Noah Thomas Galle, 18, used to record videos of him speeding through southeast Florida in a white 2019 BMW car and then post those footage on social media, according to a recent affidavit.
The car displayed his Instagram account on the windows and, in at least one video, Galle offered $25 to anyone who could correctly guess his speed, according to the court report.
On Jan. 27, one such recklessness turned fatal, according to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
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That night, Galle was driving his BMW at 151 miles per hour when he rear-ended a gray 2018 Nissan Rogue, causing it to flip several times before coming to a stop.
The six occupants of it died, agricultural employees of the company Pero Family Farms who had just left work in Delray Beach.
When interviewed by police at the scene of the incident, Galle, who was 17 at the time, confirmed he was the driver and was unaccompanied, according to court records.
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Galle, who has now turned 18, was indicted April 18 on six counts of vehicular manslaughter in the crash, Palm Beach County State's Attorney Dave Aronberg announced.
Each charge is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The crash occurred just before 11 p.m. when Galle's vehicle crushed the rear of the Nissan, pushing it "several feet forward into the passenger compartment," the affidavit says.
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Five of the car's passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.
The sixth died at Delray Medical Center.
The victims were identified as Mirlaine Innocent Julceus, 45;
Remize Michel, 53;
Marie Michelle Louis, 60;
Michel Louis Saint, 77;
Filaine Dieu, 46;
and Vanice Percina, 29.
A day after the crash, the sheriff's office received a tip about Galle's Instagram and TikTok social media posts "in which she recorded herself driving at extremely high speeds," according to court documents.
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The informant sent an image from a video showing the suspect driving too fast on Interstate 95, saying the footage was released two weeks before the crash.
Using a search warrant, investigators accessed the Instagram account and found what appears to be the same video showing Galle driving the BMW at 182 miles per hour on I-95.
Officials said they knew it was the same car from the configuration of the dashboard and instrument panel.
In an edited version of that video, the young man wrote that "the first to guess the MPH gets 25 cashapp," referring to the online payment app.
Investigators noted that there were multiple Instagram Messenger posts referring to the video.
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While being rushed to the hospital, Galle told an investigator that he was going "above 120" miles per hour.
But investigators analyzed the
airbag
control modules from both vehicles and found that Galle was driving 151 miles per hour at the time of impact, while the other car was going 38 miles per hour.
"We will seek justice by vigorously prosecuting this case," Aronberg said in a statement, "Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the six innocent victims of this tragedy."
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Galle appeared in court on April 19.
Bail was set at $300,000, and he was placed on house arrest, supervised by a responsible father and with no contact with the families of the victims.
Galle has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
With information from
The Washington Post
and
NBC News