BREAST-FEEDING HER BABY IN A BAR.
THIS WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AT AN INDIANAPOLIS BAR EARLY ON
FRIDAY AFTER SHE WAS SEEN BREAST-FEEDING HER
SEVEN-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER WHILE DRINKING BEER AND OFFERING TO
HAVE SEX WITH PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO INSIDE AND BY HER MORE BEER.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF SHARI TROUBLE WHO IS 42
AND IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE FOR NEGLECT OF A DEPENDENT
ALONG WITH A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
SHE IS IN BIG TROUBLE THAT COLLECTS TAKE THAT.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT THE CHILD WAS TAKEN INTO STATE
CUSTODY.
SHE WAS EXAMINED AT A NEARBY HOSPITAL WORD LIKELY SHE
WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO SIGNS OF INTOXICATION OR OTHER
PHYSICAL SIGNS OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER WITNESS TESTIMONIES I GUESS OF THIS
SCENARIO.
APPARENTLY SHE CHAINED THE STROLLER TO A POST OUTSIDE
OF THE BAR.
THE FATHER OF THE CHILD WAS ALSO THERE, WHO WAS ALSO VERY
INTOXICATED.
FAMILY NIGHT.
OKAY, I THINK, LET'S DELVE INTO THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN
HEAR THE STORY AND WE THINK OF THIS MOM BREAST-FEEDING A BABY
IN A BAR AND IT IS LIKE A, IT IS A FUNNY IMAGE, BUT THE FACT THAT
THIS WOMAN IS NEGLECTING HER DAUGHTER, POTENTIALLY
INTOXICATING A SEVEN MONTH OLD BABY, BEING THIS INTOXICATED
WHILE IN CHARGE OF A CHILD IS REALLY SAD AND I THINK THERE IS
A CHANCE OBVIOUSLY IF THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT AT A BAR WITH HER, WITH HER BABY DADDY, THAT THEY
MAY HAVE AN ISSUE AND THAT SHE THINKS IT IS OKAY TO STRAP
HER STROLLER TO A POST OUTSIDE AND THAT IS REALLY SAD.
ALCOHOLISM IS ONE OF THE LEADING KILLERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND IT IS
SO DEVASTATING THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE POTENTIALLY WATCHING
DEALING WITH THIS AND STRUGGLING WITH THAT BUT ALSO THAT
THEY ARE SUBJECTING A NEWBORN CHILD TO IT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A DOWNER ABOUT IT.
SORRY.
I KNOW THAT
DUDE.
PEOPLE HAVE BABIES, I KNOW SOME FRONT OF MINOR BREAST-FEEDING
AND THEY KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY KIND OF ALCOHOL,
ONCE YOU ARE DONE BREAST-FEEDING YOU HAVE ONE GLASS OF WINE
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR HOURS BEFORE YOU PUMP.
WOW, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT AT ALL BEFOREHAND AND ALSO,
YOU ARE TECHNICALLY BUYING ALCOHOL FOR A MINOR.
IT'S THE SAME AS GETTING A BABY DRUNK.
BUT THE THING IS, THIS HAD TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY BEFORE
WE KNEW THAT YOU COULD INFUSE YOUR BREAST MILK WITH ALCOHOL.
WRITE?
THIS HAVE HAPPENED FOR YEARS.
ANOTHER THING.
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS DRUNK, NO, SHE WAS PREGNANT AND SHE
SAYS, YOU DO MORE DAMAGE TO THE BABY DURING THE EARLY
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY WHILE DRINKING THEN YOU DO DURING
THE LATER MONTHS WHEN EVERYTHING IS KIND OF BUILT.
YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT AT ALL, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY YOU DO
MORE DAMAGE VERSUS LESS DAMAGE, THE THING IS, THERE ARE PREGNANT
WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE SHOWING AND ARE DRINKING AND ARE
DOING WAY MORE DAMAGE BUT GET NO ONE TO CALL THEM OUT FOR IT.
THEN THERE ARE SUPER PREGNANT WOMEN WHO ARE LIKE THIS IS
MY ONE GLASS A WEEK AND EVERYONE AT THE RESTAURANT IS LIKE,
HOW DARE YOU?
YES, PRESUMABLY, FOR SOME WOMEN WHO ARE SHOWING, THEY DON'T
KNOW AND THAT IS A RISK THAT IS SCARY FOR WOMEN WHO MAYBE
AREN'T TRYING AND DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE PREGNANT AND
COULD BE AFFECTING THE BABY BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THIS CAN
HAPPEN IN HISTORY.
THAT IS WHY WE SAW SO MANY CASES, HOWEVER MANY YEARS
AGO OF ALCOHOL SYNDROME AND DIFFERENT EFFECTS.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BREAST-FEEDING HOW THAT MAY HAVE
AFFECTED THEIR BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OR IQ OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL
ASPECTS BECAUSE WE, THERE'S NO WAY TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT, BUT
CLEARLY, THIS IS A CASE FOR WE KNOW THAT SHE WAS
PROCEEDING AT THE TIME SHE WAS DRINKING.
