Infomaniacs: January 02, 2018 (8:00am)

For the first time since Texas A&M turned over fire protection services to the city of College Station, the university will pay the city a share of those costs. That’s after the city council approved a five year agreement at their last meeting. Fire chief Richard Mann was congratulated for leading the negotiations. The agreement calls for A&M to pay no more than $750,000 dollars in year one, and no more than $1.5 million in the fifth year. Mann said the city took over fire services from A&M in 1971. Click HERE to read and download the agreement that was approved at the February 27, 2025 College Station city council meeting. Click below to hear comments from the February 27, 2025 College Station council meeting. Listen to “Texas A&M to pay the city of College Station for fire department services for the first time” on Spreaker.

Brazos County’s emergency management coordinator told county commissioners that Tuesday morning rainfall (March 4) was not enough to reduce the risk of wildfires. Jason Ware is also asking landowners outside of city limits to not conduct outdoor burning. That’s due to an elevated fire danger with the prediction of high winds. Ware said last weekend, Brazos County firefighters responded to seven fires. Most were unattended controlled burns that threatened structures. As of Tuesday morning, Ware said three of the county’s fire chiefs wanted a burn ban and the fourth would support it. A possible burn ban will be added to the agenda for next Tuesday’s (March 11) commission meeting agenda. Click below to hear comments from Jason Ware during the March 4, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting. Listen to “Not enough rain to reduce wildfire danger in Brazos County” on Spreaker.

A Bryan man who admitted in Brazos County district court last week (February 24) to felony domestic violence assault and violating protection orders in November 2024 was sentenced to seven years in prison. Online court records shows a plea agreement between the district attorney’s office and 47 year old Erik Gieser also includes admitting to another family violence assault that took place in 2019, violating probation in protection order cases in 2019 and 2021, and for a DWI that took place in 2020. Online jail records shows Gieser is also being held for violating probation in Robertson County from a prior conviction of family violence assault. The Brazos County district attorney’s office says a jury convicted a Bryan man last week (February 25) of evading arrest with a prior conviction that took place in November 2022. The next day, prosecutors say 35 year old Moses Long admitted to unlawful possession of a firearm in December 2022. Long, who has been in jail since December 2022, received a 15 year prison sentence for evading and 18 years for the firearm conviction. Prosecutors say the punishment in both cases will be served at the same time. Online court records show this will be Long’s third trip to prison. That follows a four year sentence for a forgery that took place in 2012 and 15 years for manufacturing and delivery of cocaine that took place in 2016.             News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office regarding Erik Gieser: On February 24, 2025, Erik Gieser pled guilty to two felony counts of Violation of a Protective Order and one count of Assault Family Violence with a Previous Conviction. Gieser was sentenced to seven years in prison as a result of his plea. The maximum in this case was ten years. On November 30, 2024, Bryan Police Officers were dispatched to San Jacinto Lane to a domestic violence call. Officers arrived to find the victim injured and distraught with a swollen eye, busted lips and abrasions on the top of her head. Victim told officers that the Defendant was drinking all day and attacked her by punching her and throwing her to the ground. The victim had an active out-of-state protective order against the Defendant at the time of the assault. While that investigation was ongoing, the Defendant continued to harass the Victim, calling her several times and texting her threatening, harassing, and racist messages. Defendant has a history of family violence including other violations of his bond conditions and protective orders. Statement from assistant district attorney David Kaldas: “Domestic violence victims of our community need protection and the law recognizes that. Those who disregard the law along with court orders will be held accountable.” News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office regarding Moses Long: On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Moses Edward Long, pled guilty to Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and was sentenced to 18 years in the Texas Department of Corrections. One day prior, on February 25, 2025, the defendant was found guilty by a Brazos County jury in the 85th District Court for Evading Arrest or Detention on November 16, 2022 in Bryan, Texas. That charge was a felony because Long had previously been convicted of Evading Arrest or Detention. Less than a month after the Evading Arrest charge, the defendant was arrested by the College Station Police Department at the Knight’s Inn. The manager of the hotel called police for assistance after the defendant refused to leave the property. College Station officers located the defendant hiding in a hotel room bathroom. Officers located a backpack in the bathroom with Defendant. Upon searching the backpack, officers found items belonging to the defendant and a black handgun that had been previously reported stolen. The defendant was arrested on a warrant for parole violations and Unlawful possession of a Firearm by a Felon. The defendant had also previously been convicted of Burglary of a Building, Forgery, Resisting Arrest, Theft from a Person and drug possession. After being sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Department of Corrections for Manufacturing and Delivery of Cocaine the defendant was released on parole in 2019, limiting his access to firearms and weapons. After being convicted by the jury for Evading Arrest, the defendant pled to the Unlawful Possession of the Firearm charge and was also sentenced to 15 years for Evading Arrest. Those sentences will run concurrently. Statement from assistant district attorneys Tonika Davis and Kara Comte: “The defendant has shown repeatedly that he will not follow the law in Brazos County. Hopefully this prison sentence will send a message to him, as well as all others, that Brazos County will hold you accountable when you break the law.”