{"id":2560059,"date":"2026-01-31T19:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-11\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:48:43","slug":"olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold Medalist Sha&#8217;Carri Richardson Arrested for Violating &#8216;Super Speeding&#8217; Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Folympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-11%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2560059&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Olympic sprinter Sha\u2019Carri Richardson, a Paris 2024 gold medalist, was arrested in Orange County, Florida after a deputy\u2019s bodycam recorded her driving 104 mph in a 65-mph zone and committing multiple dangerous driving maneuvers. The footage captures Richardson pleading with Sgt.Gerald McDaniels\u2014claiming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-5\/\" title=\"Olympic Gold Medalist Sha&#039;... ... for Violating &#039;Super Speeding&#039; Law\">low rear tire<\/a> and that her phone had slipped\u2014to avoid jail, but the officer arrested her under Florida\u2019s \u201csuper speeder\u201d law. Her boyfriend, sprinter christian Coleman, was also arrested (reported for possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting without violence), and teammate Twanisha Terry received a ticket for stopping on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law\/\" title=\"Olympic Gold Medalist Sha&#039;... ... for Violating &#039;Super Speeding&#039; Law\">limited-access highway<\/a>. Richardson and Coleman were later released on $500 bond each.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Olympic sprinter Sha&rsquo;Carri Richardson tried to talk fast after being <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >caught driving fast<\/a>, but she got nowhere fast except jail.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson was stopped after an Orange County, Florida, sheriff&rsquo;s deputy said she was driving at 104 mph on a Florida highway, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/news\/local\/olympic-track-star-arrested-super-speeding\/VYWX4YTNFRFYZF35MZJXDKJ4ZQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interplay between the Paris 2024 gold medalist and the deputy who stopped her was recorded by the deputy&rsquo;s bodycam.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d wipe that smile off your face,&rdquo; the deputy advised, adding that Richardson was &ldquo;stopped for dangerous, excessive speeding,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/30\/shacarri-richardson-begged-cop-arrest-speeding-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re driving at 104 miles per hour in a 65 miles per hour zone, with subpar equipment, flashing people to get out of your way, following too close, using every lane to pass everybody, cutting me off, passing a car on the inside shoulder with their hazard lights on, you&rsquo;re going to jail for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-2\/\" title=\"Olympic Gold Medalist Sha&#039;... ... for Violating &#039;Super Speeding&#039; Law\">dangerous excessive speeding<\/a>,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=vizqo9x0\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bodycam footage of Olympic sprinter Sha&rsquo;Carri Richardson&rsquo;s arrest on Thursday has been released. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cvKr1Vua7J\">pic.twitter.com\/cvKr1Vua7J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX4\/status\/2017390421945557283?\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That litany of offenses triggered a bout of begging from Richardson.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really want to work with you, sir. I am a law-abiding citizen,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Sir, please don&rsquo;t allow me to go to jail. Please. Please, sir.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The words kept flowing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please, sir. I&rsquo;m begging you. Don&rsquo;t take me to jail. I will do everything. My tire, I cannot go to jail. I promise you, I don&rsquo;t want to go to jail. I&rsquo;m right here. I have a team here. I have a coach, everything. I was not intentionally doing anything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Sgt. Gerald McDaniels did not budge &mdash; not even when she claimed an under-inflated rear tire was to blame, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/sports\/shacarri-richardson-begs-florida-cop-not-to-arrest-her-during-speeding-bust-bodycam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the claim that the car sped up because her phone slipped, changing the car&rsquo;s setting and triggering its sprint.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Richardson said she did not even know her car was speeding, only to be told &ldquo;that&rsquo;s why they give you a speedometer,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/olympian-shacarri-richardson-pleads-officer-work-me-during-speeding-arrest-im-begging-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic sprinter Christian Coleman, Richardson&rsquo;s boyfriend, showed up and was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting an officer without violence, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/sports\/olympian-christian-coleman-arrested-alongside-girlfriend-shacarri-richardson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Team USA sprinter Twanisha Terry was ticketed for stopping on a limited-access highway when she arrived demanding to know what was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by WFTV, Florida&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-for-violating-super-speeding-law-3\/\" title=\"Olympic Gold Medalist Sha&#039;... ... for Violating &#039;Super Speeding&#039; Law\">super speeder&#038;rdquo<\/a>; law, which took effect in July 2025, allows police to jail anyone who drives over 100 mph or 50 mph over the limit.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post noted that Richardson and Coleman were each jailed and then freed on a $500 bond apiece.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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