CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Revving engines met flashing lights in Cape Coral over the weekend.
I talked to the Cape Coral Police Department about how they arrested drivers in two separate high-speed street races. Watch my full report here...
Police say on Friday night, an officer was stationed across from the Daybreak gas station on Pine Island Road because there are a lot of car meets there. In a video police sent me, you could see the officer watching from his squad car as a black BMW and a silver coupe lined up on Chiquita just after 11 PM.
The officer said he heard them honk three times to signal a race, then watched them speed down the road breaking the 45-MPH limit.
![Cape Coral Police officer watching a black BMW and a silver coupe race down Chiquita Blvd.](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8293185/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2Feb%2F502a3dd641e38b7b0091f9a25e6f%2Fcape-street-racing-arrests-photo-1.jpg)
“Our officer was able to stop one of the vehicles, pulled that driver over. The driver cooperated - gave their name and information - but the passenger initially refused to give his identification, he thought he didn’t have to,” said Lisa Greenberg, Cape Coral Police Department’s Public Information Officer.
![Lisa Greenberg, Cape Coral Police Department Public Information Officer.](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5b51628/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff7%2Fbd%2F8ad6d7c24048b620565e951a5f1a%2Fcape-street-racing-arrests-photo-2.jpg)
19-year-old, Lucas Delgado, is charged with being a passenger in a street race and giving a false name to law enforcement. Police say the driver was 20-year-old, Luis Hernandez Ortega - he’s charged with street racing.
![Left: Lucas Delgado. Right: Luis Hernandez Ortega](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8d07569/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1d%2Fe5%2F25cdabc248f9a4d987ae5e3d5b5d%2Fcape-street-racing-arrests-photo-3.jpg)
Just a few hours later, police say a silver Dodge Challenger and a black Mercedes raced north on Burnt Store Road - they say 22-year-old, Tyler Stephen Wessels, was driving the dodge.
“They right away said I know exactly why I’m being pulled over, I was driving recklessly and speeding, so that person was also charged with street racing - being a driver in a street racing event,” said Greenberg
![Mugshot of Tyler Stephen Wessels.](https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/04906e1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fewscripps-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F20%2Fff%2Fd65116cf4e2996e94953c981d062%2Fcape-street-racing-arrests-photo-4.jpg)
Police say both of the drivers’ vehicles were impounded. The department’s aggressive driving traffic units will patrol more on the weekend, to try to cut down on racing.