Father of the Year Award!

**Curt James** · 10-17-2011, 07:19 PM

Oct 17, 8:36 PM EDT

Police: Mich. man had daughter, 9, drive to store

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A Detroit-area man had his 9-year-old daughter drive him to the store because he had apparently been drinking, police said Monday, and surveillance video from a gas station shows him telling a clerk that his daughter was his "designated driver."

Brownstown Township Detective Lt. Robert Grant said the girl was sitting behind the wheel in a child's booster seat before 3 a.m. on Oct. 8, when an officer opened the driver's side door of the full-sized panel van her father uses for work. He said she was surprised when police pulled her over.
She said to the officer, "What did you stop me for? I was driving good," Grant told the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News.

Someone called police after spotting the pair stopped at the gas station. The caller watched the girl get in the driver's seat and pull the vehicle onto the road. She drove a couple miles before police pulled her over.

The videotape obtained by television stations WDIV, WXYZ and WJBK shows the van pulling up to the station and walking in with his daughter. He told an unseen clerk that she was driving him around because he had been drinking.

"I got a designated driver," the man said.

The Associated Press is not naming the father in order to protect the identity of his daughter.

The girl told police that her father had been drinking whiskey all night. She said he had allowed her to drive before.

The father, who told officers he was teaching his daughter to drive, was arrested and refused a Breathalyzer test, Grant said. He was charged with second- and fourth-degree child abuse during an Oct. 10 arraignment. He was ordered to have no contact with his daughter.

His preliminary examination is scheduled for Tuesday.

He also was charged with being a habitual offender and could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The habitual offender charge stems from convictions on four previous felonies, including receiving and concealing stolen property and unarmed robbery, Grant said.

He was convicted of driving while intoxicated in connection with an October 2007 crash in Wyandotte and had his license restricted for a year, Michigan Secretary of State spokesman Fred Woodhams told the Free Press.

The girl was turned over to her maternal grandfather when police could not reach her mother. The girl's parents are separated.

News from The Associated Press

**ALBOB** · 10-18-2011, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by Curt James

He also was charged with being a habitual offender and could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The habitual offender charge stems from convictions on four previous felonies, including receiving and concealing stolen property and unarmed robbery, Grant said.

Why is this idiot out on the streets in the first place???

**myCATpowerlifts** · 10-18-2011, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Why is this idiot out on the streets in the first place???

I wonder how well the girl was driving?

**Curt James** · 10-18-2011, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

I wonder how well the girl was driving?

"The caller watched the girl get in the driver's seat and pull the vehicle onto the road. She drove a couple miles before police pulled her over."

Bet she has a handle on it. But, you're right, I'm curious, too.

**BillHicksFan** · 10-22-2011, 09:37 AM

When I was a teenager my best mate was forced to drive a semi-trailer/ prime mover (or whatever you yanks call it) at the age of 8 years old for 8 hours on end while his father slept in the cabin.

My mate grew up really fckn quickly. He was forced to become an adult at a young age or die a horrible death. Im not sure if he's a schizophrenic or simply fucked up in the head as a result of his childhood.

**Dark Geared God** · 10-22-2011, 12:03 PM

**BillHicksFan** · 10-22-2011, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Madmann

Are you kidding me?

I was the first to already make a thread about this story.

>>>>> CLICK HERE <<<<<

Hang on, dude. I'll just go grab my violin.

**sofargone561** · 10-22-2011, 03:03 PM

No one cares about ur thread madmann

**BillHicksFan** · 10-22-2011, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Madmann

Are you kidding me?

I was the first to already make a thread about this story.

>>>>> CLICK HERE <<<<<

**Curt James** · 10-22-2011, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Madmann

Are you kidding me?

I was the first to already make a thread about this story.

>>>>> CLICK HERE <<<<<

Look again.

And this time look at the date on the post. Plus what difference does it make? Threads can be merged easily if your panties are in a bunch. Thank you for including those videos.

10/17/2011:

10/19/2011:

**sofargone561** · 10-22-2011, 03:56 PM

Got em^^^

**Curt James** · 10-22-2011, 04:06 PM

He did include some great videos, though.

Guy's facing fifteen years in prison now. Idiot.

Girl will be a NASCAR driver in less than ten years?

**Ichigo** · 10-22-2011, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by ALBOB

Why is this idiot out on the streets in the first place???

Because he aint black that's why.

**sofargone561** · 10-22-2011, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Ichigo

Because he aint black that's why.

good enough for me

**woodwalker** · 10-23-2011, 09:52 PM

that there is mad parenting skills

Thread: Father of the Year Award!

Thread Tools

Display

Father of the Year Award!

Similar Threads

A father of the year nominee

Pennington Wins Second Comeback Player Of The Year Award

HAHAHA Funniest .gif of the year award!

New Candidate for Father of the Year

New nomination for father of the year award (heart warming)

Posting Permissions