Kid that hit the Brambletts still causing trouble.

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Nov. 24 stop

More recently, Taylor’s first citation in a stretch of two days Nov. 24-25 occurred when an Auburn police officer clocked a black Kia Optima traveling 68 mph in a 45 mph zone in the area of South College Street and South Donahue Drive at about 7:20 a.m. Nov. 24, according to the motion.

Taylor was driving the vehicle at the time and told officers “he was speeding because his girlfriend was having an anxiety attack,” according to a special report filed in the court system by the Auburn Police Division and obtained by the Opelika-Auburn News.

Taylor also told the officer that he was the person who “accidentally crashed into the Brambletts,” the report reads. The officer, at the time, did now know of Taylor’s involvement in the crash.

Taylor went on to thank the officer for issuing him a citation and was released from the traffic stop, according to the report.

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Nov. 25 stop

Taylor was stopped again in Auburn about 26 hours later in the area of Annaleu Drive near Burke Place, according to the motion.

An Auburn police officer observed a black sedan, later identified as a 2016 Kia Optima SX Turbo, traveling 62 mph in a 35 mph zone on Annaleu Drive near Burke Place at about 9:30 a.m. Nov. 25, according to police.

The officer later observed the vehicle accelerating “at a high rate of speed, spinning tires and going into oncoming lane of traffic and fish-tailing,” the report reads.

The officer observed vehicles parked on the street that could have been damaged during the incident as well as people walking in the area, the report says.

Taylor, the driver of the vehicle, appeared nervous to the officer once a traffic stop was conducted on Thorpe Street at the intersection of Stage Road. The officer noted that Taylor’s hand was shaking at the time and he had a passenger in the vehicle.

Taylor told the officer he was sorry “and his paddle shifter had slipped,” the report reads.

The officer issued Taylor citations for speeding and reckless driving.

When the officer went back to the vehicle with the citations he could smell marijuana coming from inside the vehicle, the report states.

The officer went on to tell Taylor he could smell marijuana. Taylor told the officer that he could search the vehicle and that he had not smoked marijuana since May, according to the report.

Police discovered empty cigar packets and small pieces of marijuana on the floorboard of the vehicle, the report states.

Taylor then told the officers searching the vehicle that he had hit a cat with it.

“Taylor said it was nasty and was trying to get it out from the under carriage,” the report reads.

Taylor asked if the officers wanted to see the cat and the officers declined. The officers then released Taylor and his passenger with only two citations.

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