For the fifth time in 13 years, a man who used to live in College Station is found to have violated court ordered probation.
45 year old Ryan Freeman, who argued he should be given probation for the seventh time in his 13 year criminal history, was ordered to serve seven years for his fourth DWI conviction and for family violence assault with a prior conviction.
That punishment was imposed by Brazos County’s newest district judge, John Brick, who was not a judge when Freeman was originally sentenced.
Freeman has been in the Brazos County jail since his arrest in a College Station hotel in January.
That’s after College Station police responded to a disturbance involving Freeman and a brother.
Freeman is also being held for violating parole from his third DWI conviction.
News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office:
Ryan Freeman, 44, was sentenced to seven years in prison for Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More and Assault Family Violence with a Previous Conviction by Judge John Brick in the 272nd District Court.
The defendant was arrested on December 3, 2016 for DWI 3rd or more. While on bond, he was arrested on September 5, 2017 for Assault Family Violence with a Previous Conviction.
With two felony offenses pending, the defendant was again arrested on April 3, 2018 for another DWI 3rd or more. In the DWI offenses the defendant’s blood alcohol concentrations were 0.188 and 0.203, which were more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
On August 21, 2019, following a plea of guilty on the three offenses, the court sentenced Freeman to four years in prison for the DWI offense from December 2016. The court ordered community supervision following release from prison on the Assault Family Violence from September 2017 and the DWI from April 2018.
The defendant was released from prison in August 2020 and was required to comply with the terms and conditions of probation through Brazos County Community Supervision Department. Freeman was instructed to make monthly contact with his supervision officer. However, shorty after being released from prison, the defendant absconded from probation and did not report after September 2020.
Brazos County Community Supervision Department attempted to contact the defendant through phone, email, and the mailing address the defendant provided without success. Due to the defendant absconding from probation, warrants were issued for the defendant’s arrest. The defendant was arrested on January 2, 2021 in College Station after the defendant’s brother called 911 for a civil disturbance. Freeman was also arrested at that time for failure to identify.
On March 3, 2021, a motion to revoke community supervision hearing was held in the 272nd District Court. Prosecutors presented evidence of the defendant’s failure to comply with the conditions of community supervision ordered by the court. Additional evidence was presented of the defendant’s prior criminal history, including six previous probations.
Since 1998, the defendant was on probation in other counties across Texas for six other offenses, including: DWI, Theft $1,500 – $20,000, Failure to Stop and Render Aid, Assault Family Violence, DWI 2nd, and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle.
Of the six previous probations, four were revoked due to Freeman’s violations of community supervision.