NC Woman Who Died In Officer Involved Shooting Had Extensive Criminal History

Tina Renee Medlin, the woman who died in a N.C. hospital after being shot by officers, has had previous run-ins with the law going back decades. Medlin was 50.

Medlin was convicted for driving while impaired, assault on a policeman and other alcohol-related offenses throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. More recently, In 2013, Medlin was convicted of assault on a government official.

Medlin has a criminal history that dates back to 1987 when she was charged in Wake County with driving while impaired and later convicted of reckless driving to endanger, according to state records.

One year later she was charged with assault on a policeman in Randolph County and sentenced to probation. A district court judge ordered Medlin to undergo an alcohol abuse assessment as a condition of her probation, state records show.

Medlin was convicted of DWI again in 1990, along with failure to heed sirens and speeding. A Wake County judge sentenced Medlin to three years probation but ordered her to spend nine days in the Wake County jail and surrender her driver’s license, state records show.

In 2013, Medlin was convicted of assault on a government official and sentenced to 36 months probation. A Wake County judge ordered Medlin to continue in Alcoholics Anonymous as a condition of her probation, state records show.

The Highway Patrol said Trooper J. L. Taylor, a 16-year veteran assigned to Johnston County, and sheriff’s deputy Taylor Davis returned fire after Medlin shot at them.

Both Taylor and Davis have been put on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation – standard procedure when law enforcement officers are involved in a shooting.

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