Top Story Editor's Pick Whitey Taylor appears at arraignment following assault charges JASON DUNOVANT The Roanoke Times Oct 30, 2024 Oct 30, 2024 Updated Dec 6, 2025 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Donald “Whitey” Taylor appeared in front of a judge Wednesday, less than a week after being accused of assaulting three of his female employees.kAmp 3C:67 2CC2:8?>6?E AC6D:565 @G6C 3J yF586 p]y] sF5=6J H2D 96=5 :? uC2?<=:? r@F?EJ r:C4F:E r@FCE] %2J=@C 6?E6C65 E96 4@FCEC@@> H62C:?8 2 DF:E 2?5 9@=5:?8 E96 DEC2H 92E E92E :D @7E6? 2 A2CE @7 9:D 2EE:C6]k^AmkAm%2J=@C[ fc[ H9@ :D CF??:?8 7@C >2J@C @7 q@@?6D |:==[ H2D 2CC6DE65 =2DE H66< @? 7@FC >:D56>62?@C 492C86Di E9C66 4@F?ED @7 D:>A=6 2DD2F=E 2?5 32EE6CJ 2?5 @?6 4@F?E @7 :?5646?E 6IA@DFC6] w6 H2D =2E6C C6=62D65 @? 3@?5]k^Am Taylor JASON DUNOVANT, The Roanoke Times kAm%96 E9C66 76>2=6 6>A=@J66D @7 %2J=@C’D s@?2=5 %CF>A\E96>65 DE@C6 =@42E65 :? q@@?6D |:== 92?5\HC@E6 4C:>:?2= 4@>A=2:?ED 2?5 DH@C6 @FE H2CC2?ED 282:?DE %2J=@C] t249 @7 E96 H@>6? 82G6 56D4C:AE:@?D @7 :?4:56?ED E92E @44FCC65 :? $6AE6>36C 2D H6== 2D 62C=:6C E9:D >@?E9]k^Am People are also reading… What a quiet Memorial Day weekend at Smith Mountain Lake means for summer Virginia Tech baseball gets NCAA bid, heading to Los Angeles Public access to globally rare flower at Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve Update: Police ID victims, driver in deadly I-95 bus crash VDOT to change traffic pattern at major US 220 intersection in Franklin County Federal judge denies homeschooled student's bid to play sports for Roanoke County school New York making 'significant' effort to host Winter Olympics Quick-acting witnesses thwart robbery at Virginia Walmart On Smith Mountain Lake, a long drought meets a busy holiday weekend Nearly all Great American State Fair acts drop out Ferrum College announces new provost Carroll County sheriff's deputy shot and killed; manhunt for suspect underway 'Glad I'm alive today': Survivors describe deadly I-95 bus crash DOJ launches criminal probe of E. Jean Carroll lawsuits against Trump Judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order kAm%96 H@>6? 2==6865 :? 4C:>:?2= 4@>A=2:?ED :?DE2?46D @7 %2J=@C AC@A@D:E:@?:?8[ 8C@A:?8[ G6C32= 23FD6[ F?A2:5 H286D 2?5 6IA@D:?8 9:>D6=7] (9:=6 E96 :?DE2?46D 56D4C:365 @44FCC65 :? C646?E H66<D[ @?6 4@>A=2:?2?E 2==6865 %2J=@C G6C32==J 23FD65 96C 2?5 @E96C 4@\H@C<6CD 7@C “>@?E9D 2?5 J62CD]”k^Am kAm%2J=@C H2D ?@E 2D<65 E@ 6?E6C 2 A=62 (65?6D52J] sF5=6J @?=J 2D<65 :7 96 H:D965 E@ AC@G:56 9:D @H? =682= 4@F?D6= @C :7 2 =2HJ6C D9@F=5 36 AC@G:565 7@C 9:>]k^AmkAm%2J=@C D2:5 96 H:== 9:C6 2 =2HJ6C]k^Am kAmu@==@H:?8 E96 2CC2:8?>6?E 962C:?8[ %2J=@C DA@<6 3C:67=J H:E9 C6A@CE6CD @FED:56 E96 4@FCE9@FD6] w6 DE2E65 96 H2D ?@E 8F:=EJ @7 E96 492C86D 2?5 2=D@ 4=2:>65 :E :D “72<6 ?6HD]”k^Am kAm%2J=@C >6?E:@?65 A@DD:3=J 7:=:?8 492C86D 282:?DE E9@D6 H9@ >256 E96 492C86D 282:?DE 9:>] w6 D2:5 :E H2D 5@?6 E@ AC6G6?E 9:> 7C@> 36:?8 6=64E65 >2J@C]k^Am kAm“!6@A=6 42? D66 C:89E E9C@F89 :E[” %2J=@C DE2E65[ 4=2:>:?8 E96 492C86D 2C6 6=64E:@? :?E6C76C6?46]k^AmkAm%2J=@C :D CF??:?8 282:?DE :?4F>36?E |2J@C ':4E@C r@??6C[ H9@ 92D 96=5 E96 A@D:E:@? 7@C E96 A2DE 7@FC J62CD]k^Am Jason Dunovant (540) 981-3324jason.dunovant@roanoke.com 0 comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Watch Now: Related Video A1 Minute! May 30, 2026: Week in Virginia Katie Brady with Stafford County Fire and Rescue speaks about a bus crash Katie Brady with Stafford County Fire and Rescue speaks about a bus crash A1 Minute! May 26, 2026: Riverbend baseball goes back to back; Guys & Dolls onstage A1 Minute! May 26, 2026: Riverbend baseball goes back to back; Guys & Dolls onstage The 10 safest cities in the United States The 10 safest cities in the United States
