Drunk Dad Lets Drunk Son, 13, Drive for Him - Clio, Michigan

Drunk driving is never a good idea, so getting someone else to drive you home is a good option. An underage child? Not such a good idea. A DRUNK underage child? That's a Double Dumbass move if we've ever seen one. Here's more from UPI:

A Michigan man who allowed his 13-year-old son to drive because he had had too much to drink faces charges that include child endangerment.
Police in Clio say the boy had also been drinking and told his father he did not think he should get behind the wheel.
Both father and son were arrested last week after a police officer on routine patrol found their pickup truck stuck in the mud in a city park, the Flint Journal reported. The boy apparently turned into the park because he wanted to turn around and went off the road.
The son has been charged as a juvenile with driving while intoxicated. The father is also charged with allowing both an intoxicated person and an unlicensed minor to drive.

Hote Female Austin News Anchor Arrested for DUI - Michelle Valles, KXAN

Instead of reporting the news, one TV anchor in Texas is now making the news. Here's more from radio station KLBJ:

According to court records, an Austin Police officer started following an SUV driven by KXAN co-anchor Michelle Valles at 3rd and Lavaca after midnight this morning.
The officer says Valles swerved across a double yellow line on West Cesar Chavez Street into the on-coming lane of traffic and was allegedly driving about 12 miles an hour faster than the posted 35 MPH speed limit.
Valles allegedly admits to the officer that she had two vodka tonics, but reportedly refused to take a breathalyzer test. She was released on bail early this morning.

Mug shot at right, for better pics of this Latina beauty, check out her MySpace page here.
(Michelle Vallez)

Engaged! Female Teacher's Aide, 39, Tries to Marry Student, 16, Following Alleged Affair - Brenda Baillargeon, Amery High School

How wonderful! Weddings are always fun, even when there's a 23 year age difference between the bride and groom . . . and the young man is technically underage. But still! At least Brenda Baillargeon a teacher's aide at Amery High School in Wisconsin tried to do the right thing after authorities found out that she allegedly had been having sex since last May with a male student at her school. That's her mug shot at right . . . and just look at that sweet face! What teen aged boy wouldn't fall in love at first site with that?
On the other hand, it might be sad if he was thinking, at age 14, that "This is probably the best I can do, so I might as well take it."
Here's more from KSTP:

39-year-old Brenda Baillargeon allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student, in which they were planning to get married.
After the mother of the student was granted a restraining order to keep Baillargeon away from her son, Baillargeon still had phone conversations with the boy, according to the criminal complaint.
Baillargeon and the student were able to keep in contact by text messaging each other through Baillargeon’s daughter’s cell phone.
Baillargeon faces three counts of sexual assault by school staff. She also is being charged with child enticement and violating an injunction.

Thanks to reader Jamie B. for the link!
For a complete list of all of the Teacher Sex Scandals for 2007, click here.

White Plains, NY Dentist Involved in Parking Rage - Dr. William Moody

We've read of road rage . . . but parking rage? How tough is it to find parking spaces in White Plains, NY that Dr. William Moody, had to resort of fisticuffs to get to one.

Here's more from WCBS-TV - link includes edited and unedited footage. (Includes creepy footage of a really, really old Dr. Joyce Brothers):

The CBS 2 HD Westchester crew was about to head out on a story Friday when the news found them. Just outside our bureau Dr. William Moody, a White Plains dentist, left his Mercedes to confront Luis Infante for blocking his access to a parking lot. Moody even forced his way into Infante's car as if to move it himself.
Not long after, fists -- and bodies -- started flying.
"He was saying bad words to me, then he spit in my face," Infante said "Twice."
Then Dr. Moody spotted CBS 2 HD photographer Chris Calarco. Reporter Tony Aiello warned Moody not to touch the camera, but to no avail.
Police were called to the scene after Moody smacked the camera twice. While they arrived, Moody confronted the driver's sister, pushing her to the ground.
Yolanda Infante is okay, but considering this incident came so soon after her father's death just Thursday night, she is shaken.
"I'm devastated," Yolanda Infante said. "Besides my father's death, this happened in this moment."
Renowned psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers said this kind of anger may have been sparked by personal issues.
"Whatever is going on in his life, he's not succeeding in. This is his way of just getting the stress out of his system," Brothers said. "I wouldn't like to be a patient of his!"

Man Arrested for DUI Three Times in 24 Hours

Australians seem to know how to catch drunk drivers. It appeared to be a bit harder to keep a 46-year-old Boddington from getting back on the road after being caught allegedly drink driving three times in a single day. For his first arrest, he blew a 0.194, almost four times the legal limit. He was then caught an hour later driving along the same road and the cops took his car away. Not to be one to let the law win, police say the man broke into the Boddington Police Station in the early hours of Sunday morning, retrieved his car, and drove away. He was arrested a third time later that morning and charged with drink driving, trespass and driving without a license.

