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A 20-year-old man was arrested after a Jacksonville sheriff’s officer said he was driving at least 100 mph on I-295 and changed lanes in front of a tractor-trailer.The man was arrested Oct. 23 and charged with operating a motor vehicle at 100 mph or more while threatening a person or property, a second-degree misdemeanor, according to the arrest report.The officer said he was traveling north on I-295 near the E-Town Parkway exit shortly before 4:30 a.m. when he saw a vehicle approaching at a high rate of speed. The officer reported that the driver flashed the vehicle’s headlights at another vehicle near the toll road entrance, then moved into the center lane in front of a tractor-trailer.The officer said he paced the vehicle for about a quarter-mile before attempting a traffic stop near Interstate 295 and J. Turner Butler Boulevard. The driver did not immediately stop, according to the report, and pulled over near the Beach Boulevard exit.The arrest report lists the speed limit at the