Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
Newborn, Drugs Found Inside Vehicle
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According to Davie Sheriff’s Department Capt. J.D. Hartman, shortly after 4 p.m. that Tuesday NC Highway Patrol Trooper M.T. Dalton clocked a speeding vehicle.
“After a high speed chase the vehicle wound up on Four Corners Road and was stopped just inside Yadkin County,” Hartman said.
As Dalton approached the vehicle he found a male driver and female passenger and learned there was a also a baby inside the car.
The driver was identified as Donald Ray Collins, 24, and the passenger as Charity Toney Prater, 25, both of 710 Sain Road, Mocksville.
Hartman reported the trooper said that the baby appeared ashen and was not breathing well.
The 7-day-old baby was transported to a nearby hospital where it was treated and released.
Hartman said the baby, who was born five weeks premature, is doing fine and was placed in foster care by Davie Social Services.
Collins and Prater were charged with multiple traffic offenses by Dalton.
Hartman said that the sheriff’s department has charged both with child abuse.
Collins also faces a simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance charge.
Hartman said that two prescription bottles - one for 120 Hydrocodone and the other for 120 Xanax - along with a pill crusher, and three straws were found. Both prescriptions were filled in Prater’s name less than 24 hours before the chase.
The couple were placed in Davie Detention Center in lieu of $5,000 secured bonds each.
They are scheduled to appear in Davie District Court on Aug. 3 ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.