Deputies: Driver Was Speeding At 103 MPH While Impaired, Child In Car
JOHNSTON COUNTY — A 24-year-old Goldsboro woman was arrested late Saturday after a Johnston County deputy allegedly caught her driving 103 miles per hour on a snow-covered highway.
A deputy sheriff reportedly observed Kierra Taina Taylor traveling eastbound on U.S. 70 near Princeton at 103 miles per hour in a posted 55-mph zone, nearly doubling the speed limit despite hazardous road conditions.
After stopping the vehicle, deputies discovered Taylor’s 18-month-old child seated in the back, according to court records.
Taylor was administered a breath test and registered a blood alcohol concentration of 0.22 — nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08.
She was charged with driving while impaired, speeding, reckless driving with wanton disregard, and misdemeanor child abuse.
Taylor was taken to the Johnston County Detention Center and given a $2,500 secured bond.
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At least the police didn’t separate the child from the mother……oh wait.
Oh my, the police jailed the child….really? She must ask for her child to stay with her. What kind of mom is that?
$2500? Left a couple of zeros off in my opinion. Child Services better be on top of this for a very long time.
I agree 100% bond way too low.
$2500 bond? With a child? Don’t make sense
$2500!?!?!??! Stop re-electing these justices!
Magistrates are not elected.
THAT is a sad commentary on just how some folks just don’t deserve to breathe air!!! Sure glad the Deputy was able to save that child from it’s own mother!!!
Wow! All those very serious charges and only a $2500 bond? It should be 10 times that for child abuse and neglect as well as no restrained child charges alone. This is so sad…. Thankful the child was okay…
Thank you officer!
Just to be clear. The Magistrate has absolutely nothing to do with the sheriff’s department or any other agency. That falls under the clerk of court or chief district court judge. So many complaints about all these criminals being let go or other issues with the magistrate and judges on FB. The Sheriffs do a great job fighting crime in the county they have no control what bond or sentence people get.
What does the clerk of court have to do with it? They are just record keepers
In North Carolina, magistrates are appointed by the Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for a two-year term (and subsequent four-year terms), based on nominations submitted by the local Clerk of Superior Court. They are not elected, but are appointed officials who work under the supervision of the Chief District Court Judge.
God 🙏 watch over this child and I pray the mother has learned a lesson and will follow a better path! Hopefully she has a good family to take care of the child.