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re: Piece of trash who murdered Rob Bramblett and wife granted youthful offender status.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 7:52 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Posted on 4/13/21 at 7:52 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Here's the article.
I italicized the particularly infuriating parts.
I italicized the particularly infuriating parts.
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Teen granted youthful offender status in deaths of Auburn announcer Rod Bramblett, wife Paula
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The 18-year-old charged in the crash that killed Auburn announcer Rod Bramblett and his wife, Paula, has been granted youthful offender status.
Johnston Edward Taylor is charged with manslaughter in the May 25, 2019 deaths of the Brambletts.
The teen’s bond was first revoked in December 2019 after got two speeding tickets and one reckless driving citation seven months after the deadly crash. He is still facing another possible bond revocation.
Due to the confidential status of youthful offender proceedings, his attorney, Tommy Spina, declined to comment on the ruling.
Lee County Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin, a retired judge handling the case, issued his order Tuesday. The order was made public at 4:24 p.m.
“At the time of the accident the defendant was a 16-year-old teenager with no prior criminal history, who had smoked or used marijuana and had been diagnosed with marijuana use disorder,’' McLauchlin wrote. “None of this justifies what happened; however, it does lend itself to treatment as a Youthful Offender.”
The youthful offender status will eliminate a jury trial, if there is a trial, and the range of punishment goes from two to 20 years had he been tried as an adult to zero to three years maximum.
It was just after 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2019 when the Brambletts were killed.
At the time of the deadly crash, Taylor was driving 89 mph in a 55-mph zone, under the influence of marijuana, and still accelerating, authorities said, when he rammed into the back of the couple’s SUV.
McLauchlin also noted that Taylor had been pulled over twice following the deadly crash and that his bond had been previously revoked, landing Taylor in jail for five days.
“The defendant received 60-90 days residential rehab treatment in Nashville, Tennessee and has been confined to his home since then by agreement to reset bond,’' he wrote. “He also passed all drug except recently in March 2021 when he tested positive for alcohol. He alleged that was due to him taking allergy medicine which contained alcohol.”
According to the newest bond revocation request, which is still pending, Taylor had positive screens for alcohol on March 1, March 18, and March 20 of this year.
“All results are indicative of previous heavy drinking 1-3 days before test or recent light drinking within the past 24 hours,’' wrote Lee County Assistant District Attorney James L. Farmer.
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 7:53 pm
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:00 pm to Chuck Barris
Absurd, kid is obviously a time bomb. He shouldn't be allowed to ever drive again. Needs prison time.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:06 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
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How do you know the family's friends in the police dept did not influence the judge.
That's not the way it works. The Police dept makes their charges. DAs decide which charges to pursue. Somebody got to the DA and/or the judge.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:10 pm to kywildcatfanone
This post was edited on 4/13/21 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:13 pm to CCTider
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. Blaming everything bad in republican states in Biden makes you look like a fricking idiot.
Kinda like blaming Trump for everything under the sun for 4 yrs, right?
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:28 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
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How do you know the family's friends in the police dept did not influence the judge.
The fact that they’ve cited him multiple times since the crash and tried to get his bond revoked twice is a pretty good sign they are not fans.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:35 pm to Chuck Barris
The judge should be held partially responsible for the next person he kills. He hasn’t learned a lesson at all
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:43 pm to Chuck Barris
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had been diagnosed with marijuana use disorder,’'
I particularly like this verbiage.
It's as if doing pot is the result of some disease of which he has no control.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:53 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
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Taylor was driving 89 mph in a 55-mph zone, under the influence of marijuana, and still accelerating
Marijuana!
Posted on 4/13/21 at 8:53 pm to JustGetItRight
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The fact that they’ve cited him multiple times since the crash and tried to get his bond revoked twice is a pretty good sign they are not fans.
Tried?
WTF! Tried? We have to try to get a dumbass, entitled piece of shits bond revoked? tfrick?
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:09 pm to JustGetItRight
No saying regular cops but the chief himself may have pulled a favor. His family is rich and well connected to the local police.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:09 pm to East Coast Band
Called being a dope head
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:10 pm to mulletproof
Why did he have a bond period.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:10 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
this angers me
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:21 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Same unpopular opinion I held when it happened: you’re either an adult or you’re not.
Vote? Not an adult.
Drink? Not an adult.
Enlist? Not an adult.
Crime? Adult.
Same bad argument many made for the two DC kids that murdered the Uber driver. Traveling down this road is an invitation to puberty blockers and children “consenting” to sex with adults.
Vote? Not an adult.
Drink? Not an adult.
Enlist? Not an adult.
Crime? Adult.
Same bad argument many made for the two DC kids that murdered the Uber driver. Traveling down this road is an invitation to puberty blockers and children “consenting” to sex with adults.
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:27 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
This is bs. This is our judicial system at its finest nowadays. Letting everyone go. Why even have laws?
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:40 pm to OleManDixon
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Vote? Not an adult.
Drink? Not an adult.
Enlist? Not an adult.
Crime? Adult.
Crime and drinking are personal decisions. Arbitrary eligibility standards are not, but you have to have some sort of black letter law on these.
So sorry, there needs to be some sort of sliding scale for people who consciously do things that they are certainly capable of rationalizing the consequences of.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 9:45 pm to Rhymenoceros
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So sorry, there needs to be some sort of sliding scale for people who consciously do things that they are certainly capable of rationalizing the consequences of.
Well put and I think most agree.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 10:09 pm to GulfCoastOutlaw
Sounds almost exactly like what happened with my father.
On 12/07/2002, an intoxicated 18YO Michael Todd Lewis from Lexington KY area was driving through Talladega, AL on his way to see his ex girlfriend at the beach. He rear-ended my father as he turned into his driveway. Lewis drove away in an effort to elude the police and was apprehended on foot after his vehicle overheated. My father was killed instantly.
The Lewis family hired retired DA Robert Rumsey from the area to represent the defense. Then active judge Jerry Fielding stepped down and allowed a retired circuit judge to preside over the case.
Lewis was granted Y.O. status and spent 6 months in 'boot camp'.
Privilege? Money? I can't tell you... I just know that it stunk.
I don't know that if Lewis had spent the next 20 years in jail anything would have been any better, I just know it was grossly unfair that some punk swapped 6 months in an orange jumpsuit for my father's life. Now, any record of his crime has been wiped away by youthful offender status and time. That's why I don't mind telling the story.
My heart goes out to the family and friends of the Brambletts...
On 12/07/2002, an intoxicated 18YO Michael Todd Lewis from Lexington KY area was driving through Talladega, AL on his way to see his ex girlfriend at the beach. He rear-ended my father as he turned into his driveway. Lewis drove away in an effort to elude the police and was apprehended on foot after his vehicle overheated. My father was killed instantly.
The Lewis family hired retired DA Robert Rumsey from the area to represent the defense. Then active judge Jerry Fielding stepped down and allowed a retired circuit judge to preside over the case.
Lewis was granted Y.O. status and spent 6 months in 'boot camp'.
Privilege? Money? I can't tell you... I just know that it stunk.
I don't know that if Lewis had spent the next 20 years in jail anything would have been any better, I just know it was grossly unfair that some punk swapped 6 months in an orange jumpsuit for my father's life. Now, any record of his crime has been wiped away by youthful offender status and time. That's why I don't mind telling the story.
My heart goes out to the family and friends of the Brambletts...
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