Basketball stunt that stopped traffic leads to criminal charges in Houston

A video posted to Facebook shows two men holding up traffic to play basketball in the street. A Redditor said the video was shot in Houston. A video posted to Facebook shows two men holding up traffic to play basketball in the street. A Redditor said the video was shot in Houston. Photo: Facebook Video Posted By Monsee Cortes Photo: Facebook Video Posted By Monsee Cortes Image 1 of / 69 Caption Close Basketball stunt that stopped traffic leads to criminal charges in Houston 1 / 69 Back to Gallery

Police have identified and are searching for two men accused of stopping traffic recently while they played basketball on a busy street along Interstate 45 in southeast Houston.

Edward Joseph Gonzalez, 25, and Roland Zepeda Jr. 18, are both charged with obstruction of a highway or passageway, according to the Houston Police Department.

The pair allegedly played basketball using a child's goal in the middle of Broadway at the feeder road of the Gulf Freeway.

Police said a video of the stunt posted on social media helped alert them to the incident. Several people posted irate comments about the prank on social media.

It's not the first time Houston drivers came to a screeching for private events. On Dec. 13, Vidal Valladares brought traffic to a stand still on the Gulf Freeway when he proposed on the roadway to his girlfriend.

"I just wanted to do something different," Valladares said.

At the time, police said Valladares could be charged with obstruction of highway, which is a Class B misdemeanor. If convicted of the class B misdemeanor, he could face a maximum sentence of 6 months in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Court records of the case could not be found.