Saturday’s cancellation of Chilifest didn’t stop a crowd of more than 600 from showing up Saturday night (April 11) in College Station’s fraternity row area. Arrest reports from College Station police say the president of the Pi Kappa Alpha and vice president of the Sigma Chi fraternities were arrested for disorderly conduct due to the noise from a party that did not have a required city permit. Another CSPD arrest report shows someone who tried to get in but was blocked due to what was described as overoccupancy, was arrested for disorderly conduct-abuse by hitting a security guard in the face with an open hand. And from the size of the crowd, CSPD published only one arrest report charging anyone with public intoxication. That person, along with the man who hit the guard and the fraternity leaders, are all out of jail after posting bonds promising they will show up at future court appearances.
Brazos County jail records shows 70 people were booked over the weekend for public intoxication. 67 of the 70 were arrested by College Station police. A majority of those who were arrested, were charged for the first time. And most of the arrests were in the Northgate district. Among them, was a 21 year old man from College Station in Northgate. His arrest report says he told officers in slurred speech about a robbery where he was the victim because he was overcharged six dollars for food. He also told the officer his level of intoxication was a six out of ten after consuming five shots of vodka, two shots of peppermint schnapps, one pitcher of vodka soda, and one beer.