Posted on 09/13/2004 7:32:27 AM PDT by Samwise
Police arrest an Indianapolis woman after she openly told them three children were riding in the trunk of her car.
It started with a 9-1-1 call from 21st and Post Road around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. The caller said she'd just seen a woman put three small children in the trunk of a car and close it.
The driver went south on Post Road and police stopped her at 10th and Post. Inside,45-year-old Linda Crenshaw and six children. Two of the children were in the front seat, four others in the back seat
The officer asks her is she has kids in the trunk of her car and she said she did.
Two boys and a girl, ages six, seven and eight were quickly removed.
"She was on the way to take them to a movie or take them to miniature golf and she wanted to do it in one trip instead of two," said Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Lt. JIm Cleek.
Police say what was intended as a day of fun could have ended far differently.
"It was an extremely dangerous situation for all the kids, including the ones unrestrained in the passenger compartment. If you get in an accident it would have been catastrophic," said Cleek.
Linda Crenshaw faces charges of operating a motorized vehicle while intoxicated , three counts of child neglect and six other tickets because none of the kids, who ranged in age from 12-to-4, had seat belts or were in booster seats.
My Dad got seven school-age kids into a Datsun 240-Z once.
Reminds me of college days.
I used to ride in the back of our station wagon under the back seat. I used to ride in the back of our station wagon with all the seats down. I think I even rode in the trunk of my father's Toyota Corolla back when they were new to the US. Those were the days . . .
I know a police officer, now chief of a small force, that was having a problem with his taillights blinking off so he had his daughter ride in the trunk and jiggle the wires. Somebody saw it and called it in as a kidnapping.
Registered Democrat.
Thank heavens!
Good grief - how incredibly stupid!
I can't believe some people have the title of "parent". Oh and this women will loose her kids to CPS/state and than they will try and reabilitate her and than give her those kids back. What a waist!
"...timesaving tips for Mom"
Isn't it great? Nice way to start a Monday with a laugh.
What an awesome father! Did he use the trunk? LOL!
I LOVE FR on a Monday. And every day. ;-D
The smaller children were wedged horizontally under the hatchback :-). It was raining really hard that day!
I can remember a few trips with my kids years ago...that if the trunk had not been full of suitcases their little behinds would have been in there.
She had nine kids 4-12 in the car, including some of the same age. While it's not *impossible* they were all hers, it seems improbable. Someone was letting this woman drive around drunk with their kids in her trunk.
Goldang nanny big government jackbooted thugs stepping on the necks of the people again. < /sarcasm >
ROFL.....YEP....that was MY first thought!!!
That actually sounds like fun!
Like this?
Can anyone link? Can seem to figure it out. http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/caption/1117/?cmt=1
Man, why do these people have to do stupid bonehead things like this in Indiana? Can't they like, skip across to Ohio, or Illinois, or heck, anywhere but here? This stuff makes me soooooo proud to be a Hoosier....... 8-/
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