Off-duty Denver police officer accused of going 102 mph on state highway

The Denver police officer arrested last week on suspicion of felony eluding was driving at more than mph on highways in Jefferson County while off duty according to the state patrol A trooper parked on the right shoulder of eastbound Colorado the Golden Freeway spotted a pickup truck speeding down the road at p m on Oct according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol The trooper clocked the truck s speed at mph nearly mph over the posted speed limit of mph state patrol representatives commented in the release Investigators reported the trooper followed the driver assumed to be off-duty Denver police officer Christopher Thomas onto Interstate The driver was traveling east on the highway at about mph in a mph zone but accelerated back over mph when he noticed the trooper behind his truck The trooper ended the pursuit because of traffic on I- but using a partial license plate traced the truck back to Thomas state patrol administrators reported Related Articles At least injured in Lakewood crash involving school bus Lakewood woman killed in home during suspected burglary police say Colorado woman gets years prison time for creating distributing child sex abuse material injured in head-on crash that shut down U S near Conifer Former Douglas County facilitator gets days jail time for child sexual exploitation Thomas was arrested Friday and booked into Jefferson County Jail on suspicion of felony eluding and reckless endangerment state patrol personnel mentioned He was hired as a Denver police officer in and worked as a patrol officer in District Thomas is suspended without pay while the matter moves through the judicial process police announced This is a growing story and may be updated Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day