Boston police spotted Zeguang Xu, 19, a Chinese citizen who lives in the South End, at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday driving a blue Maserati GranTurismo at a high rate of speed down Beacon Street as rain fell and road conditions were slick, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said.

A Boston University student with no driver’s license allegedly tore through the city’s Back Bay neighborhood in his luxury Maserati at speeds of roughly 100 miles per hour and ran a red light at an intersection where a couple was killed in June, authorities said Thursday.

Prosecutors said in a statement that Xu ran a red light at the intersection of Beacon and Fairfield streets, where another driver struck and killed Jessica Campbell, 27, and her boyfriend John Lanzillotti, 28, both of Brookline, on the night of June 21.


Police stopped Xu at the intersection of Beacon Street and Massachusetts Avenue, and he told officers that he had left his wallet and driver’s license at home and that the Maserati belonged to a friend, prosecutors said.

He also allegedly gave police a false name and date of birth, and officers later learned that he was the owner of the luxury vehicle and that he did not have a valid license, according to authorities. Xu later provided police with his wallet and BU student ID, officials said.

Xu was arraigned Thursday in Boston Municipal Court on charges of operating without a license, providing a false name to police, speeding, failure to stop, and negligent operation, Conley’s office said. A not-guilty plea was entered on Xu’s behalf.

He was released on $1,000 bail and is due back in court on Dec. 9. Attempts to reach Xu and his lawyer were not successful on Thursday night.

According to a BU directory, Xu is an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences.


Colin Riley, a BU spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that the university cannot discuss disciplinary action against individual students.

“All I can say at this point is that we hold students accountable for any violation of the Code of Student Responsibilities, such as an arrest, whether it occurs on campus or off campus,” Riley said.

Xu does have a learner’s permit, which is currently in non-renewable status because he owes parking fees to the city, according to the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.