Brazos County

Austin Ray Cobb: Naked, Eye-Shadowed Bryan Man Busted for Trashing Best Western

Bad craziness in a Best Western has landed a Bryan man behind bars for the sixth time since December. Police were summoned to the hotel when a maid told management that a room rented by 22-year-old Austin Ray Cobb had been ransacked. Actually, make that two rooms, because Cobb rented the first on ... More >>

Teresa Ann Kruk: Fiery Fourth Leads to Felony DWI Charge

We've said it before, we're saying it again, and, sadly, we are sure we will have to say it some more down the line: drunk driving is dumb and utterly irresponsible. Drunk driving with a kid aboard is much worse, and doing both of the above with a barbecue pit full of hot coals in the bed of your t ... More >>

Toshia McMurry: Clocked Hubby Eight Times With Cinder Block, Police Say

A Bryan woman was jailed for much of the weekend after she was arrested in connection with the brick-beating of her husband's head. According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, after Bryan police arrived on the scene Friday, 22-year-old Toshia Lasha McMurray told them that her 40-year-old husband ... More >>

Omar Daniel Gonzalez-Torres: Craigslist Prank Backfires, Leads to April Fool's Day in Jail

According to what he told police, Omar Daniel Gonzalez-Torres was upset at the way a woman was treating his girlfriend, so he chose the route of high-tech vengeance. Posing as his girlfriend's alleged antagonist, the 21-year-old College Station man took out a Craigslist "casual encounters" ad offeri ... More >>

The Healthiest County in Texas Definitely Isn't Around Here

The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have put together a list of health by county across the nation, looking at births, deaths and various measures of the quality of life. You can get a statewide ranking of the counties in your state, and if ... More >>

Gina Wilfong and Joseph Smith: Lovebirds Jailed on Valentine's Day After Faceboasting About Vandalizing Her Ex's Jeep

Lordy lordy, when will these criminals ever learn? First, if you really must brag about your crimes, do it face to face, preferably somewhere you won't be overheard. Second, if you really, really must do it on Facebook, and it just isn't enough to do it in a private message, lock down your profil ... More >>

Nancy Jane Mancuso Gelber: Police Say Aspiring Crime Writer Wanted Estranged Hubby Whacked

Brazos County JailNancy Mancuso Gelber: Could use old friend Percy Foreman in her corner about now.​ Nancy Mancuso Gelber could face up to life in prison after she was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband. Unfortunately for the 53-year-old ... More >>

Chanin Christine Lindgren: Asks Cops to Aid Cover-Up of Felony Assault

Brazos County SOChanin Christine Lindgren: How not to be a defendant.​According to a police report summarized in the Bryan-College Station Eagle, Chanin Christine Lindgren was not happy when her on-and-off boyfriend refused to give her the cash she needed for a fix. Deploying faultless junky ... More >>

Ex-Con Jason Wayne Crockett Lives Up to Middle Name and Nickname

Brazos County JailJason Wayne "Crash 'Em Up" Crockett​We've said it before and we are duty-bound to say it again: Please, parents, get off the Wayne train when your baby needs a name. And as if having that apparently-crime-causing middle name wasn't bad enough, 28-year-old Jason Wayne Crocket ... More >>

Parents Baffled By Outbreak of Birth Defects in Aggieland

Tied to plant fire? State will investigate.​When five families in Bryan-College Station conceived children with an uncommon -- and usually fatal -- birth defect, they began searching for answers. And now, state health investigators and Texas A&M researchers are also part of that search. The ... More >>

A&M Cadets Get Four Years Probation in Assault

The case of Zach Corcoran and the Corps of Cadets finally comes to an end. ​The long and strange saga of Zach Corcoran and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets came to a close today when Edward Helle and Steven Ramirez, the two cadets who beat up Corcoran, pled guilty to assault charges in a Brazos C ... More >>

One Toke Of K2 Over The Line: Real High From Fake Weed Lands Bryan Man In Jail

Not in Bryan​An unidentified 24-year-old Bryan man faces Class B misdemeanor DWI charges after allegedly admitting to police that he smoked K2, a marijuana-like substance sold legally in Houston stores as incense.According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, a Brazos County sheriff's deputy spotte ... More >>

Ring Toss

Fratboy fracas has Aggies on edge.

