An El Paso driver was arrested accused of recklessly “doing doughnuts” on a street with a preschool-age child passenger in the backseat.
An El Paso County constable saw the display and arrested Jonathan Herrera, 24, of East El Paso, on an endangerment of a child charge, a second-degree felony, Precinct 6 Constable Javier Garcia said in a news release.
The constable saw a gray Dodge pickup truck going at a high speed “doing doughnuts” at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday, May 31, in the 7900 block of Alameda Avenue near Riverside Drive in the Lower Valley, Garcia said.
The truck was going in circles causing it to skid across all five lanes of traffic on Alameda several times, Garcia said. When the constable pulled over the truck, he noticed Herrera had a 3-year-old child in the back passenger seat.
The child, who was not injured, was turned over to a responsible person at the scene. Herrera was arrested and booked into the El Paso County Jail. He was released on Sunday after posting a $5,000 surety bond, according to jail records. No attorney is listed for him on court records.
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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Reporting by Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times / El Paso Times
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