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Cops stop 9-year-old 'good' driver
Brownstown Township— Police say they stopped a 9-year-old who was driving her father to the store because he had been drinking.
Authorities are not identifying the girl but are releasing details of the police stop, which occurred around 2:46 a.m. Oct. 8 on King Road near Dean Road. The young child had to use a booster seat to reach the steering wheel, Brownstown Det. Lt. Robert Grant said today.
Grant said the girl was surprised when police pulled the car over.
"What did you stop me for? I'm driving good," Grant quoted the child as telling police.
"The child was under the impression that she's a good driver and that it was OK," said Grant. "She is a sweet girl."
The child told police that her father had allowed her to drive before and that her father took her out to drive because he had been drinking whiskey all night. Grant said Wayne County Child Protective Services officials have been called in to investigate the father.
The little girl was turned over to her maternal grandfather when police were not able to reach her mother in Lincoln Park. The parents are separated, and the child was with her father for the weekend.
The father, identified as 39-year-old Shawn Weimer, has been charged with second- and fourth-degree child abuse. Police also charged the father with being a habitual offender in connection with convictions on four previous felonies. The father was arraigned Oct. 10 in 33rd District Court in Woodhaven.
He is due back in court Tuesday in connection with the case.
bwilliams@detnews.com
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111017/...#ixzz1bBuvABah
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Cops stop 9-year-old 'good' driver
Brownstown Township— Police say they stopped a 9-year-old who was driving her father to the store because he had been drinking.
Authorities are not identifying the girl but are releasing details of the police stop, which occurred around 2:46 a.m. Oct. 8 on King Road near Dean Road. The young child had to use a booster seat to reach the steering wheel, Brownstown Det. Lt. Robert Grant said today.
Grant said the girl was surprised when police pulled the car over.
"What did you stop me for? I'm driving good," Grant quoted the child as telling police.
"The child was under the impression that she's a good driver and that it was OK," said Grant. "She is a sweet girl."
The child told police that her father had allowed her to drive before and that her father took her out to drive because he had been drinking whiskey all night. Grant said Wayne County Child Protective Services officials have been called in to investigate the father.
The little girl was turned over to her maternal grandfather when police were not able to reach her mother in Lincoln Park. The parents are separated, and the child was with her father for the weekend.
The father, identified as 39-year-old Shawn Weimer, has been charged with second- and fourth-degree child abuse. Police also charged the father with being a habitual offender in connection with convictions on four previous felonies. The father was arraigned Oct. 10 in 33rd District Court in Woodhaven.
He is due back in court Tuesday in connection with the case.
bwilliams@detnews.com
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20111017/...#ixzz1bBuvABah
Scary that people like this reproduce!!!
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