Parents Arrested For Letting Kids Ride In The Back Of 1982 Corvette
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In recent news, Frederick and Sheri Holton of Brookfield, Connecticut were arrested for allowing their two kids to ride in the rear section of their 1982 Chevrolet Corvette. While the area behind the two seats may have been large enough to comfortably occupy the seven- and eight-year-old children, the Corvette is still , legally and factually, considered to be a two-seater vehicle.
According to a Fox network affiliate in Connecticut, Frederick was driving the unregistered and uninsured Corvette with a suspended license. There’s no doubting that the parents acted irresponsibly and should face repercussions, more so on the father than the mother. Mr. Horton faces charges of illegal operation of the vehicle as well as risk of injury to the children, and Mrs. Horton faces charges of reckless endangerment.
We’re not sure what the penalty will be for this incident, but it would make for great discussion in the comment section below.
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My dad would take a co-workers C3 like this home when it needed repairs done back in the 70’s when I was a little kid. I would sit up on the back window ledge while my mom held my little brother in her lap. Good memory from my childhood.
I don’t see this as a need for social services to be involved. The reckless endangerment charge against the mother was borderline excessive, but should stand on its own without any need for social services to be called – assuming the kids had other family to go to until the parents made bail.
If I were the arresting officer, I would have arrested only the father applying the reckless endangerment to him instead of the mother. Then I would have impounded the car and taken the mother and kids home in the patrol car.
Also, how hard is it to list the link to the source article?
http://foxct.com/2015/09/11/parents-arrested-after-kids-were-found-riding-in-the-trunk-of-a-corvette/
You fixed the headline and removed my comment and yet the picture is still wrong and you still haven’t given credit to the original source.
Sorry about the lack of a link, everyone. We make it a point to always link to the original story. This one slipped through. You’ll see that the post has since been updated.
No worries, Manoli. I apologize if I came across grumpy in my comment yesterday. When I saw social services mentioned in the original GMA post, that immediately got my dander up and then the missing link to read the original source and glean additional information was enough to for me to decide to comment.
Thanks for the update and your comment. It makes me pleased to know that staff at GMA strive to display a strong sense of integrity with their reporting.
Thank you for updating it. Having worked in the media, it really bugs me when blogs retread info from accredited journalists without citing the source. It can also get you guys in some legal trouble.
I remember riding in the cubby hole back in the 70’s, while brother was in the front seat. I wanted to sit back there, it was fun. Heck back then I don’t even think seat belts were worn.
We rode in the back of the Vette as kids on short trips on rare occasions.
I remembering going for Ice Cream two to the passenger seat and no belts in a 1959 FI.
Riding in the rear window of a Corvair. Being in the open bed of a pick up truck.
Good god I grew up abused and enjoyed every minute of it.
They should be fined for no belts or car seats depending on age. No Child Services. Odds are good should go to jail for everything else.
As for no license, suspended license and no insurance toss the book at them. Odds are they had a warrant for not appearing and odds are good they will not still appear.
Another example of too many STATE workers and STATE regulations. Of course it is o.k. to throw Kim Davis in jail for following her conscience but god forbid we break a law of THE STATE. Child Protective Services, are you kidding me, just a place where people with Humanities degrees go to get a lifetime pension check and not contribute to any real value in society. Now if people not wearing seat belts would get more politicians elected you can be sure those laws would be repealed in a second. As far as the dad having a suspended license, yeh, he’s probably deserving of some punishment but the cop should have shown some sense. Then again, cops get their money from THE STATE. STATE laws come and go and hopefully this country will fold soon as it has become a place to pander to those who are lazy morally, intellectually and physically.