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Lawmen: Grandma Drives Around With 3-Year-Old On Roof

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Posted: 5:26 PM Aug 7, 2008
Last Updated: 6:19 PM Aug 7, 2008

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Lawmen say a Florida grandmother did not understand what was wrong with driving her 3-year-old granddaughter on the roof of her car.

Lake Worth deputies arrested 54-year-old Brenda Bouschet Tuesday and charged her with child abuse.

Dispatchers say they received several calls that a woman was driving around a grocery store parking lot with a little girl on the roof.

Bouschet told deputies she was trying to give her granddaughter some air and let her have some fun.

The girl was not hurt.

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Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 9, 2008 at 03:55 PM
Grandma, If you want to give the kid some air, push her in a swing. don't ride her on the top of a car. what was she thinking about, made a toy doll.

Posted by: Mike on Aug 9, 2008 at 02:11 PM
Whats wrong with that.Its not like she was speeding or driving like an idiot.Riding a child on a four wheeler,bicycle,or motorcycle is far more dangerous than letting the little girl have some fun.Stop living in the goverments box and have some fun for a change.

Posted by: Blog Refuter on Aug 8, 2008 at 09:49 AM
Grandma is trippin'.

Posted by: Sarah on Aug 8, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Ok, what the heck is this woman thinking? I have an 11 and 12 yr old and I would not even let them sit on the roof with the car parked! A 3 yr old that can easily jump out of this womans arm reach! If I was the daughter that would be the last time she baby-sat for me! CRAZY!

Posted by: Ted on Aug 8, 2008 at 08:11 AM
What is this world coming too when you can't let your kids ride on the roof of the car.

Posted by: BBQ Lover on Aug 8, 2008 at 02:32 AM
I don't have children, but I simply can't fathom why somenoe would do this! I wonder if the grandmother is crazy or mentally challenged. That is child abuse.

Posted by: Steve on Aug 7, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Grandma needs to be put on medication. She definitely has lost her mind.

Posted by: LD on Aug 7, 2008 at 09:09 PM
Now that is CRAZY!!

Posted by: JVILLE GIRL on Aug 7, 2008 at 06:45 PM
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? OMG I WOULD FREAK IF MY MOM DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS

Posted by: ken on Aug 7, 2008 at 06:34 PM
OMG.....what are people thinking? She should be charged with child abuse....

Posted by: Justwhenyouthinkitssafe on Aug 7, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Let's put Grandma on the hood and drive down I-4 - that might show her something! What an IDIOT! And who would she blame when the girl fell off and was run over....would she blame the government because they couldn't control the temperature?

Posted by: Cactus on Aug 7, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Lock G-Ma in a cell, now.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 7, 2008 at 05:32 PM
Grandmama is nuts.

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