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Utah man arrested after allegedly going 142 miles per hour

South Jordan Police
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — South Jordan police have arrested a man who was allegedly caught driving 142 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone.

According to court documents obtained by FOX 13 News, Tuesday morning at around 1:00 a.m. an officer was sitting along 10600 South Mountainview doing speed enforcement. That is when the officer spotted a vehicle traveling 136 miles per hour.

The officer states he then confirmed the speed via radar, which displayed 142 miles per hour, before pulling over the vehicle. The driver, 20-year-old Orlando Curiel Holano, admitted to officers that he was speeding and apologized.

Orlando was arrested and faces charges of speed contest or exhibition on a highway and speeding over 100 miles per hour.