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| Chief of Police Charles Brantley Taylor
Sparta Police Department
North Carolina
End of Watch: Monday, March 1, 1948 Biographical Info
Age: 44
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit
Date of Incident: Monday, March 1, 1948
Incident Location: Virginia
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Not available Chief Taylor and Patrolman Weaver Hogan, of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, were killed when their patrol car was forced off the road into a bridge abutment on State Route 21 south of Wytheville, Virginia. The two officers, along with a third officer, had chased the bootlegging suspects into Virginia from North Carolina.
The third officer was injured in the accident.
Chief Taylor had served with the agency for 18 months. He was survived by his wife, father, and eight siblings. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
