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Bicycling Walnut Hill Woman Charged With Felony Fentanyl Possession
September 29, 2025
A Walnut Hill woman on a bicycle was arrested and charged fentanyl possession after a routine traffic stop on Plantation Road led to discovery of Fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
While on patrol a deputy observed a woman, later identified as 47-year-old Donnie Joe Taylor, riding a bicycle that lacked the required red light on the rear. After initiating a stop near the Margarita Fusion bar, the officer requested identification.
According to the arrest report, Taylor initially declined to provide information but eventually cooperated. She was then asked for permission to search a white bag she was wearing, but she admitted to recent Fentanyl use and instead granted permission to search a small black pouch hanging from a lanyard around her neck.
Inside the black pouch, the officer located a piece of tin foil with burn marks, two blue cotton swabs, a used syringe, and a white powdered substance. Taylor admitted the tin foil was drug paraphernalia, and the powdered substance later field-tested positive for fentanyl, the report states.
Taylor was charged with third degree felony possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl). She remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set $2,500.
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6 Responses to “Bicycling Walnut Hill Woman Charged With Felony Fentanyl Possession”
Don’t submit to the search and the LEOs will sweep your path clean so you can just carry on ? Not on this planet !
$2500 bond for this but 3 DUI’s in four years, charged with drunk driving again and with a suspended license and the bond is $5000. I understand the harm drugs cause but many seem to be overlooking the harm of alcohol, especially while driving. Laws are whet needs to be amended, it is the penalties for violating them that need to be more strict.
She figured LEO wouldn’t even notice her, on a bicycle. So what, was she weaving, or going along with her legs out?…lol,
I truly hope that her cooperation in the matter, will lead to a better life for her… Yes, trouble may be up ahead for her in the near future, however, I do hope, that one day, she is able to find sobriety within herself that will lead to a much easier and better lifestyle for her. As a recovering addict, I know what it feels like where she is currently at, and I know how difficult that road can be, but I also know that where I am today required a lot of effort and hard work and at one point, I was greatful to be sitting in the jail cell, bc I was safe, I was away from chaos, I didnt have to face my demons, and I was away from the drug use, I hope shes able to realize there is light at the end of the tunnel and someone is here for her. A support group is always necessary for someone in her position. I wish her the best of luck and I give her props for opening up and being cooperative with the police and hope it helps her in the long run bc not too many people would have the guts to admit it, and they’d try to run and or hide it…
People on drugs…for God’s sake and yours, grow up! It’s a pity party with worse results and devastates family. Get help quick.
Well, she certainly acted dumb. She never had to submit to a search, but in doing so, she received a complimentary escort to a jail cell.