2 NYC Firefights Accused of Setting Fire to a Firestation

Michael Izzo and Richard Capece are New York City firefighters may truly qualify as dumbasses if they really did what they are accused of. These two firefighters are accused of setting a fire at a city firehouse last weekend.

The two smart guys were arrested on suspicion of using a flammable liquid to set a door on fire at the Manhattan station early Saturday. Though they don't work at that firestation, aren't they all supposed to be brothers? They both face felony charges of arson, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. Good job guys, nice way to set an example for all of those kids playing with matches.

Teacher Arrested for DUI at Five Times the Legal Limit at Lunch Time!

According to reports, UK supply teacher Karen Howard, 44, started drinking the night before and doesn't really remember how much booze she had before cops picked her up driving at lunch time. One thing they do know: her blood alcohol content was nearly 5 times the legal limit. Not sure how much that is exactly in the UK< but in the US it would be around .40 % (the legal limit in most states is .08%) a point at which most folks are comatose or dead . . . but usually not behind the wheel. Here's more from IC Wales:

Supply teacher Karen Howard, 44, gave one of the highest alcohol readings ever seen by a city court – a level described by the judge as “phenomenal”.
Defending solicitor John Young said his client, from Roath, Cardiff, had not committed any traffic offence while driving but added: “In all the years I’ve been practising, to have a reading this high – I certainly have not come across it.
“The drinking had been from the night before. She’d been to a choir rehearsal. After that rehearsal there was a private function where she remained until 1.30am. She’s uncertain about how much she did drink.
“She did have a lift home that night. She said the next morning that she wasn’t hungover.
“She was dumbfounded when she was stopped. She didn’t realise the significance of the reading until I told her.
“She says she has no drink problem. We appear to have an instance of someone who had an excessive amount to drink the night before, and felt fit to drive. She said she did have control of the car.

Cops: Man Drove Drunk Wrong Way Down Street With Toddler in Car - Steven J. King

Okay, it wasn't THAT Steven King, but this guy could very well be our first Quadruple Dumbass: drunk, driving, with an unrestrained child in the car, going the wrong way down the street in a vehicle with no license, registration and a license plate from a different car. Okay, at least a Triple Dumbass there. Here's more from the Record Online:

A Downsville man was indicted yesterday on charges that he drove drunk, heading the wrong way on Route 17, with his 2-year-old daughter unrestrained in the back seat of the car.
According to court papers, Steven J. King, 40, had an open, 24-ounce container of Bud Light with him when police stopped him shortly after 11 p.m. on Sept. 30, as he drove west in the eastbound lanes of Route 17 in the Town of Liberty.
His daughter was in the back seat of the Chrysler, but she wasn’t in a car seat – or even buckled with a seat belt.
According to court papers, King was drunk, wasn’t wearing a seat belt, the car was uninsured, the inspection had expired in May, and the license plates on it belonged to a 1987 Ford.
King was indicted on counts of reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, felonies; and several traffic infractions. He remains in Sullivan County Jail without bail, pending action in Sullivan County Court.

Principal Accused of Having "Inappropriate Relationship" With Boy, 14 - Principal Cimberli Johnson, Ryan Middle School

Forget having sex with one of your teachers: the new hotness is getting it on with the principal . . . allegedly. Here's more from the Houston Chronicle:

HISD (Houston Independent School District) officials and Fort Bend County sheriff's deputies are investigating allegations of an inappropriate relationship between a middle school principal and a 14-year-old student.
Ryan Middle School Principal Cimberli Johnson, 33, was temporarily reassigned Wednesday to a central office position, pending the outcome of the investigations, said Abelardo Saavedra, superintendent of the Houston Independent School District.
The teen's grandmother, who is not being named to protect the boy's privacy, said she gave him permission to spend the night at Johnson's home in the Mission Bend community on two occasions earlier this month. The grandmother said she mistakenly believed another adult would be present during the overnight visits.
The teen stayed at Johnson's home longer than he should have, his grandmother said. He returned home carrying a cell phone that he said was a gift from Johnson, the grandmother said. The teenager has said nothing sexual occurred while he was with Johnson, but his grandmother said she's not convinced.

