Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C) has been charged with driving with a revoked license, and could face jail time, the Citizen Times reports.
According to court documents, Cawthorn was pulled over by the highway patrol on March 3 in Cleveland County, NC.
“During the course of the investigation it was determined that the driver’s license was in a state of revocation and he was subsequently charged with driving while license revoked,” according to highway patrol spokesperson Sgt. Marcus Bethea.
Along with the misdemeanor, Cawthorn is facing two pending citations for speeding in different counties, the Citizen Times reports. Cawthorn was stopped while going 89 mph in a 65-mph zone on Interstate 40 near Swannanoa in Buncombe County on Oct. 18.
A trooper stopped Cawthorn on Jan. 8 on U.S. 74 after saying he clocked him going at 87 mph in a 70-mph zone in Polk County.
The court date for the misdemeanor is May 6. The Polk County speeding citation is set to be heard April 18 with the Buncombe citation on May 3.
Driving with a revoked license is a Class 3 misdemeanor in North Carolina and carries a maximum sentence of 20 days in jail, though the punishment is usually a fine or probation, The Citizen Times noted.
