Miami running back Jordan Lyle is facing allegations that he led police on a high-speed chase that reached an estimated 130 miles per hour, according to a probable cause affidavit released Tuesday by the Sunrise Police Department.
The affidavit says the incident began shortly after 7 p.m. on July 10, when Sunrise Police Detective Jonathan Hennessy spotted a gray BMW registered to Lyle heading north on the Sawgrass Expressway near the West Sunrise Boulevard entrance ramp. Hennessy used a laser gun to clock the car at 92 mph in a 65 mph zone.
After Hennessy activated his lights and siren and followed the BMW, the driver “rapidly accelerated” away, according to the affidavit. Hennessy then estimated the vehicle was traveling about 130 mph.
The affidavit describes the driver as cutting dangerously close to slower traffic and making “rapid, abrupt, and unsafe lane changes” while weaving through occupied lanes. It also says the BMW used the shoulder to get around other cars.
Because of the risk to other drivers, Hennessy turned off his lights and sirens but kept tracking the car, according to the affidavit. The driver is also accused of making a U-turn from a through lane after exiting the expressway.
Police say the BMW was tied to Lyle through registration records and through his parents’ home surveillance system. The affidavit also says cellular records placed a phone linked to Lyle on the same route Hennessy observed, matching the route Lyle told police he had traveled.
Lyle was arrested Thursday on charges of reckless driving and fleeing police, then released on a $55,000 bond. Court records show he pleaded not guilty to both charges.
His lawyer, Ignacio Alvarez, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
Police executed a search warrant on July 15 and later spoke to Lyle by FaceTime. He then came to the Sunrise Police Department with a lawyer and gave a sworn statement, though that statement is redacted in the copy of the affidavit provided to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Miami coach Mario Cristobal said the program is aware of the situation.
“We’re waiting for legal to take its course of action, and we’ll decide everything from there,” Cristobal said Monday.
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