Going into Friday’s last day of early voting in the College Station city council election, turnout is less than two percent of the city’s 55,000 registered voters.
Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock says through Thursday, the turnout was 721.
There are extended voting hours Friday, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., at the College Station Utilities training center on Graham Road.
Texas A&M police arrested one man for selling two fake tickets for the A&M-Texas football game for $900 dollars and throwing away five more fake tickets. This happened near Pickard’s Pass, which is the tunnel going under Wellborn Road by Kyle Field. 57 year old Bruce Suares of Inglewood Texas remained in jail as of December 2nd in lieu of bonds totaling $14,000 dollars. The arrest report said the officer recognized the tickets as fake because the back of the tickets contained University of Texas logos. Texas A&M police arrested a New Jersey man for attempted theft and criminal trespassing related to selling fake tickets. The arrest report says 28 year old Velasquez Naranjo pushed his way through the ticket gate to enter the stadium. He was followed by two women who told the arresting officer they paid $250 dollars apiece to Naranjo to get into the game using SEC wristbands as tickets. The money was returned to the women. The arrest report also says Naranjo had a two way radio, which led officers to believe he was working with other individuals who were scamming other people wanting to get into the game. Naranjo is out of jail after posting bonds totaling $4,000 dollars. During Saturday’s game, Texas A&M police arrested two men after getting in the game without tickets. The arrest report said they used fake construction credentials and were wearing reflective vests, hard hats, safety glasses, and protective gloves. 22 year old Julian Carreon of St. Leon and 21 year old Logan Scalise of College Station were charged with criminal trespassing. Carreon is out of jail after posting a $3,000 dollar bond and Scalise is out of jail after posting a $2,000 dollar bond. After the game started, Texas A&M police arrested a Grand Prairie man who got into the game without a ticket. 22 year old Oriobose Akharoh, who was charged with criminal trespassing and resisting arrest, was released from jail after posting bonds totaling $8,000 dollars.
More than four hours before kickoff of Saturday’s Texas A&M-Texas football game, multiple College Station police officers respond to the report of a loud party near the campus. A post on CSPD’s Facebook page estimated the crowd at 600 on Aurora Court, a dead end street which is located between A&M Consolidated Middle School and the Grace Bible Church Anderson campus. The post said the unauthorized and pre-planned party organized by A&M fraternities had live bands, food vendors, portable restrooms, and a significant amount of alcohol. Organizers applied but were denied a city special events permit for reasons that includes safety and logistical concerns. One of the organizers was arrested for violating a city ordinance. 22 year old Walker Lanier of College Station was released after posting a $300 dollar bond on the municipal court charge. Several others were arrested on various charges as officers worked to disperse the crowd and restore order to the area. The CSPD Facebook post said it took several hours to clear partygoers from the neighborhood, which was left littered with trash. CSPD’s arrest report identified the participating fraternities as Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Delta Tau Delta. After the game, CSPD officers returned to break up a second party that was attended by an estimated 250 people.
Law enforcement activity during the Texas A&M-University of Texas football weekend included 34 incidents involving public intoxication. College Station police arrest reports shows 19 public intoxication arrests in the Northgate district on Friday and Saturday night (November 29 and 30). On game day in and outside Kyle Field, Texas A&M police, a Bryan police officer, and a precinct three deputy constable combined for 15 people either being arrested or being ejected from the stadium for public intoxication. Before Saturday’s game, Texas A&M police tweeted details of a university rules violation before the game involving a man and his dog riding a longhorn and another man riding a horse. Both men agreed to leave campus. After Saturday’s game, a man on a concourse one floor above a Texas A&M officer poured a beer and spit on the officer. 21 year old Colton Smith of Orange was arrested for felony assault against a police officer, harassment of a public servant, and public intoxication. Smith remained in jail as of December 1st in lieu of bonds totaling $23,000 dollars. College Station police arrest reports from Friday and Saturday nights in the Northgate districts include 27 arrests for disorderly conduct and seven for resisting arrest. There was only one disorderly conduct incident where there was a mention of the A&M-Texas football game. From all the CSPD weekend arrest reports at Northgate, where 61 people were arrested, there were references to only three people issued tickets for minor in possession in alcohol and two for giving alcohol to a minor. Saturday during the midnight hour on University in the Northgate district, the driver of a Corvette that ran out of gas was arrested for possessing a vape pen containing THC and misdemeanor of marijuana. Former Texas A&M football player Isaiah Spiller was released from jail after posting bonds totaling $9,000 dollars. Spiller told College Station police according to CSPD arrest reports that he bought $30 dollars of marijuana from someone in Houston and that he was holding the vape pen for his girlfriend. The arrest reports do not say what happened to the Corvette.
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