Brazos County Crime Stoppers won’t have to pay a reward for finding a wanted fugitive.
About eight hours after the reward notice was issued, 26 year old Gary Eastep of College Station was captured Tuesday night behind a home on Steamboat Run. That’s off Mumford Road about one and a half miles north of Bryan’s Kemp elementary school.
According to an arrest report from the Brazos County sheriff’s office, a deputy spotted an ATV without a license plate on Saunders Street crossing Highway 21.
The deputy reported the ATV did not stop until it struck a fence. Then the driver and a passenger ran into the field.
The passenger was found about 30 yards away. The driver, who was found with the assistance of a K9 officer, was identified as Eastep.
Eastep’s 36th booking at the Brazos County jail includes new charges of evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was also arrested on a Brazos County warrant for family violence assault and a Robertson County warrant for failing to appear on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Bonds from Tuesday’s arrest total $24,200 dollars.
According to online court records, Eastep is also awaiting seven trials. One is on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and causing an accident causing an injury, two trials for evading arrest, a fourth trial on charges of possession of a controlled substance and driving with an invalid license, a fifth trial on a charge of interfering with 9-1-1, a sixth trial on charges of driving with an invalid license, possession of marijuana and possession of a dangerous drug, and a seventh trial on a charge of driving with an invalid license.
Original story:
A College Station man who has been booked in the Brazos County jail 35 times in nine years is the subject of a Brazos County Crime Stoppers reward offer.
Crime Stoppers reports 26 year old Gary Eastep is wanted on a felony fugitive warrant for assault of a family member.
According to online court records, Eastep is also awaiting seven trials. One is on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and causing an accident causing an injury, two trials for evading arrest, a fourth trial on charges of possession of a controlled substance and driving with an invalid license, a fifth trial on a charge of interfering with 9-1-1, a sixth trial on charges of driving with an invalid license, possession of marijuana and possession of a dangerous drug, and a seventh trial on a charge of driving with an invalid license.
A reward of up to $650 dollars is being offered for information submitted through Brazos County Crime Stoppers and received by October 21, 2019.
Information can be submitted to Brazos County Crime Stoppers by calling 979-775-8477 (TIPS), through their mobile app (P3Tips), or on their website at brazos.crimestoppersweb.com.