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Stinking of alcohol and with bloodshot eyes, a Georgia Republican legislator was arrested for speeding and driving while intoxicated with four children in his SUV. He was also carrying a gun on his hip.<\/p>\n
\u201cI profoundly regret this serious mistake,\u201d<\/em> State Representative Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) said in a statement, according to<\/a>\u00a0the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. \u201cThere\u2019s no one to blame but me, and I greatly appreciate the professionalism of the officers involved. This was my first run-in with the law in my life, and it will also be my last.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Clayton Police Department said in their incident report that Taylor, 54, was stopped on April 7 for driving 72 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone. Taylor denied he had been drinking despite \u201can overwhelming odor of alcohol\u201d<\/em> and \u201cwas very red and eyes were bloodshot,\u201d<\/em> the police report read. During a search of the car police found an empty bottle that smelled of alcohol.<\/p>\n When Taylor refused to comply with a field sobriety test, he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, possession of an open container of alcohol and speeding.<\/p>\n Police reported the lawmaker had a blood-alcohol content of .225, nearly three times over the legal limit of .08, and was legally carrying a gun on his hip at the time of the arrest.<\/p>\n Prosecutor Mitch Baker said Taylor won\u2019t be facing child endangerment charges, because the juveniles in the vehicle were likely older than 14 but younger than 18, according to<\/a>\u00a0Reporter Newspapers. Neither does he face jail time for speeding or possession of an open container. Georgia law states it is only illegal to discharge a gun while intoxicated.<\/p>\n Taylor who chairs the joint House-Senate committee that oversees the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) was elected in 2010 and is seeking re-election in November. He is facing a May 24 primary challenge from another Republican, Tom Owens.<\/p>\n Taylor told the AJC that he will work to regain the trust of the people in his district and will seek re-election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stinking of alcohol and with bloodshot eyes, a Georgia Republican legislator was arrested for speeding and driving while intoxicated with four children in his SUV. He was also carrying a gun on his hip. \u201cI profoundly regret this serious mistake,\u201d State Representative Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) said in a statement, according to\u00a0the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. \u201cThere\u2019s no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-238254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}