Man Sentenced to Jail After Recklessly Racing Motorcycle at 132 MPH on I-264 in 2024
NORFOLK, Va. — Nasier Orlando Rodriguez, 21, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to reckless driving and received a six-day jail sentence after he raced his motorcycle at 132 miles per hour on Interstate 264 last year.
On July 5, 2024, Mr. Rodriguez and another individual were racing their motorcycles and weaving in and out of traffic going 132 mph westbound on I-264 near Military Highway, where the speed limit is 55 mph. A Virginia State Police trooper pulled over Mr. Rodriguez and issued him a summons for reckless driving.
Mr. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to that charge in Norfolk General District Court without a prosecutor present, and he was sentenced to six months in jail, with all but eight days to serve suspended on the condition that he be of uniform good behavior for 12 months. Mr. Rodriguez appealed his conviction and sentence to Norfolk Circuit Court, and, in the meantime, he completed 90 hours of community service, completed a driver’s improvement course, and sold the motorcycle, which was determined to have had a throttle issue.
On Wednesday, Mr. Rodriguez pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was sentenced to six months in jail, with all but six days to serve suspended on the condition that he be of uniform good behavior for 12 months. Judge Tasha D. Scott accepted Mr. Rodriguez’s plea agreement and sentenced him per the agreement.
“At 132 miles per hour, a motorcycle is not a vehicle. It is a missile,” said Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi. “One false move by the rider or one unexpected move by another driver, and that kind of speed can kill. Here is yet another case in which prosecutors’ offices all over Hampton Roads do not receive funding to be involved with these cases in district court. We accepted this case on appeal and fashioned a sentence that recognized Mr. Rodriguez’s efforts to rehabilitate himself, but serious matters like this deserve to have funding so that a prosecutor can be there from the beginning.”
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Abigail L. Ottinger prosecuted Mr. Rodriguez’s case in Circuit Court, and Virginia State Police Trooper Kyle D. Rose led the investigation.
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