{"id":188459,"date":"2026-04-07T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188459\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:35:13","slug":"new-york-driver-with-sorry-officer-i-thought-you-wanted-to-race-sticker-on-car-arrested-in-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188459\/","title":{"rendered":"New York driver with &#8216;Sorry officer, I thought you wanted to race&#8217; sticker on car arrested in pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 A Buffalo man was arrested after fleeing a traffic stop in a vehicle without license plates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/troopers.ny.gov\/news\/no-plates-no-license-and-fleeing-troopers-33-results-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">according to the New York State Police<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The vehicle had a sticker that read, \u201cSorry officer, I thought you wanted to race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>| DOWNLOAD: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/women-in-law-enforcement\/strengthening-recruitment-and-retention-of-women-in-policing?utm_source=article_inline&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">Strengthening recruitment and retention of women in policing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troopers were patrolling Route 33 in Buffalo on April 4 as part of a cooperative speed enforcement initiative with the Buffalo Police Department when they spotted a 2015 Dodge Charger with no plates, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers activated their emergency lights, and the driver sped away at a high rate of speed. The vehicle exited onto Route 198 but became stuck in traffic, where troopers arrested the driver without incident.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and multiple traffic violations.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"trending\" name=\"trending\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"BWC: Woman threatens to kill Ky. officers, advances with porcelain shard before fatal OIS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/officer-shootings\/bwc-ky-officers-shoot-woman-in-crisis-after-she-threatened-to-kill-them-advanced-with-broken-porcelain\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Affiliate Article 1 thumbnail - JP (20).png\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775531981_296_.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        The woman, who had cut herself and drank cleaning supplies after locking herself in a bathroom, said that she would \u201ckill anyone who tried to help\u201d her\n    <\/p>\n<p>April 06, 2026 12:29 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"4 Wash. sheriffs sue governor who signed law giving oversight board power to remove sheriffs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/chiefs-sheriffs\/4-wash-sheriffs-sue-governor-who-signed-law-giving-oversight-board-power-to-remove-sheriffs\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Washington State Capitol\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775531981_416_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        The new bill gives a state board the authority to decertify a sheriff and requires that decertified sheriffs be removed from office and replaced\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"11,000 LEOs sign petition urging nonincarceration sentence for NYPD officer convicted in cooler throw death\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/use-of-force\/11-000-leos-sign-petition-urging-nonincarceration-sentence-for-nypd-officer-convicted-in-cooler-throw-death\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"New York City police sergeant who hurled plastic cooler at fleeing motorcyclist charged in his death\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775531982_8_.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        The petition for a light sentence for Sgt. Erik Duran included signatures from federal agents, officers across the country and some cops worldwide\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Okla. officers on leave over April Fools\u2019 Day 911 call falsely reporting baby thrown from car window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/officer-misconduct-internal-affairs\/okla-officers-on-leave-over-april-fools-day-911-call-falsely-reporting-baby-thrown-from-car-window\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Oklahoma Police-April Fools Prank\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775579712_13_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Oklahoma City dispatchers reportedly sent officers to the location of the call before learning it was a hoax\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"company-news\" name=\"company-news\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"Veritone announces strategic agreement with Oracle to accelerate enterprise AI and AI data economy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police1.com\/artificial-intelligence\/veritone-announces-strategic-agreement-with-oracle-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-and-ai-data-economy\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Veritone\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775302630_274_.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n        Multi-year partnership will support Veritone\u2019s global growth and AI expansion across commercial and public sectors, Veritone Data Refinery, and Veritone Data Marketplace\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 A Buffalo man was arrested after fleeing a traffic stop in a vehicle without license&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-188459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}