Officer Alexander Griss, 26, was accused of slamming into Brown’s mother with his Fort Lauderdale police cruiser as he raced down Federal Highway at speeds of up to 92 mph on June 19, 2006.

Investigators said they found 15 instances of Griss driving faster than 110 mph, mostly on interstate highways. He reached 118 mph twice on Interstate 595 and 114 mph once on A1A, where the speed limit is 30 to 35 mph, records state.

In the month before McKay’s death, Griss drove faster than 90 mph at least 90 times on various roads while on and off duty, according to the department’s report.

Fort Lauderdale police fired him on Aug. 20, 2007, after finding in an internal investigation that he regularly drove faster than 100 mph both on and off duty in his patrol car.

A Broward jury trying a former city police officer charged with vehicular homicide chose Wednesday to convict him instead of reckless driving, a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 90 days in jail.

Althea Tobias McKay, 39, of Lauderdale Lakes, was crossing the street at Southeast 21st Street and Federal Highway about 5:20 a.m., when Griss’ vehicle hit her, authorities said. She was thrown 112 feet.

Griss had just gone off duty and was racing down 26 blocks in a “path of destruction” with a “wanton disregard for life,” prosecutor Spencer Multack said in closing arguments Tuesday.

What jurors did not learn is that Griss had a history of driving at excessive speeds.

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