2,500 survey responses. Councilman Bob Yancy confirmed with David Brower of the city’s community development office that the document, “is not meant to be a know all, be all, end all road map” to address housing issues. The unanimous vote included an addition from councilman Dennis Maloney, that the plan reflects the city’s current ordinance requiring a homeowner to be living on properties where there is a second building that is used for rental housing. Councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha spent several minutes bringing up “wish list” items for future consideration that included finding parking locations for commuters who come to College Station to work and providing utility assistance to low income residents. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials at the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the housing action plan (before the addition made by councilman Dennis Maloney) that was adopted at the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Click HERE to listen to some of the comments from the September 26, 2024 College Station city council meeting. Listen to “College Station city council adopts a new housing action plan” on Spreaker.