Here on this stretch of road in Chester, Ohio, the speed limit is 25. Police caught Cavs forward JJ Hickson going 61. When he failed to show up in court, a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Today Hickson’s lawyer showed up, and pleaded guilty on Hickson’s behalf.
“Businesses around here, a lot of folks, 60 in a 25, how can that be safe,” Craig Lopresti said.
Later, Hickson was busted for speeding in Rocky River on the same day he was supposed to be in court on another speeding violation. Instead of going to court, the Cavs said Hickson was shooting hoops and signing autographs at Cedar Point.
These are just two of the four speeding tickets he received after he told us in March he got a wake-up call about his driving—referring to three speeding citation in less than five months.
“I think I learned my lesson from it,” Hickson said.
But did he? Checking records in 37 municipal courts, Hickson was caught speeding in Garfield Heights, Kent, Newburgh Heights, Oberlin, Chester and Rocky River.
Police have caught Hickson going 95mph in a 60 and 94mph in a 60 ignoring a traffic signal, and operating an unsafe vehicle.
Hickson has had so many chances to learn his lesson, but he continues to speed. We tallied 16 violations—-mostly for exceeding the speed limit—-in less than two years.
“JJ needs to slow down a little bit before it turns into more serious problems,” Andre Littlejohn said.
He’s received at least 14 points on his license in that two-year period.
“It’s been taken care of. It won’t happen again,” Hickson said.