A man was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court Thursday morning after police said they observed him driving over 100 miles per hour on Beacon Street in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood.

Zeguang Xu

Zeguang Xu, 19, of Boston’s South End was arraigned on charges of operating without a license, providing a false name to police, speeding, failure to stop, and negligent operation. He was released Thursday morning on $1,000 bail.

According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, police saw Xu driving over three times the street’s 30 mile per hour limit during Wednesday’s rainy afternoon. He was forced to stop when he hit traffic at Beacon Street and Mass Ave., police said.


Xu reportedly told police that he left his driver’s license at home and that the vehicle — a blue Maserati GranTurismo — was a friend’s. Police said they later determined Xu had given them a false identity and was not licensed to drive.

The intersection where Xu was allegedly first observed at high speeds was Beacon and Fairfield streets, the same intersection where Jessica Campbell and John Lanzillotti were killed when a different driver allegedly ran a red light on June 21.

Boston Police Sgt. Michael McCarthy said that his department has participated in “several’’ community meetings with residents over concerns about speeding in the neighborhood.

“Additional enforcement has been in place for several months along Beacon Street in the Back Bay,’’ he wrote in an e-mail to Boston.com. “We also remind motorists that they have an obligation to operate their vehicles in a safe and reasonable manner.’’