CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 An officer clocked a driver at 119 mph in a 55-mph zone early Thursday before the vehicle crashed and the driver was arrested, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.<\/p>\n
A report from police says that at approximately 2:20 a.m. on Thursday, December 4, 2025, an officer conducting radar enforcement near 1851 NE Pine Island Road observed a silver 2012 Volkswagen Jetta traveling 119 mph in a 55-mph zone. The officer activated emergency lights and sirens and attempted a traffic stop.<\/p>\n
Police say the car turned north onto Del Prado Boulevard North, where the driver lost control, jumped a curb, and struck a traffic sign near the intersection. The Jetta became stuck on top of the damaged sign, allowing the officer to detain the driver without losing visual contact.<\/p>\n
The driver was identified as Javier Alvarez Alvarez (DOB: 05\/16\/1998) of Cape Coral. According to CCPD, Alvarez admitted to driving and said he lost control because the vehicle had a manual transmission. Officers reported that Alvarez showed signs of impairment, including watery eyes and the odor of alcohol. A concealed handgun and an alcohol-filled flask were found on him during a search incident to detention.<\/p>\n
CCPD states that Alvarez showed multiple indicators of impairment during Standardized Field Sobriety Evaluations. Officers arrested him for Driving Under the Influence, and he refused to submit to a breath test. Police say that when officers attempted to place him in a patrol vehicle for transport to the Lee County Jail, he resisted by bracing himself to prevent the door from closing. He was then restrained and transported without further issues.<\/p>\n
A post-arrest inventory of the vehicle revealed a cooler containing alcoholic beverages. Officers also found another individual\u2019s Florida driver\u2019s license in Alvarez\u2019s possession, and that portion of the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n
According to the Cape Coral Police Department, Alvarez was charged with:<\/p>\n
DUI \u2013 Driving Under the Influence (F.S.S. 316.193)DUI Property Damage (F.S.S. 316.193(3)(c)1)DUI Refusal (F.S.S. 316.1939(1)(d))Dangerous Excessive Speeding (F.S.S. 316.1922(1a))Fleeing and Eluding a Law Enforcement Officer (F.S.S. 316.1935(2))Tag \u2013 Unlawful Alteration (F.S.S. 320.061)Carrying a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony (F.S.S. 790.07(1))Resisting Officer Without Violence (F.S.S. 843.02)<\/p>\n
Source of all information: Cape Coral Police Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 An officer clocked a driver at 119 mph in a 55-mph zone early Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,263,211,210],"class_list":["post-71353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-florida","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71353","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=71353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}