{"id":362782,"date":"2026-08-04T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362782\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:14:32","slug":"jacksonville-super-speeder-accused-of-driving-117-mph-in-65-mph-zone-with-child-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362782\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville \u2018super-speeder\u2019 accused of driving 117 mph in 65 mph zone with child in car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 24-year-old man was arrested Sunday after deputies said he was driving 117 mph in a 65 mph zone on I\u2011295 and was also charged with child neglect, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Deputies said they first saw a white BMW SUV about 8:30 a.m. as it merged onto I\u2011295 south near N. Main Street. Using a directional radar unit, an officer recorded the vehicle at 117 mph in the 65 mph zone near the Duval Road exit; a closer radar reading and pacing confirmed speeds of about 112 mph, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The vehicle changed lanes repeatedly while passing other traffic, then steered onto the Lem Turner Road exit and stopped, the report states. The driver was taken into custody at about 8:40 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">He was charged with operating a motor vehicle at 100 mph or more, a second\u2011degree misdemeanor under Florida law, and with neglect of a child without great bodily harm, a third\u2011degree felony, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The 2024 white BMW X2 was retrieved from the scene by a third party, and an officer transported the arrestee to the Pretrial Detention Facility for booking. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A copy of the arrest report was routed to the Florida Department of Children and Families.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 A 24-year-old man was arrested Sunday after deputies said he was driving 117 mph in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,1872,25193],"class_list":["post-362782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jso","tag-super-speeder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362782","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=362782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}