Montgomery County Workplace of Homeland Safety and Emergency Administration
At the very least 275 folks have been arrested throughout Jeep Weekend on the Bolivar Peninsula, based on the Galveston County Sheriff’s Workplace.
42 firearms have been confiscated through the occasion that drew crowds of officers from greater than 15 native legislation enforcement companies this 12 months. The arrests embrace no less than 278 misdemeanor prices and 52 felony prices, based on the sheriff’s workplace.
Officers from Harris County, Montgomery County and several other native police departments flocked to the peninsula over the weekend in preparation for the four-day lengthy occasion. What’s usually often known as a loosely organized and chaotic occasion drew to a detailed on Sunday after Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen carried out a few of his marketing campaign guarantees to crack down on Jeep Weekend.
Final 12 months, greater than 370 prison prices have been filed and practically 300 arrests have been made through the gathering.
RELATED: ‘Jeep Weekend’ seashore restrictions for 2025 accepted by Galveston County commissioners
This 12 months, the occasion that stretched throughout 6.25 miles of the seashore noticed a number of restrictions together with no golf carts, “mass gatherings,” bonfires or parking on the seashore. New tenting restrictions have been carried out throughout all Bolivar Peninsula seashores. The sheriff’s workplace additionally arrange police checkpoints alongside the seashore this 12 months.
