A Brazos County assistant district attorney visits about a criminal sentencing after a man learns he was going to prison

This podcast is a visit with assistant Brazos County district attorney Jessica Escue and WTAW's Bill Oliver.A Brazos County district judge sentencing a Temple man to prison for evading arrest with a prior conviction resulted in additional criminal charges.One of the prosecutors at the sentencing hearing, Jessica Escue, says when 24 year old Jeffery Warren reacted to the prison sentence by creating an outburst in the courtroom that included cursing at court staff, resisting arrest, and briefly escaping custody, knocking over furniture and equipment in the courtroom before being forcibly apprehended by bailiffs and investigators with the district attorney's office, and damaging fixtures in the courtroom.Escue says the following day in the county jail, Warren assaulted a detention officer seriously enough to require hospital treatment. Escue says Warren has been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of assaulting a peace officer.Escue says the indictment and any charges from the courtroom outburst will be handled by a different Brazos County district judge and another group of prosecutors.News release from the Brazos County district attorney's office about the sentencing of Jeffery Warren:On November 13, 2025, Jeffery Warren, 24, was sentenced by District Judge John Brick to five years in prison for the offense of Evading Arrest with a Previous Conviction. Warren’s sentence followed a plea of guilty and a punishment hearing in front of Judge Brick.Warren’s conviction stemmed from an incident on August 27, 2022.Around 6 pm that night, the College Station Police Department responded to Highway 6 after receiving a call regarding a stolen vehicle out of Killeen, Texas which the owner was able to track via satellite GPS. The owner informed CSPD that the vehicle was travelling northbound on Highway 6 towards College Station.CSPD spotted the vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Instead of stopping, the vehicle travelled at a high rate of speed, crossed into the grassy median and then into oncoming traffic on Highway 6. Because of the danger to the community, officers terminated the high-speed pursuit.Shortly thereafter, Officers located the now wrecked and abandoned vehicle in a nearby neighborhood. Officers set up a perimeter and canvassed the area. After speaking to residents, combing through the area with a K-9 unit and watching Ring Camera footage, officers located the defendant hiding in a nearby creek. His codefendant, the driver of the vehicle, was also located nearby. At the time of this offense, Warren was on probation for felony evading out of Bell County.After the sentence of five years in prison was announced by Judge Brick, Warren began cursing at court staff, resisted arrest, and briefly escaped custody, knocking over furniture and equipment in the courtroom before being forcibly apprehended by bailiffs and investigators with the District Attorney’s Office. In his efforts to escape, Warren damaged fixtures in the 272nd courtroom. Investigations into additional charges are currently in progress.Statement from assistant Brazos County district attorneys Jessica Escue and Jordan Jordan: “Every police chase is a dangerous event for law enforcement and innocent civilians. The defendant’s behavior — while on probation for the same offense — requires a strong response to protect our community.”