{"id":423075,"date":"2026-10-09T08:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423075\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:40:23","slug":"man-accused-of-hitting-147-mph-on-i-395-in-putnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/423075\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of hitting 147 mph on I-395 in Putnam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PUTNAM, Conn. (WFSB) &#8211; State police said they measured a man driving at 147 mph on Interstate 395 in Putnam Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They identified him as 19-year-old Orlando Perez of Groton.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Orlando Perez was arrested after state police said they measured him driving 147 mph on I-395...\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ATYQ6U43WFF5FKHKIEN33NVVNU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"1221\" \/>Orlando Perez was arrested after state police said they measured him driving 147 mph on I-395 in Putnam.(Connecticut State Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Troopers said a sergeant was conducting motor vehicle enforcement on I-395 south near exit 46 around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State police said the sergeant spotted a BMW M3 traveling at an excessive rate of speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They said a laser unit measured the vehicle at 147 mph in a 65 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The sergeant caught up to the driver and conducted a traffic stop in the area of exit 43 in Danielson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Perez was taken into custody at that point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State police charged him with reckless driving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He was released on a $1,000 non-surety bond and given a court date of Oct. 21 in Danielson.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WFSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUTNAM, Conn. (WFSB) &#8211; State police said they measured a man driving at 147 mph on Interstate 395&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[26630,39758,166856,39757,166853,166854,166855,139,141,140,166847,166848,166849,166850,33761,166852,166851,166846,152740],"class_list":["post-423075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-connecticut","tag-connecticut-news","tag-connecticut-state-police","tag-ct-news","tag-i-395","tag-i-395-putnam","tag-i-395-putnam-speeding-arrest","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-perez","tag-orlando-perez-arrest","tag-orlando-perez-groton","tag-orlando-perez-speeding-arrest","tag-putnam","tag-putnam-connecticut","tag-putnam-news","tag-putnam-speeding-arrest","tag-speeding-arrest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423075","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=423075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}