Harris Lake Boat Crash Ends With 12-Year Minimum Sentence for Impaired Driver

Quinten Kight pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and felony boating while impaired for a Harris Lake crash that killed 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll and seriously injured Wake County employee Jennifer Stehle, earning a minimum 12-year prison sentence. Investigators found extensive alcohol on the boat, including dozens of empty containers, and Kight’s BAC was well above the legal limit. Brooklyn’s family delivered emotional statements in court, and a wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed. The boat’s owner, Annamarie Flanigan, also faces charges including second-degree murder.