Designated Driver

Drunken Man Uses Daughter, 9, As Designated Driver


Posted on Oct 18, 2011 @ 11:52AM - 2 comments

By Radar Staff

A Michigan man was arrested on two charges of child abuse after having his 9-year-old daughter drive his van to a nearby station because he'd been drinking, police said on Tuesday.

In a surveillance video at a gas station shot October 8, a wobbly Shawn Russell, 39, told the clerk, "I got a designated driver!"

Police said the chaos continued until a good Samaritan saw what was unfolding, followed the pair and called 911.

A Michigan man was arrested on two charges of child abuse after having his 9-year-old daughter drive his van to a nearby station because he'd been drinking, police said on Tuesday.

In a surveillance video at a gas station shot October 8, a wobbly Shawn Russell, 39, told the clerk, "I got a designated driver!"

Police said the chaos continued until a good Samaritan saw what was unfolding, followed the pair and called 911.

The 4-foot-tall girl had been sitting in a booster seat while driving, Brownstown Township Detective Lt. Robert Grant said, adding the girl asked the officer who pulled her over, "What did you stop me for? I was driving good!"

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