Teen arrested for driving 137 mph on I-5 in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 19-year-old man was arrested for allegedly driving 137 mph on I-5 in Northeast Portland on July 23.
The Portland Police Bureau said that Rolando Mendoza was clocked at the deadly speed while driving southbound on I-5 between Alberta Street and Columbia Boulevard at 8:21 p.m. Police seized Mendoza’s yellow muscle car and he was booked into the Multnomah County jail for reckless driving and attempting to elude police by vehicle — a class C felony.
“137 mph is definitely not okay,” PPB shared on social media Wednesday. “Great work by Traffic Officers.”
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Mendoza has since been released from jail. PPB said that his traffic citations for the arrest totaled $2,500.
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