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Dad Arrested for Sleeping in Front Seat While 8-Year-Old Son Drives
- Posted on July 31, 2011 at 6:57pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Louisiana state police arrested a man early Saturday morning when they found him asleep in the passenger seat of a pick-up truck while his 8-year-old son was at the wheel driving 70 mph during a trip from Mississippi to Texas.
The man was intoxicated and allegedly told police that he was letting his son drive while he slept in the passenger seat and his 4-year-old daughter slept in the back. Fox News reports that alarmed motorists called authorities when they noticed the son’s erratic driving at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
The 28-year-old father was booked on charges including Child Desertion and Allowing a Minor to Drive, and the children have been placed with Louisiana Child Protective Services until other family members arrive.
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Comments (64)
mrsmileyface
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:36pmIsnt he lovely…another nugget from the “Great Moments in Redneck History”
Whitey4West
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:22pmThank God he wasn’t FROM Louisiana, and was only passing through…
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:06pmExcuse me MRSMILEYFACE; Us “Rednecks” don’t do this to our children. Only pieces of crap, entitlement progs do this kind of thing. Pee on you!
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:12amI got yer redneck history for ya right here MRSMILEYFACE. you mfsob
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:54amDrunks do stupid things all over the world.
Report Post »Brasil2520
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:27pmThanks to clowns like this, is why we have the CPS Gestapo
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:23pmI think the dad is real purty. Choke… gag… I hope the kids are placed with a nice family.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:14pmYup sometimes you can tell a book by its cover.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:03pmI would say most kids in O’l Miss know how to drive a TRACTOR at 8 than other kids know how to ride a bicycle.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:55amThat’s what I was thinking.
Report Post »Seeds
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:59pmSo stupid. Thank God nothing worse came out of this.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:52pmTotally a wheels off family. Poor kid.
Report Post »ncgrammie4
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:40pmI lived in Miss for 10 yrs and believe me, the kids drive better than their parents. It’s called crystal meth and there is a whole generation on the stuff. About 65% of the population is unemployed and the mortality rate for people under 30 is unbelievable.
Report Post »Gottasignup4this1
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:24am65%? Really? Now, IF you lived in MS for 10 years, you would know that 39% of the population was black. And we ALL know that it’s white trash from the Carolinas and Virginia hills that love that stuff! Stop vomiting your lies….. Just steriotyping like you….
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:53amThere aren’t many totally unemployed, our liberal created drones all work 2 or 3 jobs under different ss# just enough to max their earned income tax credits while not loosing their multiple welfare benefits. We got did cut close to 1/3 off our programs thanks to a face to face program, where you had to come in once a year, or let a worker come by your home and take your picture which computers matched up to make sure you weren’t drawing 2 checks. The saved money was used to help thousands that didn‘t qualify before due lack of money because the double dippers were taking money they didn’t deserve.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:17pmWell, at least he didn’t SLEEP with the 8 year old boy!!
Report Post »derekcranex
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:31pmDon’t worry, Barney Frank got your back on that one.
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:14pmhey…..hey ..hey BOY!?!? “Yeah daddy?“ ”You now how to wheel this bucket?“ ”I think so daddy.“ ”GOOD TAKE ME TO The…………liqu………………st……………….MAke sur…….sisisssss……..n car seeeeee……………..ttt………
WTF!!!!
burnteye86
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 4:16amWheel this bucket? Wheel this bucket? WTF? That’s not southern. You must be a stupid yankee.
Report Post »txblaze
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:14pmThe kid was probably the more mature one at home anyway.
Report Post »Non-regulator
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:48amThe kid should have slowed down to maintain control.
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:10pmOne of the red states finest in action! I wonder what his posting name here is.
thejackal
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:38pmBhahaha funny…. This guy is no doubt a demotard, entitlement seeker. Probably on disability and all the other dmotard hand outs. Loser.
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:48pm” I wonder what his posting name here is.”
“Beckisnuts.”
Report Post »pazzo242
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:43amAnswer: EXREPUBISHEEP
Report Post »danleboone
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:56pmTake the dads licence n give it to the kid! That would b redistributing
Report Post »Of drivers licence!
SHASTADIANE1
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:53pmKurty C Wipe@ love it!!!!! How long did it take for you to think that one up? I even had to read it to my husband. You worked overtime on that one….congrats!!!!!
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 10:02pm“In politics there are no accidents,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said. “If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.”
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:53pmTypical Democrat
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:35pmWhere was the mom?
Report Post »IanWright
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:51pmLooks like that is hard to tell?
Report Post »AntiLiberal74
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:31pmCan we revisit that Progressive idea of sterilants in the drinking water???
Report Post »moonlight on the bay
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 11:32pmSomethin‘ tells me this guy doesn’t drink much water . . .
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:30pmI can’t imagine even a drunk being that stupid. But Jack Daniels never was noted for having brains.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 9:13pmWhy does so many people blame the alcohol? Alcohol is an inanimate object, it does not hold anybody down and force it’s will on them. This guy decided to drink and drive and then sleep and let the child drive. It’s the drink, it’s the drink, bull, it’s the person.
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 12:37amJAO- Yes, but the alcohol does change a persons behavior- fosters poor decisions. Everyone on the planet knows this. If you drink, you know what the effect is on your body and should drink according to what you can handle- otherwise don’t drink at all.
Report Post »pazzo242
Posted on August 1, 2011 at 3:42amThat is a terrible insult to Jack Daniels!
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:29pmThat guy should have smoked some crack so‘s he’d be more alert to drive. Learn a listen kids, keep a loaded crack pipe handy in case pops starts fallin asleep at the wheel.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:18pmThe drunk could win a congressional seat just about anywhere in the country.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:29pmUnfortunatly — What I wonder is if some bleeding hearted liberal judge is just going to swat him on the wrist at worst for such reckless actions. This is one situation, endangering both of the kids and anyone else around the vehicle while the 8 yr old was driving he needs to be held into major account for.
Report Post »GMAN455
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:17pmobama citizen of the year
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:51pmHe probably collects food stamps and welfare or SSI payments…oh gosh, I am mean, but that IS the first thing that came to my mind.
Report Post »Ron_WA
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:15pmTwo awesome WINs from this:
Report Post »1) the kid probably saved lives by not letting his drunk dad drive;
2) we’re all safer now that drunk dad will be locked up!
AJAYW
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:14pmWhat has happened to so many of our countrys parents? Every where you look you see or read about folks like this. Give these kids a chance lock him up – so these kids can have a chance to grow up.
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:06pmPotential nominee for douche father of the year?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:04pmyou cant fix stup.id
darwin could, but we now write laws that prevent darwin from fixing stup.id
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 7:43pmSpeaking of stupid……..Off topic but it is a slow day here on the Blaze.
If both partys against debt, why do we have it?
The New Government Symbol
The government today announced that it is changing its symbol from an Eagle to a
CONDOM, because it more accurately reflects the government’s political
stance…. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next
generation, protects a bunch of dicks, and gives you a sense of security while
you’re actually being screwed!
Damn, it just doesn’t get more accurate than that!
Report Post »My guess is, this guy does not vote, period!
1proudAmerican
Posted on July 31, 2011 at 8:15pm@ Kurty C Wipe – LOVE YOU! Are you related to Kurty C Flush? lol
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