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Fatal Harris Lake Boating Crash Suspect Held on $500K Bond After Beer Cans Discovered

A judge has set his bond at $500,000 with a no-drive condition after police found dozens of empty beer cans on his boat

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Overview

  • A Chatham County judge set Quinten Knight’s bond at $500,000 Monday and ordered him not to operate any motor vehicle
  • Prosecutors added two counts of reckless driving and DWI to his existing felony charges for operating a vessel while impaired
  • Investigators testified that they recovered 39 empty beer cans and dozens more alcohol containers on Knight’s Tige wake boat
  • The August 2 crash killed 10-year-old Brooklyn Mae Carroll and left Jennifer Stehle critically injured with an above-knee leg amputation
  • Knight is due back in court on August 20 as authorities await his blood-alcohol results and assess potential further charges