Judge upholds pretrial detention for Genise Taylor in fatal wrong-way crash

A Naples woman accused in the deadly wrong-way drunken crash that killed a senior citizen will remain in jail without bond despite the defense’s plea for her release to enroll in rehabilitation.

Genise Taylor, 24, faces charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing property damage and reckless driving causing damage to property or another. The March 18 crash killed 96-year-old Arthur Ward Gilbert, of Naples.

Two of Taylor’s relatives sat in court June 29 and waved as she was escorted into the courtroom, then switched from the left to the right aisle of the courtroom, sitting along the first row behind Taylor and defense attorney Joshua Faett…

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