Influencer terrorizes Seattle residents by driving his noisy Dodge Hellcat through the city all night – but says people are only complaining because he’s black

The residents of downtown Seattle are sleepless night after night, terrorized by the sounds of a speeding influencer racing past in his muscle car – determined to make as much noise as possible.

The alleged culprit is Myles Hudson, a 20-year-old influencer addicted to the need for speed.

Hudson is quickly becoming a victim of his own success, with nearly 800,000 Instagram followers eager to watch his videos of him revving his Dodge Charger Hellcat and then driving through downtown Seattle at speeds of over 100 mph.

There’s nothing subtle about Hudson’s style, who wears an outfit decked out in flames to signify his speed, while his vehicle is also striking, wrapped in a tiger stripe livery.

Hudson has been stopped by police a few times and the city is now suing him for the noise he causes

He drives his Dodge Charger Hellcat through Seattle at speeds of up to 105 mph

Known as the Belltown Hellcat, Hudson has drawn the ire of people living in the area, including Seattle police, who have rarely been successful in persuading him.

But Hudson’s online success now fuels his dangerous habit, as he continues to make more extreme videos of himself tearing through the downtown cityscape.

And it looks like Hudson has no plans to slow down.

The issue appears to have surfaced earlier this year when Hudson was stopped by police just before 2am one night in January.

On that occasion, the officer gave him a verbal warning, noting that the car was “extremely loud, comparable to the decibels of gunshots or fireworks.”

In March, Hudson was charged with two counts of reckless driving.

Hudson drives quickly through Seattle in his Dodge Charger Hellcat

Hudson has now managed to amass almost 800,000 followers through his speed videos

He was not arrested on that occasion, but a video on his Instagram shows him racing another Dodge Charger, this time at speeds of up to 170 km/h in an area where the speed limit is 40 km/h.

“The car is loud whether I’m going 10 miles an hour or 200. It’s a muscle car, it’s going to be loud either way,” Hudson told the Seattle Times.

The city is now getting serious and has filed a lawsuit against Hudson, which would see him fined $83,200.

Hudson has been ordered by a court to stop driving the Charger after receiving a ticket for excessive noise and an order to remove the car’s illegal exhaust system.

Hudson believes he is being targeted because of his race.

“There are much bigger problems than a black man with a nice car making noise every now and then,” he said.

The city attorney claims Hudson is “showing off” the excessive noise of his Charger on his Instagram while deliberately trying to keep people awake.

Known as the Belltown Hellcat, Hudson has drawn the ire of people living in the area, including the Seattle Police Department, who have rarely been successful in persuading him

Hudson’s online success now fuels his need for speed as he continues to make more extreme videos of himself tearing through the cityscape

On occasion, Seattle police have been successful in apprehending Hudson. Pictured here in March 2024

‘Mr. Hudson has cultivated online infamy by blatantly violating Seattle laws and waking his neighbors with excessive noise. It’s time for him to face the consequences of his actions. Therefore, I have asked the court to find Mr. Hudson in default and to impose all appropriate penalties on the city,” City Attorney Ann Davison wrote in a statement.

Court records show that Hudson had to provide proof that he had repaired his car’s exhaust system so that it did not make the same level of noise. He must pay a $1,300 fine for each day his car is not repaired.

“In the two months since that violation notice, Mr. Hudson has failed to remove the illegal modifications or address the excessive noise,” the prosecutor said.

In addition to speeding, Seattle police also issued Hudson four violations and noted that there have been multiple noise and speed complaints from fed-up locals who were held up nightly by Hudson’s antics.

A Seattle police officer, who also has experience as an auto mechanic, said the Charger’s exhaust had been illegally modified to deliberately backfire, creating an “extremely loud” sound.

The Charger has a hemi engine, which “has a unique exhaust note,” the lawsuit says.

‘If the mufflers are adjusted or removed, the noise increases and the sound of the ‘Hemi’ exhaust changes. The engine also has a control module for which the software code can be rewritten to create a series of backfires when the throttle is accelerated.”

Hudson presents an intimidating figure as he drives around at high speed, hidden in a face mask

Hudson poses in some of the designer clothes his fame has allowed him to buy

The officer with specialist vehicle knowledge wrote: ‘Due to this audible disturbance, it was obvious that the vehicle was at full throttle, while the driver in the city center was using the maximum power of the engine. The noise became increasingly louder as the vehicle approached my location(s). “The same Charger would eventually appear, driving at extremely high speeds, turning on traffic lights and unsafely changing lanes as he drove by,” the officer described in his report.

“A citizen approached me and told me he was a local resident and asked if I could hear ‘the hellcat’ referring to the Hudson’s Charger edition type. I confirmed that I heard the vehicle. He went on to explain that the vehicle’s owner did this regularly and that he and other residents were “absolutely sick of it.” He described Hudson’s vehicle and its unique features and said officers ‘had to do something.’

When police finally stopped him and interviewed him, it was clear Hudson had no intention of stopping.

‘I ended up having a long conversation with him, which I captured on my bodyworn video. I asked Hudson why he didn’t just go to a race track and use his vehicle there. He stated that he had ‘almost 700,000 followers’ on his social media, and that the amount of money he makes from filming his videos of him in his car on the street paid for the car,” the police officer explained.

In one video, the lights of Seattle’s Fourth Avenue all turn green, encouraging Hudson to hit the accelerator and reach triple-digit speeds

‘I’ll keep doing what I’m doing. I’m going to make this my profession.’ Hudson said to the officer. “No disrespect, but I feel like I’m doing my thing,” he said. ‘I made it my career and the car has paid for itself. 650,000 followers.’

But residents are angry and want Seattle police to take a tougher approach.

‘If he drives 170 kilometers per hour in the city center, it puts people’s lives at risk. What are we waiting for? That he kills someone?’ Chris Allen told it KOMO. “I woke up in the middle of the night thinking it was gunshots, but it’s just Miles Hudson passing by in his Charger.

‘But it’s still running, he’s still making money from it. It affects thousands of people down here,” Allen added.

Online followers are increasingly fed up with his behavior.

“Miles is the true definition of a sociopath with extreme narcissism. He has a mental illness that shows no concern for others, much like a serial killer or career criminal. It’s disturbing that someone has so little integrity that he causes so much discomfort to others and has no empathy,” one user wrote.

“If I lived in Seattle your tires would be slashed all the time,” said another Instagram follower.

“Heh mom’s car, not even yours. Such a child who cannot even take responsibility for himself and own his own life or vehicles. Grow up you little kid,” another wrote.

Hudson is scheduled to appear in court on June 12 for reckless driving.

A hearing in the city’s lawsuit against him is scheduled for June 18.