Grand jury indicts teen in deaths of Rod and Paula Bramblett
According to court documents and WSFA.com, Johnston Taylor, a 16-year-old from Auburn, has been indicted by a Lee County grand jury on two counts of reckless manslaughter following the deaths of Rod and Paula Bramblett on May 25, 2019.
Investigators have determined that Taylor was traveling about 90 mph when he plowed into the Bramblett’s vehicle at the intersection of Shug Jordan Parkway and West Sanford Avenue in Auburn. The posted speed limit of the location is 55 mph.
According to the report, Auburn police received the results of its Toxicology Analysis Report from Taylor, and it revealed that THC, the primary psychoactive component of marijuana, was found at the time of the tragic accident.
An arraignment has been set for January 30, and a trial date is set for May 4. Taylor’s bond was revoked in December 2019 due to traffic citations for reckless driving and speeding since the accident that took the lives of the Brambletts.
Taylor was later transferred to a rehabilitation facility for treatment.
The kid has serious issues, and apparently parents that can’t control him.
You can’t test for THC for incident reports. It literally stays in your system for weeks. If that’s their case any decent Lawyer can eat that up. The wreck less driving aspect on the other hand…I know I’ll catch hell for this but I don’t see how charging a kid with manslaughter is going to help anything. It’s a tragic accident. Ruining the kids life isn’t going to bring them back. Is he being charged as an adult?
Quite the take. Even after killing two people, the kid was still on the road driving like a manic. He learned nothing from the tragedy. The kid did this to himself. Getting him off the road is a serious benefit to society. Not sure how you don’t see this.
I’m just saying he’s 16. I never said he should get off scott free. I’m just curious how much responsibility can you give a 16 yr old for a mistake. Sending a kid to prison for 20+ years isn’t going to make a model citizen out of him. That’s the reason we have a juvenile system.
“Even after killing two people, the kid was still on the road driving like a manic” Where does it say this? Did he know he killed two people if his car was still drivable after the accident.
Doesn’t mean he was in the same car. Also, there have been other articles about him, and even this article says he received tickets afterward for reckless driving and speeding. He learned nothing after killing two people. The kid has serious issues.
I agree he has issues. That’s kind of my point. Rehabilitation seems like a better option than prison. I’ll admit I know very little about the entire situation. It’s a tragedy but bottom line is he’s 16. He’s just a kid.
He has had numerous incidents with the law since this incident. More reckless driving and getting busted for smoking weed. Kid is out of control.
Lock him up in juvie til he’s 18 and give him the choice of prison or join the military. I don’t know the answer. I just don’t think giving a 16 year old a life sentence is a benefit to anyone.
The military won’t take him. That is not an option.
I suggest you familiarize yourself with the situation before making statements like this
People don’t believe in rehablitation in America. We’d rather see people locked in a cage. I was an idiot at 16, as most everybody was. This kid has been failed by his parents in some way. I would have never seen a car until I could buy one if I got in that accident. Yet here he was getting tickets after he got out. He’s 16. He doesn’t even have a full understanding of what he has done yet probably. Kid needs help, and jail doesn’t help anybody.
Yep…lock em up. If you make the decision to smoke or drink and get behind the wheel and KILL TWO People, a cage is best for you. I wonder how you’d feel if he killed your mom and dad?
I wonder how you would feel if he was your son? He’s 16. People do dumb $hit at 16. You think prison is going to make him a better person?
Prison isn’t there to make you a better person. Hopefully it would serve as a deterrent against future crimes, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Prison is there to protect the public against criminals. I wouldn’t send the kid to prison, but I would have him locked up for a while. I would certainly consider locking up his horrible parents. Letting that kid drive after what he did is unbelievable.
What you just said is the reason America has the worst prison system in the world. Prison is ABSOLUELY supposed to be a rehabilitation center. If we’re not trying to help these people rehabilitate what’s the point? Just shoot them like animals. It would be more humane than putting them in a place that ensures they become a life long criminal.
If prison was that bad, these people wouldn’t keep going back. They do. There are plenty of resources there for people to improve themselves. The majority don’t. I’m all for releasing them and dropping them off in your neighborhood. Rehab only works for those individuals that want it to. The failure rates are extremely high. People make choices, and many just continue to make bad ones. Society can’t keep paying for price for those choices. Hence, prison.
Lol ok bud. You’re a real humanitarian.
You’re right we should crucify this 16 year old kid and doom him to a life in prison. That’s a much better option then trying to actually help him.
I already said I wouldn’t send him to prison. You seem pretty clueless to life in general. You have offered no real solutions to criminal behavior in this country. Flowers and rainbows. Good plan.
So help me out since I’m “clueless about life in general”. Why is it American has the highest incarceration rates in the world? Why is it, even in third world countries they can figure out a way to rehabilitate their criminals? Why do you think rehab “has high failure rates” but somehow works in almost every other civilized country in the world?
We put people in prison for being drug addicts. Does that sound like a good plan? Everyone who has ever known an addict knows it’s a sickness that can be treated, not a crime that you can make go away with prison because people like you “don’t want them in my neighborhood”. I never said I would offer “flowers and rainbows” and just you saying that shows you’re kind of a jerk that has no empathy and no experience with the criminal justice system in America. If you have money you can avoid jailtime for almost…anything. If your poor you can go to prison for the rest of your life for a simple drug charge. Don’t tell me “You have offered no real solutions to criminal behavior in this country”. People spend their entire lives trying to change the justice system in America. It’s 100% completely broken. If me not wanting a 16 year old kid to go to prison for the rest of his life means I’m soft then…I’m soft. D!ck
Strong argument. That’s sarcasm as I know you aren’t bright enough to understand. The kid isn’t an addict, he’s a criminal. Big difference, at least to most of us. I have no issue with addicts. They deserve rehab as long as they haven’t committed a crime against humanity. About half of our prisoners are there for violent crimes. They deserve to be there. Almost half of our prison population is there for drug offenses. Most aren’t there for using, but for selling. They deserve to be there, but their sentences are way too long for what they have done. The small percentage that are there for using should not be there if that is all they did. We have a lot of people in this country that simply aren’t civilized. They should be locked up. Freedom comes with a price. We could certainly do better as a society, but individuals have a responsibility also. Just about everyone in prison is there for doing something that they knew was against the law. Change the laws. Until then, it’s best to just follow the law.
“That’s sarcasm as I know you aren’t bright enough to understand”
You’re a weak, petty little man.
Nice comeback sport. You call me a D!CK and I’m supposed to respect you. Comical.
Well, I mean, you are a D!ck. People like you who take the “I’m so smart you can’t possibly keep up route” are always little insecure piss ants. I expect you’re no exception. You ooze privilege and self righteousness. It’s gross. I don’t want/need your respect.
You don’t know me. I’m certainly not a child of privilege. My parents divorced when that was unheard of. Went to college on a baseball scholarship and then switched to NROTC. Could not have afforded to go otherwise. Retired as a Marine Corps officer and then worked my way up the corporate ladder. Had to sell our dream house to put our three daughters through college. Retired early to be an involved grandfather. I worked hard for what we have. Following the law is a very small part of that. I never made any excuses for my situations, just tried to do the right thing. More people should try that instead of turning to crime, but they have people like you making excuses for them. Too bad if you think any of that makes me a bad guy. Personal responsibility is a foreign concept to many. Sad.
The kid needs to face the consequences of his actions. Since he has continued to drive reckless after he has killed people, it is obvious he doesn’t deserve mercy right now.