The arrest report from the sheriff’s office said this began Saturday (June 27) at two in the morning when a deputy attempted to stop the car for taillights that were not working.
Attempts to stop the car using spike strips along Highway 6 failed in Hearne, Calvert, and Reagan.
The deputy who wrote the arrest report said he saw the car swerving between lanes, drove in medians, and drove counterflow for a short distance.
When the car eventually stopped, three of the four tires were flat.
Assisting the sheriff’s office in the chase were Bryan police, the Robertson County sheriff’s office, Hearne police, and the department of public safety.
The driver, Gerardo Soto Jr., said according to the arrest report that he had drank an 18 pack of beer.
Breath alcohol samples taken after the chase measured below the legal limit at .04. The arresting deputy then obtained a warrant to obtain a blood sample to test for drugs. That was done at a Bryan hospital before Soto was taken to jail.
Soto, who was arrested for evading and DWI, remains jailed as of June 30 in lieu of bonds totaling $60,000 dollars.