LAKELAND, Fla. – A St. Augustine urgency on the highway led to an overnight stay at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) detention center on Sunday night, October 19th.
At approximately 10:30 pm. a PCSO deputy on patrol noticed a 2017 Volkswagen Passat driving excessively fast and erratically on Interstate 4 near Lakeland.
The deputy’s radar clocked the vehicle traveling at 104 mph, which is 34 mph over the posted 70 mph speed limit. Compounding the excessive speed, the driver was also seen weaving aggressively between lanes to pass other traffic, deputies say.
A traffic stop was initiated, and the driver was identified as 27-year-old Sixto Rivera-Garcia.
Rivera-Garcia was arrested and transported to the Sheriff’s Processing Center, facing charges for Dangerous Excessive Speed. He was also issued a citation for Reckless Driving.
According to the PCSO, Rivera-Garcia admitted to the deputy that he was rushing to get back home to St. Augustine. However, he declined to elaborate on his starting location or the reason for his high-speed.
The 2017 Volkswagen Passat was towed from the scene.
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