The love for reality shows can trigger a fear of missing out, driving some people to engage in stupid, dangerous, and sometimes unlawful activities.
Imagine putting yourself and others in danger for a reality show that would probably add no real value to your life, and you always have the option of watching it later if you’ve missed the telecast.
Unfortunately, a woman in Arizona put several lives in danger to watch the Love Island reality show, but ended up losing many things. Oh, and she could not watch the show the same day because she was arrested.
The woman in question was doing 108 MPH in a 65 MPH zone, and that was when she was stopped by an Arizona DPS trooper. Not only was she arrested, but her car was also impounded for twenty days.
The Love Island Urge Led to Her Arrest
According to a Facebook post by the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the driver was caught doing dangerous speeds on 9 June 2026 on AZ-347 in Pinal County.
The department uploaded an image of the speed at which the woman was caught. The post contained multiple images of the LiDAR device the police use to record speed, showcasing several violations performed by different people throughout the week.
The reality show fan informed the police that she was trying to get home sooner so she could watch Love Island. However, things took a drastic turn for her.
Had she been a little more patient and followed the speed limit, she probably could have watched whatever remained of the show after getting home. The social media post read:
“PINAL COUNTY, AZ – On June 9, 2026, a Trooper caught a vehicle traveling at 108 MPH in a posted 65 MPH zone on AZ-347. The driver stated she was trying to get home fast to be able to watch the reality TV show “Love Island.” The driver was arrested and booked for criminal speed and reckless driving and the vehicle went to car jail for 20 days.”
Arizona Officer’s Speeding Habits Lead to His Exit
In other speeding-related news from Arizona, Guessing Headlights recently reported how Chad Matthews from the Goodyear Police Department often sped through traffic at triple-digit speeds without turning on the emergency lights or siren.
Matthews stepped down from his duty in August last year after he allegedly violated the speed limits on numerous occasions and came under scrutiny. Goodyear Police Chief Brian Issitt has been vocal about the violations committed by his former officer.
Police department policy generally requires officers to activate their emergency lights and sirens when responding to emergencies that require them to exceed traffic laws or warn other motorists of their approach. However, Matthews’ body camera recordings between 2023 and 2025 highlighted extreme speeding incidents without activating lights or the siren.
On 26 November 2023, he hit speeds of up to 124 MPH on Loop 303 while responding to an incident at 2 a.m., but only with his lights on. In another incident on 28 January 2024, Matthews hit 127 MPH on I-10 while heading to the scene of an accident at 1 a.m., even failing to stop at a red light.
A year later, on 5 January 2025, Matthews was recorded reaching speeds of up to 113 MPH while assisting another agency, without activating the lights or sirens. The report adds that Matthews used lights without the siren, or used them inconsistently on 20 occasions.
When Issitt was asked in an interview if the public was fortunate not to have been hit by Matthews, he said:
“That is 100 percent true, there were no collisions, but I don’t believe on running a police department based off of luck.”
An internal investigation by Issitt in May 2025 exposed 37 incidents of excessive speeding by Matthews. In ten of those, his speed was higher than 100 MPH. Issitt added:
“Our officer was not doing his job to protect the public. He was actually putting them in danger.”
Issitt stated that upon receiving a severe complaint in January 2025, the department intensified its investigation into Matthews’ driving behavior. He said:
“As soon as we received that information then we were able to start looking backwards at some of the pattern that, quite frankly, I was unaware of, but we were able to see a pattern of driving behavior that then led to a deeper investigation.”
Issitt mentioned that the police department would have terminated Matthews if he hadn’t left on his own. He said:
“It was one thousand percent an easy decision in terms of making the correct decision to relieve officer Matthews of his responsibilities with the Goodyear Police Department.”