(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.”
Is there anything better than going to your grandparents house when you’re a kid? They let you fuckin do anything. Bedtime? Out the window. You wanna eat dinner, or do you just wanna eat ice cream all night? Up to you. You know that new toy your parents wouldn’t buy you? Well guess what grandma went and picked up. Whats that? Your hot wheels doesn’t go fast enough? Let me just hitch you to the back of the Suburban and take you for a joy ride. Its all good! You’re with grandma and grand pop!
When I was a little kid I had this Little Tikes Cozy Coupe:
So did every other child on the planet. And I have no fucking clue why. Because this car sucked. The horn sucked. You always stubbed your toes since they just dangled underneath the car. It just sucked. So what did Gram and Pop hook me up with? Power Wheels CHIPS Traffic Patrol:
BAM. Thing was fuckin fire FLAMES. I actually can’t believe I found the right one. But this is it. Rode this thing around my grandparents back deck like a motherfucker. Had an electric horn and shit. Bad ass window visor thing in the front. Unreal pull by my grandparents.
But my overall point is that if they couldn’t have gotten their hands on this Power Wheels motorcycle for me they would have definitely dragged me in that piece of shit Cozy Coupe from the back of their Crown Vic. Whatever little Jonny wanted, he got.
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