{"id":285788,"date":"2026-05-27T05:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285788\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:54:24","slug":"florida-father-accused-of-speeding-102-mph-with-unrestrained-child-in-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285788\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida father accused of speeding 102 mph with unrestrained child in vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lq6xmf1509jnsm8z.jpg\" alt=\"Accused Florida 'super speeder' arrested\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida<\/a> father was arrested after deputies said he was speeding more than 100 mph with children in the car on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Lee County traffic stop <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Video shows Jorge Garcia being pulled over by a deputy with the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office around 6:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The\u00a0deputy can be heard admonishing the driver for allegedly going 102 mph in a 55 mph zone with a three-year-old child in the backseat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Garcia\u2019s 3-year-old child was in the backseat and was not properly restrained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-05-26-14h51m37s265.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Jorge Garcia told deputies he was heading home when he was pulled over and that he had been drinking a little bit but refused a breathalyzer. Image is courtesy of the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">When the deputy asked where he was going so fast, the driver replied that he wasn\u2019t going fast and that he was just trying to go home.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">However, the deputy said he clocked Garcia traveling 102 mph down State Road 82.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Garcia told deputies he was returning home from a pool party.<\/p>\n<p> Driver alcohol testing <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The deputy can be heard in bodycam video asking Garcia if he had been drinking and he said a little bit, but would not elaborate and said he would not submit to a breathalyzer test.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-05-26-14h51m11s007.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Jorge Garcia is accused of traveling more than 100 mph with an unrestrained child in the vehicle. Image is courtesy of the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>  Charges filed <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Garcia was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle over 100 mph, refusal to submit to DUI testing, and DUI with a person under 18 in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, who provided details on the criminal charges and arrest details, as well as official agency bodycam video showcasing the interactions between the deputy and the driver.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. &#8211; A Florida father was arrested after deputies said he was speeding more than 100&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[630,47,28,30,29,115,628],"class_list":["post-285788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285788","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=285788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}