Florida man arrested doing 110 mph tells deputy he was racing to catch his cheating girlfriend

A deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office stood between a Florida man and his attempt to catch his cheating girlfriend in the act. To be completely fair to the officer here, he was just doing his job.Florida's "super speeder" law put Gavin Ames in handcuffs in the back of the deputy's vehicle.
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A deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office stood between a Florida man and his attempt to catch his cheating girlfriend in the act. To be completely fair to the officer here, he was just doing his job.Florida's "super speeder" law put Gavin Ames in handcuffs in the back of the deputy's vehicle. He was clocked just before 1 a.m. 1 for allegedly driving 110 mph in a 60 mph zone, FOX 13 reported.When the deputy asked him the reason he was driving so fast, Ames didn’t dispute that he was speeding or even trying to play word games in order to search for an excuse.FLORIDA MAN IN BUNNY HELMET ALLEGEDLY LED POLICE ON 120 MPH CHASE BEFORE SURRENDERING TO TROOPERSHe didn’t need to.
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- A deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office stood between a Florida man and his attempt to catch his cheating girlfriend in the act. To be completely fair to the officer here, he was just doing his job.Florida's "super speeder" law put Gavin Ames in handcuffs in the back of the deputy's vehicle.
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