Drunken Man Uses Daughter, 9, As Designated Driver
Posted on Oct 18, 2011 @ 11:52AM
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.
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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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Russell -- who was charged with second- and fourth-degree child abuse -- is separated from his wife, and prohibited from seeing his daughter in the meantime. In addition, Russell was charged with being a habitual offender in connection with past convictions on four felonies.
Russell returns to court October 10 for an arraignment.
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You can tell the guy is a loser, I mean really, a Starsky and Hutch paint job?
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 4:38pm
Memories of childhood, being 11 and my Dad and I went to town where he got drunk at the Teulon hotel. He threw me the keys, passed out on the back seat and I drove home. I just about nailed the mailbox at the end of our lane. Not news back then.
Posted Tue, 10/18/2011 - 3:51pm