{"id":323508,"date":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323508\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","slug":"driver-arrested-after-reaching-102-mph-while-fleeing-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323508\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Arrested After Reaching 102 MPH While Fleeing Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764950231_728_News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, June 26, 2026, at approximately 7:45 a.m., a Cape Coral Police Department Motors Officer was near the intersection of SE 47th Street and Del Prado Boulevard South when he observed a dark gray BMW 2 Series traveling southbound on Del Prado Boulevard South at a high rate of speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer estimated the vehicle was traveling approximately 60 mph in a posted 35 mph speed zone, significantly faster than the normal flow of traffic. The driver was observed wearing a white shirt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officer activated the patrol motorcycle\u2019s emergency lights and siren and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Instead of stopping, the BMW continued southbound at a high rate of speed, traveled through the intersection of Del Prado Boulevard South and Cape Coral Parkway East, and turned west onto Lafayette Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While on Lafayette Street, the officer visually estimated the BMW\u2019s speed at approximately 100 mph in a posted 30 mph speed zone. Radar confirmed the vehicle was traveling 102 mph. The officer\u2019s emergency lights and siren remained activated throughout the pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BMW later turned onto Vincennes Street. Another officer located the vehicle backed into a parking space at a business in the 4800 block of Cape Coral Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers made contact with the driver, who was identified as Chase Vincent Ciano (DOB: 07\/24\/2003) through his Florida driver\u2019s license. He was wearing the same white shirt observed by the Motors Officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the investigation, Ciano was arrested and transported to the Lee County Jail on the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>Speeding at 100 mph or moreFleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NR-Mugshot-Template-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-14916\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"NR Mugshot Template (23)\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Friday, June 26, 2026, at approximately 7:45 a.m., a Cape Coral Police Department Motors Officer was near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-323508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323508","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=323508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}