An off-duty Indiana State Police trooper arrested a Michigan woman who was allegedly driving a Nissan passenger car at a 116 miles per hour in a posted 60 miles per hour zone on U.S. 31 near Miami County Road 1200 North.

The woman’s unrestrained one-year-old daughter was in the front seat of the Nissan.

Wednesday at approximately 5:00 p.m., off duty Indiana State Police Senior Trooper Mike Meiser was driving northbound on U.S. 31 near Miami County Road 1200 North. Meiser observed a southbound Nissan passenger car traveling at a high rate of speed. He activated his in-car radar and clocked the Nissan at a 116 miles per hour in a posted 60 miles per hour zone.

Meiser initiated a traffic stop on the Nissan. When he approached the vehicle, Meiser observed a one-year-old girl sleeping in the front passenger seat. The child was allegedly not restrained in a child safety seat nor with a seat belt. Further investigation revealed that the child’s mother, Destanie Maree-Daryell Washington, 24, Benton Harbor, MI was the driver of the Nissan.

Evidence also purportedly showed that Washington was driving with a suspended operator’s license.

Washington was incarcerated in the Miami County Jail to face criminal charges for neglect of a dependent while placing a dependent in a situation that endangers the dependent’s safety and reckless driving at an unreasonable high speed so to endanger the safety of others.  She was also issued citations for not having a valid operator’s license and child restraint violation.

The child was released into the care of a family member.

Indiana laws requires all children under the age of eight to be in a child safety or booster seat and the seat be used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.