Drunk Grandparents In Florida Charged With Towing Grandaugher In Her Plastic Car

[fredstones]

Grandparent's rock!! You get to stay up late, eat junk food, get towed behind their car while they drink their grown-up drinks...



Newser – It's probably going to be a long time before Paul and Belinda Berloni will be allowed to be in charge of a motor vehicle—or their granddaughter. The couple were arrested after Florida police spotted them in their SUV, driving at speeds of up to 10mph while towing the 7-year-old girl in her plastic Hot Wheels car, which was tied to the SUV with a pair of dog leads. Grandpa, who has a hat trick of previous DUIs, was driving while grandma was in the back cheering on the girl, who wasn't wearing a helmet or any other protective equipment, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports.

The pair admitted that they had been drinking and said that while they knew what they were doing was dangerous, they "stated they were just having fun and had been doing this all day," according to the arrest report. When asked for his license, Paul, reeking of booze, told cops it had been “revoked for 10 years for a DUI," states the report, which notes that the girl's father became very upset with his mother, Belinda, after arriving to take custody of the girl. Both grandparents are facing child cruelty charges for placing the girl in a situation that could have resulted "in great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or even death."

[Timoli]

Send them to prison. Stupid old drunk Americans ;)

[mcpronoun]

[Pyramid_Head]

Really?

[DiamondSmiles]

Probably just rednecks having a good time. As long as the children are ok, that's all that matters. I wouldn't have left children with drunk people, relatives or not.

[Sharon]

I remember seeing folk towing kids on wooden go-karts with their cars at very slow speed - I had a go, loved it and am here to tell the tale. none of us gave a damn and just enjoyed ourselves

[zykron]

This is fucking retarded.
Police don't do shit about punk skateboarders not wearing helmits or speeding past people on the street, but damn if a family is having fun towing their granddaughter...
If someone towed me down the street at 10 m.p.h., I'd say "FASTER FASTER!!!!!!!!"

[lroy10]

Why does it always have to be Florida?

[Spiffyfable]

This will be blown out of proportion to the point of hurting that family worse than if the kid would have crashed and burned. Thanks Gov. and Media

[Robert440]

The Grandpa should of stood his ground!!!!