{"id":143635,"date":"2026-01-30T04:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T04:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:33:13","slug":"olympian-dallas-native-shacarri-richardson-arrested-on-dangerous-speeding-charge-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143635\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian, Dallas native Sha\u2019Carri Richardson arrested on dangerous speeding charge in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic gold medalist and Dallas native Sha\u2019Carri Richardson was arrested early Thursday after authorities say she was driving more than 100 miles per hour and weaving through traffic on a Central Florida highway.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a deputy on patrol pulled over a vehicle along State Road 429 near Stoneybrook Parkway. Deputies said the driver was traveling 104 mph, dangerously tailgating other vehicles and moving across lanes of travel to pass other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The department identified the driver as Richardson, who was arrested and charged with &#8220;Dangerous Excessive Speeding,&#8221; a charge that applies when a driver is traveling 100 mph or more.<\/p>\n<p>The arrest marks the latest legal issue involving the 25-year-old Olympic sprinter, who is one of the most high-profile figures in American track and field.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/sports\/shacarri-richardson-dallas-olympian-addresses-domestic-violence-arrest\/287-266c365e-df01-49d3-85d8-f3fac3c1e670\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:arrested last summer on a domestic violence charge\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">arrested last summer on a domestic violence charge\u00a0<\/a>at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. On July 27, Port of Seattle Police arrested Richardson after security footage showed her and fellow Olympian Christian Coleman involved in a verbal argument, during which Richardson allegedly pushed Coleman and threw a pair of headphones at him, according to officials. Coleman declined to participate in the investigation, WFAA previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Following that arrest, Richardson posted a series of Instagram stories saying she had been reflecting on her actions and working to move forward in a positive way. She also publicly apologized to Coleman, who was her boyfriend at the time.<\/p>\n<p>No additional details about the Florida traffic stop. Richardson is being held in the Orange County Jail on a $500 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic gold medalist and Dallas native Sha\u2019Carri Richardson was arrested early Thursday after authorities say she was driving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[60235,102,104,103,37783,60236,959],"class_list":["post-143635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-christian-coleman","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-olympic-gold-medalist","tag-olympic-sprinter","tag-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}