Design Work Is Underway To Widen Texas A&M’s Penberthy Road

College Station Mayor John Nichols on WTAW

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about this week’s pedestrian death involving a College Station garbage truck, his experience at the Texas Municipal League, the upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event, the current council’s last meeting agenda, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.

College Station Man Jailed For The Second Time This Year For Calling 9-1-1 And Intentionally Remaining Silent

For the second time this year, a College Station man is in jail after he is arrested for calling 9-1-1 and intentionally remaining silent. The Bryan police arrest report says 38 year old Julian Mcafee on October 10th called 9-1-1 five times when there was not an emergency and not talking with dispatchers. The incident began when three Bryan police officers responded to an area west of Midtown Park for an unknown problem. The arrest report says Mcafee made a total of 20 calls. Dispatchers answered 14 times, with the other six disconnecting before dispatchers could answer. Mcafee remains jailed as of October 16th in lieu of a $2,000 dollar bond. Online court records show Mcafee was arrested by Bryan police on the same charge March 24th and he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense June 4th. Online records show he served 72 days of a 100 day sentence before he was released from jail June 4th.

Bryan Police Announces A New Assistant Chief

A 25 year member of the Bryan police department is now an assistant chief. BPD announced on its Facebook page, the promotion of Walt Melnyk as assistant chief of the department’s investigative services bureau. This fills a vacancy that was created in June after Dean Swartzlander was promoted to chief. Melnyk, who joined BPD in 1999, was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and lieutenant in 2019. His prior positions included being a patrol officer, the department’s public information officer and crime prevention officer, and a supervisor in patrol, directed deployment team, the property crimes unit, professional standards, training and recruiting, BPD’s academy, and criminal investigation division.