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Go Topless Jeep Weekend 2023: More than 230 arrests made in Galveston County

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Updated  May 21, 2023 5:12pm CDT
Crystal Beach
FOX 26 Houston

Dozens of arrests made during 'Go Topless Weekend' 2023 in Galveston

This year's 'Go Topless Jeep Weekend' is going a lot smoother. The Galveston County Sheriff's Office says it increased police presence to minimize the rowdy behavior on the beaches and neighborhoods close by.

CRYSTAL BEACH, Texas - This year's Go Topless Weekend in Galveston County appears to have gone much smoother, according to authorities. 

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The Sheriff's Office says a total of 155 arrests were made on Friday, with almost 200 charges filed, but most of them were misdemeanor offenses, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication. 

As of 2 p.m. on Sunday, 234 arrests were made with 283 charges filed. Of the 234, 221 were charged with misdemeanors, and 13 were faced with felonies.

There were at least two incidents in particular, however, that the Sheriff's Office continues to investigate. One of them was a major crash, where a woman was thrown from a vehicle and suffered a serious head injury.

A few more incidents were reported on Sunday, with one auto-ped incident with critical injuries reported around 3:30 a.m., two people shot and suffering from non-life threatening injuries overnight, and one person shot with possible critical injuries.

Another involved an armed robbery on the beach, where a gunman walked up to a beachgoer and demanded their wallet while brandishing their weapon. 

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Still, the Sheriff's Office notes an overall "successful event" due to added reinforcements to quell any potential rowdiness that usually comes from the annual event. 

"We've had about the same number of arrests that we had last year," Major Ray Nolan with Galveston Co. Sheriff's Office Criminal Law Enforcement Bureau said. "And we feel like we're we got a pretty good handle on the overall safety of it. And we're just trying to get through today and tomorrow and get everybody home safe."