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By Michael Donoghue
Vermont News First
ST. ALBANS — Two Franklin County teens are facing court action after they were clocked driving 100 miles per hour or more on Interstate 89 in unrelated incidents on Sunday, Vermont State Police said.
The name of a 17-year-old St. Albans driver is being withheld because he will be treated as a Youthful Offender in Family Court instead of adult court for the felony attempt to elude charge about 2 p.m., police said.
Seven hours later, Kaden Bushey, 19, of Highgate was clocked by radar at 100 mph on I-89 in Swanton near exit 21, state police said.
He has been ordered to appear later in Vermont Family Court in St. Albans.
Bushey’s name is public because he also was issued a Vermont civil ticket for speeding, which are public records in Vermont. The waiver fee for his speeding case is $530 and two points on his license, Trooper Michael Foley said.
No civil ticket had been issued to the St. Albans teen as of Sunday evening, police said. The case remains under investigation.
In the Bushey case, troopers were running radar and noticed a vehicle approaching at a high rate of speed above the 65-mph posted limit, Foley said.
A traffic stop was initiated, and Bushey was issued both a family court citation and the traffic ticket known as a Vermont Civil Violation Complaint for the speeding violation.
In the earlier case, Patrol Sgt. Andrew Underwood was monitoring northbound traffic on I-89 near the rest area in the town of Georgia on Sunday. He observed a brown Toyota Tundra traveling at 102 mph in a 65-mph zone about 1:55 p.m., police said.
When Underwood caught up to the Tundra and activated the blue emergency lights and siren in the police cruiser, the driver failed to yield and tried to flee from the trooper, police said.
Underwood said he did not pursue the car which continued to operate in a negligent manner. The suspect car was cut off vehicles and ran a red light at Exit 19 and Fairfax Road in St. Albans Town.
The vehicle was later located at the registered owner’s address, police said.
Underwood found the juvenile operator and took him into custody for felony attempt to elude, police said.
The teen was processed at the state police barracks in St. Albans and later released on a citation ordering him to appear in Vermont Family Court at 1 p.m. on June 23.
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If a driver is old enough to have a license, he shouldn’t be protected by his age. He knows the consequences before he got the license handed to him. He’s not considered a minor. He is considered a driver. He needs to face the Capital punishment just like everybody else that drives over 100 miles an hour. Stop pushing things into juvenile court when these kids blatantly break the law. You’re not doing that many favors because you let them go the first time they’ll do it again later on