'Having a little ride': Cigarillo-smoking 85-year-old busted for racing a Corvette in his 'favorite' Nissan sports car, going 110 mph in 45 zone, cops say

Cops successful Florida arrested an 85-year-old antheral who was allegedly thoroughfare racing a Corvette successful his Nissan sports car, topping 110 mph successful a 45 mph zone.

William Bosworth stands accused of racing connected a road and operating a conveyance that exceeds the velocity bounds by 50 mph oregon more. A lawman with the Lake County Sheriff's Office wrote successful a probable origin apprehension affidavit that helium was patrolling successful the country of U.S. Highway 27 and County Road 33 successful Leesburg, an Orlando suburb, erstwhile helium witnessed a reddish Chevrolet Corvette and a Nissan 350Z thoroughfare racing.

The lawman clocked the Corvette arsenic going 125 mph and the Nissan astatine 110 mph. He pulled implicit Bosworth's Nissan. Bosworth denied racing and said the operator of the Corvette swerved astatine him.

"I wanted to get distant from him earlier we caused a problem," Bosworth told the deputy, according to assemblage camera footage obtained by section Fox affiliate WOFL.

Bosworth, a cigarillo successful his mouth, said helium was "out having a small thrust successful my favourite car."

Deputies past arrested the octogenarian and took him to the Lake County Jail wherever helium has since bonded out. His adjacent tribunal day is acceptable for July 7.

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Deputies besides tracked down the Corvette driver, identified arsenic 57-year-old Phillip Signorino, and pulled him over. He's facing the aforesaid charges arsenic his alleged thoroughfare racing companion. Signorino besides denied racing, saying his Corvette was "incapable of going that fast," according to his apprehension affidavit. He besides had a weapon and aesculapian marijuana successful the car, cops said.

The 2 men seemingly bash not cognize each other. It's unclear what prompted them to race.

Cops arrested Signorino and transported him to the Lake County Jail, wherever helium posted a $2,000 bond. His adjacent tribunal day is connected July 1.