UPDATED at 6 p.m. with more details.
O'FALLON, Mo. • New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson was charged Thursday with resisting arrest and various traffic violations stemming from an apparent high-speed, late-night road race on Highway 40 (Interstate 64) on July 14, authorities said.
St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar said Richardson, 24, a St. Louis native and former University of Missouri star, was driving a 2014 Bentley Silver Spur clocked by police as going as fast as 143 mph.
Lohmar said as an O'Fallon officer tried to stop Richardson's westbound car shortly before midnight, Richardson exited at WingHaven Boulevard and sped through a red light to get away.