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Fatal Auburn crash suspect back in jail on parole violation

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Fatal Auburn crash suspect back in jail on parole violation
Key takeaways
  • Auburn teen given Youthful Offender Status in 2019 fatal crash arrested for parole violation.
  • Johnston Edward Taylor, 19, previously faced charges for fatal crash and child pornography.

An Auburn teen who was the given the Youthful Offender Status in the fatal May 2019 crash that killed The Voice of Auburn Tigers, Rod, and his wife, Paula Bramblett, on Shug Jordan Parkway has been arrested again.

Johnston Edward Taylor, who is now 19-years-old, was booked into the Lee County Jail today, December 13, 2022 on the charge of parole violation. The first time he faced charges was when he, 16-years-old at the time, was arrested in the fatal crash in 2019, he then went to jail again for six counts of child pornography earlier this year in June, and now he is back in jail.

It is unknown how he violated his probation. This is a developing story.

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