{"id":149104,"date":"2026-02-09T18:20:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149104\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:20:48","slug":"driver-arrested-for-going-113-mph-in-port-st-lucie-police-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/149104\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested for going 113 mph in Port St. Lucie, Police say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Port St. Lucie Police Department has released body camera footage showing the arrest of a young man accused of excessively speeding on a city road.<\/p>\n<p>According to information provided by authorities, Joseph Moylan, 26, was clocked on radar driving 113 miles per hour along Port St. Lucie Boulevard late Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The video captures the moment officers initiated the traffic stop and informed the driver about the speed recorded by their detection system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/50K-ATM-CASH-GRAND-THEFT-ALVAREZ-6.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joseph Moylan, 26.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUbyKFjEOu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">written statement<\/a>, police reported that the arrest was executed under a new speeding law. This regulation imposes stricter penalties on drivers who break it, including the possibility of being arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the new law, drivers caught exceeding the speed limit by more than 50 mph may face serious consequences, including arrest. This initiative aims to improve road safety and deter extreme speeding behaviors,\u201d authorities stated.<\/p>\n<p>Following the arrest, Moylan was charged with a moving traffic violation for operating a vehicle 50 mph over the speed limit.<\/p>\n<p>The young man was released after posting a $150 bond.<\/p>\n<p>This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC 6 editor reviewed the translation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Port St. Lucie Police Department has released body camera footage showing the arrest of a young man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[1219,9097,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-149104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-crime-and-courts","9":"tag-palm-beach","10":"tag-port-st-lucie","11":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","12":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}