Influencer busted over terrifying video of 192-mph bike experience on busy Connecticut highways

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Influencer busted over terrifying video of 192-mph bike experience on busy Connecticut highways


He had a necessity for velocity — and now, he wants an excellent lawyer.

Connecticut cops arrested a 22-year-old influencer this week for a dangerous and reckless bike experience — at 192 mph — he took final 12 months throughout two of the Nutmeg State’s busiest highways.

Showboating YouTuber Brice Bennett would doubtless have gotten away together with his death-defying joyride, had he not shared the scary footage together with his 220,000 subscribers, in response to an arrest warrant obtained by The Put up.

Brice Bennett laughed gleefully as he reached speeds of 190-plus mph within the video. Connecticut State Police

State police mentioned they had been tipped to the video’s existence by Gov. Ned Lamont’s workplace, which acquired an nameless criticism about Bennett’s YouTube channel in late December.

Bennett’s self-incriminating video allegedly exhibits him weaving out and in of site visitors on his Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade at speeds of as much as 192 mph.

The video has been seen over 4 million occasions because it was first posted to YouTube 11 months in the past.

In keeping with the warrant, cops reviewed 72 movies Bennett posted in 2024, and located many exhibiting “a male . . . touring at reckless speeds on public roadways.”

Whereas the video features a disclaimer that “All content material is filmed in Mexico” and has “no affiliation to the poster in anyway,” cops mentioned the helmet-cam clip was filmed within the Nutmeg State, alongside Interstates 84 and 91, between New Haven and Hartford.

In addition they used his personal social media profiles to hint the YouTube account again to Bennett.

Brice Bennett was arrested months after his death-defying experience. YouTube/s1krocket
The incriminating footage was shared on YouTube, and has been seen hundreds of thousands of occasions. YouTube/s1krocket

“Primarily based on Bennett’s YouTube and Instagram accounts, he has been discovered to drive recklessly, exceeding 85 miles per hour with ease,” it’s alleged within the warrant. “Bennett unsafely passes different motorists, making a excessive danger of bodily harm to others and himself.”

This 12 months, Bennett has posted 16 movies, “indicating ongoing situations of his unsafe and unlawful driving habits.”

The influencer was arrested at his residence in Bloomfield, and has been charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving, and failure to drive within the correct lane.

Bennett posted $5,000 money bond for his launch.


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