Per MyFoxTampaBay, “the sheriff’s office said the grandparents tied a toy car to the back of their SUV and started towing the little girl! The grandfather is in jail; the family is trying to raise the $850 he needs to get him sprung.”
Go on, MFLB:
His wife, the grandmother, was able to make bail and she told us, in a word, what they did, was stupid.
“Stupid idea,” said Belinda Jean Berloni. “Stupid idea, I agree, I agree.”
The 47-year-old grandmother admits it was not the best idea to entertain her granddaughter by pulling her around in a toy car.
“We took this and hooked it around the hitch of the truck and drove about five miles an hour up and down the street with her,” she explained, holding-up two dog leashes, which were still connected.
She and her husband, 49-year-old grandfather Paul Berloni, had had a few beers.
“Yeah, we did, it’s Sunday afternoon, had a few beers, no big deal, I didn’t think,” she said.