College Station PD Halloween Safety Reminders

Man Shot and Killed in Brenham on Sunday

Brenham Police announced today the details regarding a fatal shooting early Sunday morning. BPD responded at 2:29am to the 800 block of Pleasantview Avenue for a reported weapons-related incident. Upon arrival, officers found that 25-year-old Laterius Ragston, of Brenham, had been shot. Officers provided lifesaving measures until medical assistance could arrive. Ragston was transported to the hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. The BPD Criminal Investigation Unit is working in conjunction with the Texas Rangers to conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting. As part of the investigation, officers executed a search warrant at a location in Hempstead. The search warrant was conducted with assistance from the Waller County Sheriff’s Office, Hempstead Police Department, Austin County Sheriff’s Office Special Response Teams, and Washington County EMS. They ask that anyone with information, no matter how minor you might believe it to be, to contact Sergeant Ashley Burns with the Brenham Police Department at (979) 337-7369. Additional information will be released as it becomes available and as the integrity of the ongoing investigation permits.

FBI Reminds Students That Making a School Threat Is A Crime

The FBI wants to remind everyone that making a threat against a school is a crime, whether you’re a juvenile or an adult. During the 2025-2026 school year, The FBI branch in Houston alone received 42 tips related to school threats, and they have already investigated three this school year. Three underage teenagers in the Pasadena Independent School District (near Houston) were charged with third-degree state felony offenses of a terroristic threat by planning a mass shooting at a high school. Threatening to commit acts of violence against a school is a crime, and the FBI will investigate every threat. To help identify and investigate the threats and who’s behind them, they ask for the help of students, school staff, and anyone who comes across them. If you see someone make a threat online, on social media, or text, DO NOT share it. Doing so will only incite fear and create panic. Instead, immediately notify school police or local law enforcement. And you should report threats against any school…not just your own. Hoax threats are also a problem for law enforcement. They use more resources to investigate a threat which drains law enforcement resources and diverts them from responding to an actual crisis. Hoax threats can shut down school campuses, cause undue stress and fear amongst the public, and cost taxpayers a lot of money…and ruin the future of those making the hoax threats as they’ll have a criminal record.

Man Arrested in College Station With Nearly 39 Grams of Methamphetamine

A man was arrested on multiple charges after police found nearly 39 grams of methamphetamine inside his vehicle. The College Station Police Department responded to a call in the 800 block of Spring Loop after receiving a report of a man asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that was running, and in reverse. When officers contacted 25-year-old Charles Ray Archie, III of Spring, they reported smelling marijuana coming from the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed 2.3 grams of marijuana and approximately 230 pills of methamphetamine weighing in at 38.8 grams. Archie was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 4-200 grams, Possession of Marijuana less than 2 ounces, and Interference with Public Duties. The man also had an active motion-to-revoke warrant out of Harris County for evading arrest with a motor vehicle. He is being held at the Brazos County Jail on $43,000 bond.