That’s according to the Bryan police arrest report of 68 year old Nolan Benford, who is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The arrest report says the victim, Robert Sweeps, was backing out of a driveway Monday just after three in the morning.
A woman who was a passenger in the car Sweeps was driving told police that Benford pulled Sweeps out while the car was still moving and she saw Benford holding “something long and sharp”.
After the woman got out of the car to stop it, she said Sweeps came up to her and he was bleeding from being stabbed.
Benford, who is jailed in lieu of a $500,000 dollar bond, did not talk with officers after he was mirandized.
Online records show this is the 31st time that Benford has been in the Brazos County jail since March of 1998.
Updated the afternoon of May 25, 2026 to provide more information from Bryan police:
Bryan police is investigating a Memorial Day stabbing where the victim died and one person is in custody.
The victim was identified as 59 year old Robert Sweeps.
BPD arrested 69 year old Nolan Benford of Bryan on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Officers responded Monday just before 3:30 a.m. to an apartment in the 2700 block of Poplar Circle. This is west of Finfeather Road and south of Turkey Creek Road.
Officers who located the victim immediately began providing life saving measures, which continued as the victim was taken to the hospital where they died.
During the investigation, BPD received information that Benford was inside a neighboring apartment. That resulted in an evacuation of the entire apartment building.
Benford was not in the building but he returned to the scene and surrendered.
As of Monday afternoon, a BPD news release said investigators did not have a motive for the stabbing.
Online jail records show Benford is held as of Monday afternoon in lieu of a $500,000 dollar bond.