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Mom Turned In For Drunk Driving By 8 Year Old Son

October 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

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A mom who has a habit of driving drunk was reported for drunk driving by her 8 year old son.

The woman, was allegedly driving drunk while her son was in the car. The smart little boy decided to use a cellphone to dial 911.

Paulette Lynn Spears, 33, was arrested Saturday night after she drove to a fire station and told people there that she had a medical problem. It turns out, the problem was that she was drunk.

Her son, riding in the car with her, had been repeatedly calling 911 and trying to describe landmarks as they passed them. Using global positioning technology and the little boy’s descriptions, the police located the car at the fire station less than a minute after the woman and her son arrived.

Before the little boy had called police, they had received another call about the vehicle driving erratically. When the little guy got in touch with police he told them that his mom wasn’t acting normal and that he didn’t know exactly where they were.

At least twice when the boy was trying to get police help, his mother interrupted the calls. At one point she reportedly bit her child on the hand to try to get the phone away from him.

A five year old child was also in the car with Spears. Both children were placed in the care of a relative and Spears was arrested for suspicion of DUI, reckless endangerment and assault of a child. She has at least one previous conviction for drunk driving.

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    October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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    An Austrian man was driving drunk and apparently got a flat tire. Since he was way too drunk to change the tire himself he got out his cellphone and started dialing. Instead of dialing the number for roadside assistance, he wound up calling the equivalent of 911. Now, that’s what I call drunk!

    Since it was obvious to the person on the phone that he was drunk, they sent police out to arrest him. Of course he got a DUI and his drivers license was suspended.

    Don’t drink and drive!

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    August 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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    Well, Britney Spears is being sued by her ex-husband, Kevin Federline for more money.. oops.. I mean more custody of their two little boys.

    Really, who can blame him? I hope he’s not doing it just to get more money but some people seem to think that’s the case.

    Not that tabloid reports are all that reliable, but TMZ does have a video of Britney running into another parked car and then getting out to check her own car.. then leaving without leaving a note for the owner of the other car or trying to contact them in any way. That doesn’t make her a bad mother.

    However, there are pictures of her youngest son in a front facing car seat, which isn’t correct for a child of his age. He is supposed to still be in a rear facing car seat.. but hey, at least she’s putting the kids in car seats now.

    There are also all the tabloid reports, and again tabloid reports don’t equal evidence, of Britney still out all hours of the night and doing all kinds of crazy things. I don’t know if Federline can prove she’s neglecting the kids but he’s been desperately trying to get in touch with the assistant Britney fired after the trainwreck interview with OK Magazine, and he has served her cousin/assistant with papers to be deposed in the case. I can see the ex-assistant dishing dirt but I’m sure Ali will try to make things seem not so bad.

    And maybe they aren’t so bad. It may be true that Britney is out partying all night, but kids are sleeping at that time. I’m sure she leaves them with a responsible nanny. And during the days when she is sleeping it off.. well, I’m sure manny or nanny is keeping an eye on the kids.

    When we see pictures of Britney’s kids they don’t look malnourished or dirty. They are well clothed - and apparently have more fashion sense than Britney.

    So, I guess we will have to wait and see what a judge says about the Spears-Federline custody dispute. All I can say is that Britney had to have seen this coming a long time ago.

    Britney has started playing more of a mommy role in public over the last couple of days. She took her kids out to eat and took them to the restroom with her. When she left she even carried one of the boys to the car and put him in his front-facing car seat. Some assistant or something strapped the other kid in, also in a front-facing car seat.

    Lindsay Lohan just can’t catch a break. Is there anyone that doesn’t want to see this girl broke and in jail?

    Remember Lohan’s last DUI and drug possession arrest? The SUV she was driving wasn’t hers, the three guys inside it say she basically car-jacked and kidnapped them and took off with them in the car to chase her former assistant and her mother.

    Well, there was another girl in the Escalade with Lohan’s ex-assistant and her mother. This girl is now suing Lohan because she was so terrified during and after the chase, especially when police reportedly approached them with guns drawn. She says she was in fear for her life.

    The girl is suing Lohan for assault and negligence. She is also claiming that Lindsay inflicted emotional distress on her and wants an unspecified amount of compensation for damages and medical treatment.

    This lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and you can be certain that I will be following the case.

    I’ll also be following the Spears and Federline custody battle as well, but since documents are sealed for the time being in that case I think most of the information given to the public will be opinion and speculation rather than concrete facts.

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