Sarasota driver charged with hitting 142 mph on Interstate 75

A Sarasota man who highway patrol troopers said was driving at more than 140 miles an hour in a high-performance car was arrested just before midnight and taken to Sarasota County Jail on a charge connected with Florida’s super-speeder laws.

Isreal Jacob Acosta was taken to jail immediately after the 11:56 p.m. arrest on Friday.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers said the man was driving a Ford Mustang GT at 142 mph on Interstate 75, northbound just north of Fruitville Road…

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