A 36-year-old Brookfield man charged Wednesday with driving nearly 100 m.p.h. in a 40-m.p.h. zone on a street in Naperville told police he was speeding because he had to get to a restroom.
But after Anuj Shahi as taken to the Naperville police station for booking, he did not request to use the facilities, according to a police report.
Shahi, of the 4400 block of Eberly Avenue, was stopped by a Naperville police officer about 1:24 p.m. after he was observed driving his 2007 Lexus west on Diehl Road near Fisher Drive at a high rate of speed, police said.
The roadway is bordered on the north by commercial buildings and on the south by a mutli-family residential community.
Radar indicated that the car was being driven at 96 m.p.h., according to a Naperville police report.
Shahi was charged with a misdemeanor count of speeding. Bail was set at $1,000, and Shahi was released after paying $100 at the Naperville police station.
There was no indication of alcohol or drug involvement, police said.
If convicted, Shahi faces up to a year in the DuPage County Jail.
