He says "I'm not a negligent father you know and I love my kids, I never put them in jeopardy and maybe that day I made a stupid decision but you know everybody makes a bad decision, I mean no one wants to hurt anybody, especially not their own kids."

I do.

I read the headline with slight outrage towards whoever arrested him, thinking that maybe he was just slightly buzzed at a fair or something that isn't a big deal. But the part where he passed out and needed to be hospitalized because he over=drank kind of made me feel like he deserved it.

I see nothing asinine about him being charged for this (assuming that was subby's message). While pushing children in a stroller you are solely responsible for their safety and well being--especially if you're near any traffic. The man even admitted it was a stupid thing to do.

. . . if he were charged with DUI/DWI, then it would be asinine.

PSUI?

/wonders how many of you will read that incorrectly ;-)

LeglessDog: I see nothing asinine about him being charged for this (assuming that was subby's message). While pushing children in a stroller you are solely responsible for their safety and well being--especially if you're near any traffic. The man even admitted it was a stupid thing to do.

. . . if he were charged with DUI/DWI, then it would be asinine.

Yeah, I clicked on the article thinking it was going to be a DUI/DWI. Then again, I'm an optimist.

I even had my outrage hat on.

Can you get a DUI also when pushing a shopping cart (new window)?

Police say he passed out when they took him to the Richland County Jail to be booked, and he had to be taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.


I gots kidz. 1 and 2 y.o.. I have a couple beers and take 'em to the park. Sometimes I take a bigass travel mug full of beer with me. We have a blast. But I'm talkin' 3, 4 light beers here. This guy was friggin' wrecked. You...you can't do that.

Sleeping Monkey: Ah, the morality police. Bring on the conservative revolution!


'Revolution'? It's been this way for like 200 years.

This guy could have avoided this by doing the responsible thing and load his kids up in the car and drive to where he had to go.

the stroller is where you carry the beer

It sounds like he was completely sloshed, so I don't see what's all that asinine about this. The child endangerment stuff might be a bit much considering the likely consequences, but it's probably not that much of a stretch if he was so drunk he passed out during booking.

/You know, just like almost everyone else said.

Melendez says "point blank I was wrong, I shouldn't have went out and had anything to drink, I mean I wasn't stumbling stupid drunk or nothing but you know it happened, it's over. I've just got to go and do what I have to do to deal with it."

Melendez says he is now taking steps to treat his drinking problem.

He says "I'm not a negligent father you know and I love my kids, I never put them in jeopardy and maybe that day I made a stupid decision but you know everybody makes a bad decision, I mean no one wants to hurt anybody, especially not their own kids."

Melendez is now hoping to convince the judge hearing his case that he is a changed man and that he belongs in treatment as opposed to jail.

Oh look, he is already practicing his speech for the Judge. I'll give him an 8/10, he needs to practice and fine tune the speech a little more in preparation for the actual judge.

I still think this was a bit stupid - but I am not quite sure how drunk he really was and really don't want to form an opinion. I have been know to wander away from the safety of my castle's boundary while a tad bit tipsy as well.

This is why, if you're a drunk, you should only buy a stroller that has a trailer hitch.

dr_iacovone: I still think this was a bit stupid - but I am not quite sure how drunk he really was and really don't want to form an opinion. I have been know to wander away from the safety of my castle's boundary while a tad bit tipsy as well.

He passed out during booking. I think he had more than a couple. Either that or he has some kind of liver problem.

Oh great. First the Nanny-state demands that we take care of our kids and then busts us for doing what we need to do to help deal with the little S.O.B.s

Dictatorial_Flair: dr_iacovone: I still think this was a bit stupid - but I am not quite sure how drunk he really was and really don't want to form an opinion. I have been know to wander away from the safety of my castle's boundary while a tad bit tipsy as well.

He passed out during booking. I think he had more than a couple. Either that or he has some kind of liver problem.

Also, TFA says he was so plastered that neighbors called 911 when they saw him. He says he wasn't "stumbling stupid drunk", somehow I don't believe him.

What a wonderful use of tax dollars.

Dictatorial_Flair: dr_iacovone: I still think this was a bit stupid - but I am not quite sure how drunk he really was and really don't want to form an opinion. I have been know to wander away from the safety of my castle's boundary while a tad bit tipsy as well.

He passed out during booking. I think he had more than a couple. Either that or he has some kind of liver problem.

Then I say fry his ass. Er, not really - maybe he got really nervous and stuff and passed out over the anxiety on the thought of making fark news and not the actual BAC in his body.

If running down the street with my newborn while drunk off my ass is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Ok, I'll agree with this one, the guy was drunk on his ass and driving a baby carriage. But, the one below is another matter:



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Mugato: They could have busted him for public intoxication alone. In other words, drinking is legal but only if it's in your house, in the closet, with all the lights turned off.

Having a few drinks isn't intoxication. If you plan to get so badly drunk that you end up in the hospital, then yeah, do that shiat at home, nobody else wants to be around you.

This happened one county over from where I live, but I no longer drink, so I'm NOT getting a kick out of these replies...

you know, if he took the kids with him because he didnt want to leave them home alone, then he would have been breaking the law even if he stayed home. That would constitute a real "Threat of Harm" to the children. If the kids were actually hurt you could add "Failure to Protect."

both of which will get your kids yanked at least temporarily.

/quote
After receiving a 911 call from a concerned resident, Mansfield Police arrested Melendez on charges of child endangering and public intoxication. /quote

If he got called, he was doing more than walking his and singing Irish Drunk songs.

Crocodilly_Pontifex: you know, if he took the kids with him because he didnt want to leave them home alone, then he would have been breaking the law even if he stayed home. That would constitute a real "Threat of Harm" to the children. If the kids were actually hurt you could add "Failure to Protect."

both of which will get your kids yanked at least temporarily.

i left out part of my thought. I was trying to say that if he was taking the kids with him because he couldn't leave them alone, then he would have been severely drunk and alone with the kids, then bla bla bal rest of my post.

Well I for one am totally deflated after reading the article. There is simply no outrage to be had here.

I'm out.

nooowayman: LeglessDog: I see nothing asinine about him being charged for this (assuming that was subby's message). While pushing children in a stroller you are solely responsible for their safety and well being--especially if you're near any traffic. The man even admitted it was a stupid thing to do.

. . . if he were charged with DUI/DWI, then it would be asinine.

Yeah, I clicked on the article thinking it was going to be a DUI/DWI. Then again, I'm an optimist.

I even had my outrage hat on.

*Pours out my cup of rage-a-hol*
*puts thumbs in beltloop*
*kicks can, shuffles off mumbling&

Airfoilsguy: A drunk Mexican? NEVER!!

/cartman

Dude. Weak. So weak, man.

/cartman

What's the statute of limitations on that crime?

1. 24 years old
2. Drunk
3. Three kids
4. Going to pick up money order

This guy is a farking loser.