{"id":359334,"date":"2026-07-31T21:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359334\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:35:10","slug":"olympic-runner-shacarri-richardson-pleads-no-contest-in-florida-super-speeder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359334\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic runner Sha\u2019Carri Richardson pleads no contest in Florida super speeder case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richardson was arrested in January<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 World-renowned runner Sha\u2019Carri Richardson is changing her original plea in her Florida super speeder case as part of a plea deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/youre-going-to-jail-florida-body-camera-video-shows-shacarri-richardsons-super-speeder-traffic-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/youre-going-to-jail-florida-body-camera-video-shows-shacarri-richardsons-super-speeder-traffic-stop\/\">Richardson was arrested in January in Orange County<\/a> after deputies say she was clocked going 104 mph along State Road 429 near Stoneybrook Parkway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies said she was seen \u201cdangerously tailgating\u201d and crossing lanes to pass other drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Booking photo for Sha\u2019Carri Lanay Richardson, 25 (Orange County Jail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Richardson originally pleaded not guilty, but by changing her plea, she avoided jail time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">She does have to pay a $500 fine, complete 100 hours of community service, and take an eight-hour driving class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Richardson obtained prominence after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/richardson-shacarri-world-championships-sprint-90b630b89309a85c37f08d9c787811ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/richardson-shacarri-world-championships-sprint-90b630b89309a85c37f08d9c787811ec\">she took gold for the 100m<\/a> at the 2023 World Championships and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-2024-shacarri-richardson-0a795a8bb673debfcd139188ae2a0083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-2024-shacarri-richardson-0a795a8bb673debfcd139188ae2a0083\">the Olympic relay in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">More recently, Richardson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/sports\/2026\/07\/25\/shacarri-richardson-and-noah-lyles-surge-to-100-meter-wins-at-us-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/sports\/2026\/07\/25\/shacarri-richardson-and-noah-lyles-surge-to-100-meter-wins-at-us-championships\/\">won the 100m race<\/a> at the U.S. track and field championships in July. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorChristie Zizo headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/team\/MXP2LP3PA0IS39Z30WVD5Q4Z8L\/\" title=\"View Christie Zizo&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christie Zizo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Christie joined the ClickOrlando team in November 2021.  She cultivated her political reporting skills at Spectrum News 13, and before that at UCF. She spends her spare time with her beagle, Lulu, finding hidden gems around Central Florida, playing the violin and indulging her love for all things geek with her friends. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson was arrested in January ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 World-renowned runner Sha\u2019Carri Richardson is changing her original plea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1335,139,141,140,66983,25193],"class_list":["post-359334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-shacarri-richardson","tag-super-speeder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359334","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=359334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}