{"id":289233,"date":"2026-05-29T19:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289233\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:11:07","slug":"102-mph-with-unrestrained-3-year-old-florida-dad-hit-with-dui-and-speed-charges-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289233\/","title":{"rendered":"102 mph with unrestrained 3-year-old: Florida dad hit with DUI and speed charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida father is facing serious charges after a wild ride ended with him being clocked at an alarming 102 mph while his young child was in the backseat, unrestrained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Lee%20County%20Sheriff&#039;s%20Office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> reported that Jorge Garcia, from Lehigh Acres, was pulled over on State Road 82 around 6:30 p.m. Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies said they noticed Garcia speeding significantly over the limit, prompting them to initiate a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/newsletter-daily\/florida-jacksonville-mom-accused-of-driving-drunk-at-120-mph-with-child-in-back-seat-super-speeder-law-dui-3-year-old-wine-alcohol-drugs-marijuana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Florida mom accused of driving drunk at 120 mph with child in back seat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon questioning, Garcia allegedly admitted to returning home from a pool party where he had been drinking. Additionally, the report states that his 3-year-old child was in the backseat, not properly secured.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Garcia has been accused of several offenses, including operating a vehicle over 100 mph, refusing to submit to DUI testing, and driving under the influence with a child under 18 in the vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida father is facing serious charges after a wild ride ended with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-289233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289233","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=289233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}