O.J. Simpson, En Route To Trial, Pulled Over For Speeding, Double Murder

A Nevada State Trooper yesterday pulled football, broadcasting, acting and homicide legend O.J. Simpson over for speeding 22 miles over the posted limit and double murder.

“Our Trooper clocked Mr. Simpson’s vehicle, which was weaving across lanes, at 87 miles per hour on the Interstate,” Robert Frank, a spokesman for the Nevada State Police told reporters at a hastily arranged Las Vegas news conference.

“He asked Mr. Simpson to step out of the vehicle, perform a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer, provide DNA samples, and give an account of his whereabouts on the night of June 12, 1994.”

The trooper determined that while Mr. Simpson, who was headed to a criminal trial in Las Vegas, was not legally intoxicated but “did issue a warning to Mr. Simpson,” Mr. Frank explained, “with regard both to his drinking and driving on the one hand and the double homicide on the other.”

Mr. Frank told reporters that Nevada State Police policy is to arrest any driver who “appears to be under the influence of alcohol or other mind-altering substances, who is driving at an extremely high rate above the speed limit or otherwise is determined by the officer to be a danger to other motorists, or who cannot substantiate an alibi in the case of double homicide, even if committed out of state.”

The trooper who stopped Mr. Simpson’s vehicle was satisfied with the results of “both the field sobriety test and Mr. Simpson’s account of his whereabouts on the night of June 12, 1994,” Mr. Frank said. “The officer respectfully suggested that he not consume any more alcohol prior to his arrival at his destination, that he keep his speed down, and that he refrain from committing any other acts of double homicide while in the State of Nevada.”