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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Tue May 8, 2012, 01:51 PM May 2012

Parents arrested for strapping kids to hood of car

Source: WBRC

Parents arrested for strapping kids to hood of car

Posted: May 08, 2012 10:21 AM PDT
Updated: May 08, 2012 10:22 AM PDT

FORT WAYNE, IN (WPTA/FOX) – Police arrested parents for strapping their four kids to the hood of a car during a liquor run.

Police took the couple into custody Monday after witnesses reported seeing them tie the children to the top of the car in a liquor store parking lot.

The man reportedly drove his kids - ages 4, 5, 6 and 7 - and the woman three blocks to the store.

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All of the children were reportedly unharmed.

Copyright 2012 FOX via WPTA. All rights reserved.

Read more: http://www.myfoxal.com/story/18189904/parents-arrested-for-strapping-kids-to-hood-of-car



http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120508/LOCAL07/305089969/1002/LOCAL
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/children-strapped-on-car-hood-934127

His ex-girlfriend, and mother of the children, says she's furious and she'll never let the kids see their father again.

http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-fort-wayne-man-charged-driving-drunk-kids-strapped-hood-may8,0,1161380.story
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Parents arrested for strapping kids to hood of car (Original Post) kpete May 2012 OP
Well I know what everyone at DU is thinking CreekDog May 2012 #1
that this man Romneyed his own kids? Enrique May 2012 #2
Ooh - a new verb. Chipper Chat May 2012 #27
It's wonderful to define your opponent Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #43
Yeah, I just can't go there right now. closeupready May 2012 #3
you're supposed to strap them to the roof, not the hood! magical thyme May 2012 #8
True. The hood is for the deer they shot. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #51
Yep Ex-Pat Pats Fan May 2012 #50
Why didn't they just Politicalboi May 2012 #4
The results of in-breeding continue to show themselves. Here's the sinkingfeeling May 2012 #5
I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes. n/t Ian David May 2012 #7
That's a perfectly natural hair color. Liberal Veteran May 2012 #14
I'm sure she came by it naturally. AlbertCat May 2012 #17
Do they have Cheerwine in Indiana? obamanut2012 May 2012 #20
They ship anywhere now pinboy3niner May 2012 #26
Drinking Cheerwine - GOOD Chipper Chat May 2012 #28
Didn't know that! obamanut2012 May 2012 #35
it makes her very attractive.... lastlib May 2012 #19
LOL! randome May 2012 #34
Hey could be job related -she could have a job as a clown for children's parties lunasun May 2012 #30
that is so funny NJCher May 2012 #33
Here: Duzy email address. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #38
The Fox "news" photos are different from the other sources.... Ian David May 2012 #9
I believe the bottom photo is the mother obamanut2012 May 2012 #21
The guy had 3 kids by Redhead, the other woman had one kid dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #39
Most folks'll never lose a toe... tanyev May 2012 #24
According to the OP an ex-girlfriend is the mother Angry Dragon May 2012 #29
Redhead is mother of 3 kids, and ex-girlfriend of dude. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #40
Ronald McDonald's love child with the Grimace? Thor_MN May 2012 #44
Ronald McDonald called. He wants his hair back. IndyJones May 2012 #49
Why didn't the woman just stay home with the kids? n/t Ian David May 2012 #6
Did they at least wendylaroux May 2012 #10
How do you think the conversation LASlibinSC May 2012 #11
Does this car not have a back seat? Auggie May 2012 #12
I was wondering that too Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #42
Well then where are you supposed to put all the beer? snooper2 May 2012 #46
OK, this PROVES that Romney is a bad role model. Crunchy Frog May 2012 #13
My thought exactly. If it's okay for him, they thought, 'Hey, why not?' freshwest May 2012 #25
Sometimes being left unsupervised is significantly better. 4th law of robotics May 2012 #15
strapping their four kids to the hood of a car during a liquor run. AlbertCat May 2012 #16
I swear, I thought this was an Onion article obamanut2012 May 2012 #18
Repukes in state legislatures will be changing laws in no time. longship May 2012 #22
Please tell me this was satire... meeksgeek May 2012 #23
"I thought they would like it." If it's good enough for Mitt rMoney's dog... Mnemosyne May 2012 #31
"All of the children were reportedly unharmed." BlueIris May 2012 #32
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles are at it again. n/t Monk06 May 2012 #36
It won't stop him from running for president Doctor_J May 2012 #37
Who, the dog? Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #41
... sakabatou May 2012 #45
I missed this the 1st time around, found it through the duzys. W.T.F? Not satire? uppityperson May 2012 #47
Just when you think you've heard everything... Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #48

Chipper Chat

(9,676 posts)
27. Ooh - a new verb.
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:01 PM
May 2012

"Susie, please use "romney" in a sentence as a verb"

"Yesterday, my mom romneyed me on a trip to JC Pennys."

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
3. Yeah, I just can't go there right now.
Tue May 8, 2012, 01:56 PM
May 2012

Gotta exercise some self-discipline, and refrain from directly commenting on it.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
4. Why didn't they just
Tue May 8, 2012, 01:56 PM
May 2012

Get a couch and go couch surfing.

Second story this week of a stupid adult doing really stupid things with kids for fun.

sinkingfeeling

(51,444 posts)
5. The results of in-breeding continue to show themselves. Here's the
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:00 PM
May 2012

lovely 'mother' of the children. (from same source as above).

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
14. That's a perfectly natural hair color.
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:21 PM
May 2012

If you happen to be a cardinal or a scarlet tanager.

I'm sure she came by it naturally.

lastlib

(23,200 posts)
19. it makes her very attractive....
Tue May 8, 2012, 03:14 PM
May 2012







(.....to a hummingbird....."Whoa, dudes, get a load of THAT flower..."...until they taste the nectar...)

NJCher

(35,648 posts)
33. that is so funny
Wed May 9, 2012, 09:25 AM
May 2012
I wonder if the carpet matches the drapes.

If I knew how to submit a Duzy, I'd send it in.


Cher

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
39. The guy had 3 kids by Redhead, the other woman had one kid
Wed May 9, 2012, 06:59 PM
May 2012

doesn't say who by.
well, at least they treated all the kids the same, no sibling rivalry issues from that episode.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
29. According to the OP an ex-girlfriend is the mother
Tue May 8, 2012, 09:58 PM
May 2012

the ex-girlfriend did not strap the children to the car

so is this the ex-girlfriend or the current SO of the father??

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
40. Redhead is mother of 3 kids, and ex-girlfriend of dude.
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:01 PM
May 2012

The other woman is ..a friend..of dude, and parent of one of the kids.
Says story.

LASlibinSC

(269 posts)
11. How do you think the conversation
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:06 PM
May 2012

between those two brainiacs went? They should be commited, clearly a danger to themselves and others.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
16. strapping their four kids to the hood of a car during a liquor run.
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:26 PM
May 2012

Ahhhh... memories...

Good times!!










Well, didn't everybody's parents do this?

longship

(40,416 posts)
22. Repukes in state legislatures will be changing laws in no time.
Tue May 8, 2012, 03:52 PM
May 2012

To make sure dogs and chillin' are perfectly safe on roofs (dog) and hoods (chillin'). To do otherwise is government excess. Keep government off the roofs and hoods of our cars. And don't get me started about my car's boot.

BlueIris

(29,135 posts)
32. "All of the children were reportedly unharmed."
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:03 AM
May 2012

Yeah, except for a permanent memory of trauma.

I hate MSM.

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