2023-09-04 10:28:06
An Arizona father was handcuffed on Saturday for leaving his 10-year-old son behind the wheel of his red pickup truck in the middle of the followingnoon on the highway, when he himself had the impaired by alcohol.
Around 3:40 p.m. Saturday, a concerned witness, who allegedly saw the boy driving the vehicle, dialed 911 to alert authorities to the scene playing out in Scottsdale, Fox 10 Phoenix reported Saturday.
Upon arriving at the scene, patrol officers reportedly located the pickup truck which “changed lanes in a dangerous manner in violation of traffic laws”, before refusing to stop, the public safety department reportedly said. Arizona (DPS).
A police pursuit would then have started, before the young driver chose to stop, a few minutes later, at the edge of the road, continued the American media.
The 10-year-old boy, who sat on the driver’s side, will not be subject to criminal prosecution, unlike his father, Alvaro Ovando Alvarez, who sat alongside him in the vehicle and who was arrested on the spot. -field.
The 49-year-old was charged with child abuse, endangerment, aggravated drunk driving, possession of an open container of alcohol and unlawfully permitting a minor to drive, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.
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