Lauren Michelle Cosgrove Update: Teacher/Babysitter Arrested Again for Trying to Contact Victim, 13

When last we left Lauren Michelle Cosgrove, a former English teacher in Denton, Texas at Strickland Middle School, she had been arrested after admitting to an affair with a male student, 13, who she was babysitting for during the summer. As part of her pre-trial arrangement, Cosgrove was not supposed to have any contact with the alleged victim for obvious reasons. Oops. Here's more from the Dallas Morning News:

A former Denton middle school teacher was back in jail Wednesday accused of trying to contact the 13-year-old boy she admitted having a sexual relationship with last summer. Cosgrove, who is married with two small children, admitted to the relationship, according to the documents, and was told she would be allowed a couple of days to get her affairs in order before surrendering to police.
Detective Shane Kizer said Cosgrove was admonished not to contact the boy. But two days later, one of the boy's friends called him and began trying to talk to him about the case. The victim handed the telephone to his mother, Kizer said, and she learned from the friend that Cosgrove had asked him to set up a three-way call so she could talk to the boy without her number appearing on caller ID.
"She wanted to tell him what to say to make things better for her in court," Kizer said.
Because the victim and his family were suffering from intense publicity in the case, they agreed it would be better not to file more charges just then, he said.
"But there are circumstances that point to her trying to contact him on the Internet," Kizer said. "And about two weeks ago, she called his cellphone."
Kizer said the call upset the boy, who no longer wants to be contacted by Cosgrove. At that time, Kizer decided to file the charge of tampering with a witness.

TV News Reporter Arrested for Bringing Loaded Gun to School - Jeff Weinsier, WPLG-ABC 10

Once again, we have to remind readers that if a cops asks you nicely to do something, you should probably do it. Jeff Weinsier, an investigative reporter with WPLG-ABC 10, could have used that advice yesterday when he went to Miami Central High School to do a story about school violence. The HE became the story. Here's more from Local 10:

A television reporter investigating a story on school violence was arrested Tuesday for carrying a loaded gun onto school property, authorities said.
Jeff Weinsier, an investigative reporter with WPLG-ABC 10, was taken into custody at Miami Central High School after ignoring several warnings not to walk on school property, Miami-Dade schools police said.
"Kindly, go across the street now," an officer is shown telling Weinsier during the videotaped encounter. "I'm not," Weinsier replied. The officer then handcuffed him.
Weinsier, 40, was charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, trespassing on school property with a weapon and resisting officers without violence.
The photographer working with Weinsier, Frank Debesa, said afterward: "Jeff did have a gun on him."
Weinsier began carrying a gun after he received death threats stemming from a series he did about unsanitary conditions at local restaurants, the station said.

Boy, 8, Calls 911 to Report Drunk Driving Mom - Paulette Lynn Spears, Vancouver

Ah yes, another Mother of the Year Finalist and possible Dumbass of Year contender by the name of Paulette Lynn Spears (no relation to Britney, other than her parenting skills, apprently.) Ms. Spears was arrested last week for drunk driving. That's not unusual, but how she got caught is: her son, 8, called cops from the car to turn in his own mother. Here's more from the Associated Press:

An 8-year-old boy riding in a car with his mom called 911 several times to report that she wasn't "acting normal," leading to her arrest for investigation of drunken driving and other charges, authorities said.
Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday after she drove to a fire station and said she had a medical problem.
Guided by her son's description of what he could see from the car, as well as by global positioning technology to track the phone calls, deputies arrived at the station less than a minute later.
"He said 'I don't know where we are, and Mom's not acting normal,'" sheriff's Sgt. Randon M. Walker said.
At one point, Spears took a cellular telephone from the boy, told the dispatcher not to worry and hung up, Walker said. The boy called back, and again his mother cut short the call, Walker said.
"The mother kept interrupting the 8-year-old," he said. "It happened at least twice."
At one point, Walker said, Spears apparently bit the boy's hand to get the telephone away from him.
Four minutes before the boy's first call, dispatchers had received a report of car that matched the description of Spears' car being driven erratically.

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Man at Bus Stop Offers Girl, 11, Cash For Lap Dance - Horacio Benitez

Here's a good rule of thumb: don't offer an girl money for a lap dance if she's too young to know what that is! At right, the mug shot of one Horacio Benitez, who told cops that he ". . . has had thoughts about having sex with young children, but that he has never acted on those thoughts." Here's more from MSNBC.com:

A Fort Pierce man was arrested Thursday after police said he approached an 11-year-old girl at a bus stop and offered to pay her money for a lap dance. Horacio Benitez, 20, of 2007 N. 51st Circle in Fort Pierce, was arrested Thursday and charged with solicitation to commit lewd molestation and attempted child abuse.
According to a police report, Benitez admitted to police that he showed the girl an undisclosed amount of cash and asked her for a lap dance while she waited for her school bus to arrive. Police said the girl told investigators that she did not know what a lap dance was.
During an interview after his arrest, Benitez allegedly told police that he has had thoughts about having sex with young children, but that he has never acted on those thoughts, according to the report.