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Port Aransas Spring Break Crash Triggers Intoxication-Assault Charge, Teen Held in Separate Beach Shooting

Authorities say the weekend’s violence is driving stepped-up spring-break enforcement.

Overview

  • Video shared on social media shows a shirtless man dancing on the roof of a moving 2012 Jeep Wrangler on State Highway 361 moments before a collision.
  • Police say 24-year-old driver Riley Rhoades failed breath tests at .14 and .12, was arrested, and is charged with intoxication assault with bond set at $10,000.
  • A 22-year-old passenger was ejected in the crash and suffered a serious head injury, according to local officials.
  • In a separate incident, five people were wounded during a beach altercation, and 17-year-old Ernesto Josiah Castillo was arrested.
  • Prosecutors say Castillo faces five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with $100,000 bond on each count, as officials report increased enforcement and about 15 DWI arrests this season.