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                Lt. David Marler of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Kendra Kerry Boyd, 22, address listed as Johnson Trail in Marion, with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of child abuse.
                Marler was called to Oakdale Road in Old Fort on the afternoon of Friday, March 8 in reference to a motor vehicle collision involving a domestic dispute over child custody issues.
                Marler learned that Boyd was driving recklessly and purposely crashed her vehicle into one being driven by 21-year-old Philip Clapp, address listed as Black Mountain.
                In Clapp’s vehicle were a 2-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. Clapp is the children’s biological father, and Boyd is their mother.
                The two were in a custody dispute over the kids.
                The N.C. Highway Patrol also charged Boyd with careless and reckless driving.