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- A 19-year-old man was arrested for speeding and other charges after eluding police while on the way to a job interview
- Azmir Djurkovic was pursued by Connecticut State Police on June 4; however, the officer on the scene called off the chase due to unsafe conditions
- He was later identified as the driver and surrendered himself to officers in Hartford, Conn.
A man learned a hard lesson about leaving enough time to make it to a job interview after he was pursued by police and later arrested for speeding, among other charges.
On Wednesday, June 4, a 19-year-old man identified as Azmir Djurkovic surrendered himself to Connecticut State Police in Hartford, Conn., according to police.
He did so after police reportedly recorded him reaching speeds over 130 MPH while driving on Interstate 91 South in Cromwell around 8:54 local time that morning.
According to a statement shared on CSP’s website, an officer noticed a Mercedes E300 “traveling at a high rate of speed, faster than the flow of traffic.” The report noted that the officer believed the vehicle was reaching speeds over 100 MPH with a police laser confirming that it was moving at approximately 132 MPH.
The officer pursued the vehicle to conduct a traffic stop. However, the statement noted that the driver “accelerated away while making unsafe lane changes and weaving in and out of traffic.”
At the time, the officer decided to end his pursuit “due to the hazard posed to the public.”
However, police tracked the car and reached out to its registered owner, who informed CSP that they were not behind the wheel at the time. Djurkovic was identified as the driver, and police made contact.
He reportedly “admitted to driving and stated he did not stop because he was late for a job interview.”
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Djurkovic met police at Troop H in Hartford and was arrested “without incident.” He’s been charged with reckless driving, disobeying the signal of an officer, failure to maintain lane, passing on the right, improper turn, passing at an unsafe distance, engaging police in a pursuit, interfering with an officer and reckless endangerment in the first degree.
He was released on a bond of $2,500 but is due in court at Middletown Superior Court on June 17 to be arraigned.
It is not clear if Djurkovic managed to get the job.
PEOPLE reached out to Connecticut State Police, but they had no further comment on the case.
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