A driver in Arizona received a ticket and a warning after allegedly speeding 32 mph over the posted speed limit. Less than two minutes later, the same deputy who gave him the warning caught him speeding again.
The incident happened on Sept. 8 when a deputy of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office was conducting speed enforcement on Schnepf Road near Combs Road. The deputy clocked a driver at 67 mph in a 35-mph zone and observed him using the right-hand lane to pass other vehicles.
The driver told the deputy he was going to work, but the deputy pointed out that a school bus was nearby and workers were present in a construction zone. The deputy warned him he could go to jail if he was found speeding again.
The deputy cited him for criminal speeding and reckless driving, with a mandatory court date. But less than two minutes later, the driver went back to speeding on the residential roads.
A Warning
In the body camera footage, the deputy explained that there was no reason to drive that fast on residential streets, noting that a school bus was picking up kids nearby.
The driver was told that his car could have been towed and impounded for 20 days, but the deputy let him leave with the citations and a court date. If he were caught speeding again, there wouldn’t be another ticket. Instead, the deputy warned that he would be booked into jail.
Two Minutes Later
That warning apparently didn’t stick with the driver, since he was caught speeding again less than two minutes later.
The deputy watched as the driver left the traffic stop and entered a construction zone with workers present. He was allegedly going 45 mph in a 25 mph zone this time.
The driver was pulled over again, and this time he was arrested.
“I wasn’t trying to speed, sir,” the driver told the deputy.
The Car Was Towed
When the driver was cuffed and asked if he could call his wife to pick up the car, the deputy told him the car would be towed.
The driver was not identified and was booked into the Pinal County Jail on criminal traffic offenses. He was released later that day.
An arrest is not a finding of guilt, and the driver is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.