{"id":234510,"date":"2026-04-16T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234510\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:28:12","slug":"super-speeder-arrested-after-driving-114-mph-on-the-gandy-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234510\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Super speeder’ arrested after driving 114 mph on the Gandy Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Troopers say the suspect had a small child in the back seat when he was arrested. <\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A Tampa man was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol after troopers say he was clocked driving over 100 mph on the eastbound Gandy Bridge.<\/p>\n

According to an arrest affidavit, Angel Martinez, 35, was stopped around 7:39 p.m. Monday after a trooper observed him traveling at a high rate of speed in a posted 55\u2011mph zone. FHP reportedly clocked his speed at 114 mph.<\/p>\n


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Martinez had a small child in the back seat, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

Officials say Martinez told them he was speeding because his child had defecated and that he was \u201cjust reading the road\u201d to get home.<\/p>\n

Martinez was arrested on a charge of dangerous excessive speeding.<\/p>\n

Last year,\u00a0a “Super Speeder” law<\/a> went into effect, targeting drivers going 50 mph or more over the posted speed limit, or who travel at 100 mph or higher, regardless of the speed limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the law, those violations are no longer infractions \u2014 they are now criminal offenses.<\/p>\n

The first offense can carry up to 30 days in jail, a $500 fine and a mandatory court appearance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A second offense within five years could mean up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000, along with a license revocation of up to one year.<\/p>\n

Previous 10 Tampa Bay News information contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Troopers say the suspect had a small child in the back seat when he was arrested. ST. PETERSBURG,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-234510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234510","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=234510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}