Holden Man Arrested for Driving 122 MPH on Interstate 495
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
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Plutarch Castellans, 22, of Holden was arrested and taken to the State Police Barracks in Millbury where he was charged for operating negligently to endanger; marked lanes violation; failure to signal; and speeding.
A bail clerk released him on personal recognizance.
He will be arraigned in Framingham District Court.
The Arrest
On Sunday, at approximately 8:40 a.m., Massachusetts State Trooper Eric French was patrolling Interstate 495 in Hopkinton when he saw a dark blue BMW sedan traveling at an extremely high rate of speed. Trooper French, while positioned in the median south of Exit 21A, captured the car’s speed at 122 mph in the posted 65 mph zone.
Trooper French pulled onto I-495 northbound to catch up to the speeding car, a 2015 BMW 750LI. The trooper saw the car continue to be driven aggressively and at an unreasonably high speed. The BMW changed lanes without signaling and passed other cars recklessly. The operator’s driving behavior was putting other motorists in significant danger.
Trooper French followed the speeding suspect without alerting the suspect that he was trying to catch up to him. He feared that if the suspect was alerted, he would try to flee and drive even more recklessly.
After a short time, the trooper was able to get directly behind the suspect vehicle, which was slowed by traffic decelerating as it approached a construction zone. Trooper French activated his lights and siren and stopped the car prior to Exit 25 in Marlborough.
Trooper French walked up to the BMW, removed the driver, handcuffed him, and placed him under arrest.
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