DUMONT - A borough man jailed overnight in Maine for traveling nearly twice the 70 mph speed limit said Thursday he found the long, quiet stretch of highway a good place to speed.

"There was no one around - the road was very straight, very tempting," said Sang Yook, 64, who was arrested June 6 for criminal speeding in Sidney, Maine.

State police aircraft pilot Gregory Tirado said he clocked Yook traveling 139 mph in a 2014 BMW Z4, headed northbound in the left lane of Interstate 95.

Tirado summoned Trooper Adam Kelly on the ground, who activated his cruiser's lights and siren.

"The (BMW) slowed rapidly upon seeing Trooper Adam Kelley's cruiser in the crossover, and the vehicle pulled over immediately upon being signaled," Maine State Police said in a statement.

State police accused Yook of traveling 69 mph over the speed limit and arrested him moments after he stepped out of his car.

Yook, however, admits to traveling 130 mph, not 139.

"I had the car in cruise control at 75 for most of the trip," Yook said. "But this guy was tail-gaiting behind me and I thought, 'Why do you want to fool around with a nice sports car like this?'"

Yook, who was alone, told police he accelerated to get away from the other driver.

He had only been speeding for about a quarter of a mile when he was pulled over, Yook claims.

"It was a very short spurt, that was it," Yook said. "It's not like I was speeding all day."

Yook said the arresting officers "were very rude, brutal."

"I tried to reason with them, but (a trooper) rushed towards me and arrested me," he said. "I was really surprised that he had arrested me. I think I'm a good driver."

Yook was unable to post bail and was held overnight in a Maine jail.

"The place was like a zoo, there was banging noise all night," Yook said. "It was scary. There were drug dealers there, criminals."

Yook made a court appearance with a public defender the next morning and says he pleaded guilty to criminal speeding.

He was fined $300 and sentenced to 48 hours in jail with credit for time served.

"I just wanted to get out of jail," he said.

Yook claims he is an art professor but he won't say where he works. The BMW is a lease he's had for more than two years and was thinking of turning in, he said.

He had been headed to Prince Edward Island in Canada, taking a cooler and sleeping bag with him and had planned on a quiet vacation when he was arrested, he said.

The lesson learned?

"Don't speed in Maine," he said.

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