OVER 70 people have been arrested as Spring Break chaos erupts for the first time this year with thousands of seniors gathering for ‘Skip Day.’
Cops descended on a huge gathering of students at a Buc-ee’s in Texas City on Friday morning where many were found with drugs, weapons, and committing driving offenses.
Other arrests took place on Galveston Island as Friday’s planned “Senior Skip Day” kicked Spring Break off with a bang.
“Literally hundreds, if not thousands, of seniors and probably every other age student showed up at Buc-ee’s, and we arrested 55 of them,” Galveston County Sheriff Jimmy Fullen told Fox affiliate KRIV.
Officers were informed a week ago of the secret March 6 senior meet-up coming out of Houston which would see the students meet at the Texas City Buc-ee’s before heading to the island.
Officers began their crackdown before 9am on Friday and Fullen revealed that 10 firearms were confiscated at the scene, two of which had been reported stolen.
“The amount of guns that we took off these kids, could have made it to our beaches and probably could have been used in a nefarious way,” Fullen said, calling the operation “extremely successful.”
The cops stationed behind the Buc-ee’s also seized drugs and cash, KRIV reported.
Meanwhile, on Galveston Island, Police Chief Doug Balli revealed that some terrifying weapons did make it across.
Of the 12 arrests made, eight were for prohibited weapons, he told the outlet.
“Four of those weapons were fully automatic which is scary and with large capacity magazines so these were able to fire off 33-35 rounds in about two seconds.”
He added that traffic and overcrowding were the biggest issues and officials were forced to shut down beaches.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/16054399/spring-break-chaos-texas-arrests-galveston-island/
