Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_fe_st/odd_secured_beer;_ylt=AgjmmBSWAnefVzG_OTyGymPtiBIF)

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police have arrested a motorist they say had a 24-pack of beer strapped in with a seat belt but had a 16-month-old girl unrestrained in the back seat with the toddler's mother.


Tina D. Williams was pulled over in St. Augustine on Sunday for allegedly running a red light.

A 24-pack of Busch beer was strapped in with the passenger-side seat belt, according to an arrest report. The girl was in the back seat with 20-year-old Amber Tedrick, who is the toddler's mother.

Williams, 46, said she didn't know why the child wasn't restrained.

Williams refused to take a breath test and a deputy found two metal pipes commonly used to smoke drugs in her purse, authorities said.

Williams was charged with driving under the influence, child abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a license, a jail official said. She remained in the St. Johns County jail Tuesday after bail was set at $31,000.

The jail did not have the name of her attorney. It was not clear if Tedrick would face any charges, but the child was released to her care, according to The Florida Times-Union.

Sounds like BOTH women should have been arrested. :mad:

Stupid S.O.B's.

and the kid should have been taken by child welfare, imho

Wow. Just wow. ohno:

oyy. that's annoying.
seriously, people should take iq tests before they have kids cause some people are too dumb to have kids & take care of them.

good to see people have their priorities in order :rolleyes:

The title of this thread should be prefaced with, "You might be a red neck if your..." So very sad and ridiculous... :mad:

It just makes me sick to know there are millions of responsible, good couples out there trying and trying for a baby, and these irresponsible losers get one instead. I think punishment should be sterilization for ANY parent who purposefully neglects their child, abuses them, and straps in BEER before their child.

That's terrible. I guess they cared more about the alcohol than the child, which is sad. I'm surprised they released the child to the woman's care.

Thats how the system works. They don't take action until someone dies

those people, excluding the child that is are boneheads of the week. and if this is how they treat their children, then well that is really sad and so yes their kids should be removed from them and taken into care by child protection services

Sounds like BOTH women should have been arrested. :mad:

Stupid S.O.B's.

Same here! :thumbsup:

That's terrible!

What kind of beer was it?

;)

They have the show America's Most Wanted....how about a new show America's Most Stupid? We won't have a problem finding stories for this new show.

:mad: Those type of people do not deserve children.