Thomas Slauter: Tossed Aggie Ring Spurs Wild Overreaction (Including a $50,000 Bond)

Aggies: Take their sabre or ring and it's trouble​It's been known to happen before: when multiple fraternities get together to booze in attempted Pan-Hellenic harmony, quite often the result is a fracas.Such was the case last Saturday in College Station, and before it was all over, one uniden ... More >>

George Randall Scott: Bryan Pastor Accused Of Coercing BJs In Bizarre Perversion Of Chris Hansen's Stings

Chris Hansen never worked like this guy apparently did​Very kinky crimes alert...Fifty-one-year-old Randy Scott, the pastor of Bryan's Bethel Temple Assembly of God was arrested here in Houston in connection with what is being portrayed in court documents as an extremely bizarre scheme.Accor ... More >>

Christie Laverne Hawkins: Bryan Woman Demands Dealer Upgrades On Stolen Truck

Photo courtesy Brazos County SOChristie Hawkins, not to be messed with​Christie Laverne Hawkins might not be the brightest thief in College Station, but never let it be said that she suffers from a lack of nerve.Police in Aggieland says the 35-year-old Bryan resident not only stole a pick-up truck ... More >>

Brian Bledsoe And Esther Sustaita: Home-Grilled Meat Spells Doom For Bryan Pair's Alleged Motel Drug Spree

Photos courtesy BCSOBBQ at the hotel​Brian Bledsoe and Esther Sustaita had made all the arrangements, and their alleged Tuesday evening drug bender was going well. They had rented a room at the Travel Lodge on Bryan's Texas Avenue, and the pharmaceutical cornucopia they had on hand would have (mil ... More >>

Bill Byrne: Adding To The Aggies' Ever-Growing Hall Of Internet Shame

​Texas A&M's athletic director, Bill Byrne, has become an Internet sensation for leaving a heated voicemail for a fellow Aggie. If you haven't heard, problems started when Byrne received an e-mail from an alum who was upset because A&M stuck with the Big 12 and the University of Texas. ... More >>

Dan Pastorini Fender-Benders His Way Into A DWI

Photo courtesy Brazos County SOPastorini, looking like he did after they called the Renfro pass incomplete in the title game​Houston Oiler quarterback Dan Pastorini, the man who led the team to within a blown call of the Super Bowl, was arrested this morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicat ... More >>

Damond Castle Discovers Pimpin' Ain't Easy

​Damond Castle dreamed of becoming a pimp. And while the 30-year-old calls himself "HoMoney" on his MySpace profile it seemed that his stable might have been a little skimpy two years ago. That was when, according to court testimony at his aggravated kidnapping trial last week in Bryan, he attemp ... More >>

A&M Assault Case and Abortion Super Center?

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The Aggie Assault Case Gets A Trial Date, Somewhat To The Surprise Of the Victim's Family

​A judge in Brazos County set a date -- June 21, 2010 -- for trial in the case of a Texas A&M student who was allegedly assaulted by two members of the Corps of Cadets, an incident the Houston Press wrote about in a January 2008 cover story, "Rotten to the Corps." The court date might not seem ... More >>

In Aggieland, The Landlord-Tenant Disputes Can Involve The Bomb Squad

​Many folks have landlords they don't get along with, whether it's because landlords are sometimes sticklers for "rent money" and may not be impressed by certain flashes of interior redesign, such as punching your hand through a wall.But we're not used to a tenant being so pissed off as ... More >>

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Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M

Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face

Cover Story: Rotten to the Corps

Political Padre: Raymundo Chávez Vázquez and Illegal Immigration

An activist Roman Catholic priest with little English is sent to conservative Aggieland

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Breaking Ranks

Will Clark was a reluctant Aggie until 12 people died in last year's Bonfire collapse. Now his desire to keep the tradition alive continues to make him an outsider in College Station.

Poison Pen

Bryan antiabortionists use the mail - and the law - to escalate their attacks on clinic workers

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