GRANBURY — William Crum may be handcuffed and in custody, but the 68-year-old didn't hold back when it came to his comments on Tuesday.
"I'm pissed off, just to put it bluntly," Crum said. "Because the other guy didn't get charged with anything, and his own video incriminates him."
At an unusual news conference set up at the Hood County Jail, Crum talked about his arrest on Monday and the charges against him. He faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a now-viral video showed his vehicle swerving into two people on a motorcycle passing his car in a no-passing zone.
News 8 also learned Tuesday afternoon the Department of Public Safety is also investigating "multiple" reports of past incidents possibly involving Crum, including another motorist who was run off the road last Friday in an unrelated incident.
Crum maintains that the maneuver that led to the motorcycle crash was a reaction to getting bitten by a spider. He tried showing reporters evidence of the bite on Tuesday.
Police believe Crum swerved purposely in order to prevent the motorcycle from passing.
"If I was another person, that actually wasn't inside the car, I'd probably think the same thing they do," he said after seeing the video.
"What the hell was this dude thinking?" asked Eric Sanders, who was driving the motorcycle. "How did he possibly think he was going to hit me and get away with it?"
Sanders — who was riding with his girlfriend on the back — said he was thrilled to learn Crum had been charged. His girlfriend Tuesday had yet another surgery on her injured arm, and will likely have another later this week.
While Crum told reporters he never would hurt someone on purpose, he declined to offer an apology to Sanders.
"If he hadn't been breaking the law, it wouldn't have happened," Crum said.
William Crum remains in the Hood County Jail with a $150,000 bond. He said he refuses to get a court-appointed attorney.
Crum's criminal history includes a conviction for reckless driving, a charge he characterized as "trumped up."
