Teen motorcyclist with fake plate nabbed after pursuit on Florida Turnpike

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A motorcycle race turned into a trooper chase Tuesday after a speeding teen taunted troopers, weaved through traffic, and bailed on foot.

Around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper said he spotted three revving motorcycles at a red light at the intersection of I-95 and SR-70.

Believing they were about to race, the trooper said he got behind the motorcycles and ran their plates when he learned one plate, on the motorcycle ridden by 19-year-old Jason Murcia, was fake…


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