During the late hours of Thursday night into Friday morning, and again Friday night, CCPD officers conducted numerous traffic stops that resulted in multiple arrests for reckless driving and racing on highway.  

At around 9:30pm on Thursday night, 24-year-old Elijah Copeland was arrested for reckless driving after he was observed driving over 95mph at the 4300 block of Hwy 358 eastbound. 

At around 10:58pm on Thursday night, 24-year-old Anthony Armstrong was arrested for reckless driving after he was observed driving over 100mph at the 4000 block of Hwy 358 eastbound. 

At around 11:39pm on Thursday night, 19-year-old Jacob Valdez was arrested for reckless driving after he was observed driving over 90mph at the 4000 block of Hwy 358 westbound. 

At around 12:30am on Friday morning, 33-year-old Ryan Cabello and 34-year-old Anthony Gutierrez were arrested for racing on highway after they were observed racing each other on the 4300 block of S. Padre Island Drive, both driving over 90mph on the feeder road. Cabello was additionally charged with possession of marijuana. 

At around 9:50pm on Friday night, 38-year-old Miguel Perez was arrested for reckless driving after he was observed driving over 100mph on Hwy 358 eastbound at Everhart. 

At around 10:50pm on Friday night, 20-year-old Joel Silva was arrested for reckless driving after he was observed driving over 100mph on the 4000 block of Hwy 358 eastbound. 

At around 11:40pm on Friday night, 29-year-old Khrystal Garcia was arrested for reckless driving after she was observed driving over 100mph at the 4300 block of Hwy 358 eastbound. She was additionally charged with abandon/endanger child-criminal negligence after two young children were located inside of her vehicle during the traffic stop. The front seat passenger, 31-year-old Celestino Ramirez was arrested for possession of controlled substance in penalty group 1, possession of controlled substance in penalty group 3 and possession of marijuana after officers located illegal narcotics on his person.