Man With Suspended License From Prior DUI Pleads Guilty to Eluding Police While Driving Under Influence at 100 MPH on Interstate in 2024

NORFOLK, Va. — Treyvon Malik Pressley, 25, pleaded guilty on Monday to eluding police and driving while intoxicated (his second conviction in the past five years) after he sped away from a state trooper at triple-digits speeds on Interstate 264 and into city streets.

After 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 17, 2024, a Virginia State Police trooper clocked Mr. Pressley driving at 100 mph in a 55-mph zone on I-264 westbound near Military Highway in Norfolk. When the trooper activated his patrol car’s lights and siren to pull Mr. Pressley over, Mr. Pressley turned off his vehicle’s headlights and accelerated to more than 130 mph. Mr. Pressley continued at that speed and without headlights while exiting onto Brambleton Avenue until he got to Tidewater Drive. There, Mr. Pressley made a right turn, ran over a raised grass median — causing an impact to Mr. Pressley’s vehicle so severe that it activated the vehicle’s emergency lights and side airbags — and into opposing lanes of traffic, and continued driving until he got to Olney Road. There, Mr. Pressley stopped driving and tried to run away from the trooper, who soon caught up to and detained him.

After catching Mr. Pressley, the trooper noticed an odor of alcohol from Mr. Pressley’s breath, that his eyes were glassy, and that his speech was slurred. Mr. Pressley admitted to the trooper that he had been drinking that evening and that he was scared to pull over. He also consented to a breath test, showing a result of .12 BAC, as well as multiple field sobriety tests, which further indicated that he had been under the influence. When the trooper ran Mr. Pressley’s information, he found that Mr. Pressley had a prior conviction of misdemeanor DUI from 2020 and that his license had subsequently been suspended. Under Virginia law, second-offense DUI is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in jail.

On Monday, Mr. Pressley entered an agreement to plead guilty to felony eluding and misdemeanor second-offense DUI. In exchange, the Commonwealth withdrew three misdemeanor warrants and one traffic infraction related to the incident. There is no agreement to Mr. Pressley’s sentence, which will be left to the sole discretion of the deciding judge. Mr. Pressley faces up to six years in prison, though his state sentencing guidelines will recommend a sentence of less than that. Judge Robert B. Rigney accepted Mr. Pressley’s plea agreement and set his sentencing hearing on July 25.

“Mr. Pressley endangered himself and others by driving drunk at 100 miles an hour, but if he had pulled over there would not have been a felony with which to charge him, only two misdemeanors,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney. “By escalating his dangerous behavior, Mr. Pressley committed a felony — eluding — and we are fortunate he did not hurt anyone. At sentencing the judge will hear from both parties, and we will recommend a sentence that accounts for Mr. Pressley’s dangerous and repeated behavior while seeking a path for Mr. Pressley to avoid committing further crimes in the future.”

Senior Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Emily A. Woodley is prosecuting Mr. Pressley’s case, and Virginia State Police Trooper Kyle D. Rose led the investigation.

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