SOMERVILLE MAN INDICTED BY BRAZOS COUNTY GRAND JURY

  

A Somerville man has been indicted on multiple charges in connection with a June 1st incident in which he brought explosives to Easterwood Airport.

56-year-old Michael Scott Morgan was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, two counts of a Prohibited Weapon, and Criminal Attempt Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon on a Public Servant.

The indictments were handed down on Friday by a Brazos County Grand Jury.

The incident began when a DPS trooper was responding to an unrelated crash when he observed Morgan in a vehicle in the 8400 block of Turkey Creek Road around 4:45 a.m.

The trooper observed firearms, an open container of alcohol, butane lighters and a crystal-like substance consistent with methamphetamine in the driver’s seat. 

College Station police were requested shortly after to take over the welfare check.

Police say Morgan told them he was “attempting to go near the airport to commit suicide by cop by using the rifle to shoot into the air to elicit a police response.”

Upon searching the vehicle further, officers located two devices that appeared to be homemade improvised explosive devices (IED). 

The College Station Police Department’s Bomb Squad arrived and confirmed the devices were IEDs before removing and disposing of them.