YOU KNOW THIS COULD REALLY POTENTIALLY HAVE THE BABY.
THEY GOT NOTHING HAPPEN TO THE BABY.
SHE HAD NO SIGNS OF INTOXICATION BUT A REALLY SCARY SCENARIO.
SHE DOES NOT CUSTODY OF HER CHILD ANYMORE.
IT'S ORINDA STEW, THAT NOW THIS CHILD HAS TOGETHER FOSTER
CARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE, I AM GOING TO BRING BACK THE FUN PART OF THE STORY.
TO I AM GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONTRARY IN HERE.
1ST OF ALL, THIS COUPLE SHOULD BE SMOKES PEOPLE FOR THE ALCOHOL
INDUSTRY BECAUSE ONE, SHE IS LIKE I WILL HAVE SEX WITH
YOU IF YOU JUST BUY ME ONE BEER.
THAT IS AMAZING.
THAT IS SO SAD AT THAT
IT IS.
TO NEED ALCOHOL THAT BAD AND HAVE THAT DEPENDENCY?
NONETHELESS.
IT IS BOTH SAD AND ENTERTAINING.
QUICK SLIGHTLY AMUSING.
MY FAVORITE PART OF THE STORY IS WHEN THE HUSBAND GOT INVOLVED.
I THOUGHT THAT THE HUSBAND WASN'T THERE OR THAT HE DIDN'T
EXIST AND THEN SHE IS LIKE, I WILL HAVE SEX WITH ANY OF
YOU TO GET BACK IN THE BARN AND THE HUSBAND SHOWS UP AND IS
LIKE ANYBODY AT ALL.
ANY TAKERS?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP IT IS
FUNKY AND INTERESTING.
AND ALL SERIOUSNESS, I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEFENSE.
WE ARE GOING TO LOCK HER UP FOR HAVING A BEER WHILE
BREAST-FEEDING BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOCK
UP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO IT
AND I DON'T WANT YOU GET THE WRONG IDEA, BUT TAKING AWAY
THE BABY AND LOCKING HER UP IS PRETTY CICCONE AND.
HOLD ON TIGHT JUST LET ME, COMPLETE THE THOUGHT.
I
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF IT AT ALL.
I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN TOO FAR EXCEPT THAT SHE CHAINED TO
THE STROLLER AND WENT BACK INSIDE AND LEFT THE BABY
OUTSIDE OUT THERE.
THEN, YOU ARE ENDANGERING THE CHILD.
THAT'S THINKING IT THROUGH.
I AM WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD LOCK HER UP.
I DO THINK, SHE WAS STRUGGLING TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION
AND RESPOND OFFICERS QUESTIONS.
SHE WAS SO INTOXICATED I THINK WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT
SHE SHOULD GET HELP.
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK SHE SHOULD GO TO JAIL, BUT I
THINK SHE NEEDS TO GET HELP AND MAYBE ONCE YOU GET TO A
PLACE IN RECOVERY OR WHATEVER THAT SHE CAN GAIN CUSTODY
BACK BUT SHE IS NOT IN A POSITION RIGHT NOW OR SHE
SHOULD HAVE CUSTODY OF A CHILD.
RIGHT, OR AT LEAST IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S FIGURE OUT
SOME MORE FACTS ABOUT THIS LOVELY LADY WHO IS OFFERING
SEX FOR A BEER WHILE BREAST-FEEDING HER BABY DRUNK.
THAT IS THE THING.
IT IS THE NUMBER OF TERRIBLE CHOICES SHE WAS MAKING AT ONCE.
IF SHE WAS JUST AT THE BAR, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SAD,
DON'T BE SO STUPID.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BEER AND BREAST-FEED, DO IT AT
HOME SO NOT EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU.
DON'T DO THAT.
IS TERRIBLE, BUT THAT IS SMARTER.
IS NOT GREAT, BUT THAT PROCESS SOMEONE IS AT LEAST A
LITTLE SMARTER THAN SOMEONE WHO GOES OUT TO THE BAR AND HAS
A BABY ON A BOOB, HAND ON A COLD ONE, SIPPING, FEEDING THE
BABY, SWITCHING IT UP.
THAT IS WITH THE POLICE SHOW UP AND GO WAY, THIS IS HAPPENING AT
THE SAME TIME?
WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOUR BABY OVER HERE AND ASK YOU SOME
QUESTIONS THAT
SHE IS SICK THAT
TO BE FAIR, THEY WERE, AND THIS IS TRUE, AT A WORK CONFERENCE.
THAT IS AMAZING.
THEY CAN HOLD DOWN A JOB.
THAT IS MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
LET'S TAKE HER BABY TO THE BAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
HIS HAPPEN BY THE WAY, SHE HAD A .93 ALCOHOL LEVEL.
IT'S REALLY HIGH.
I HAVE TO CONFESS THAT WHEN I FIRST HAD THE STORY, I
DIDN'T THINK, IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME THAT SHE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.
AS YOU LAID IT OUT I WAS LIKE OF COURSE.
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
BUT THERE A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
THERE AND I THINK.
YOUR PROBLEM, REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC AND
YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF DEPENDENCY PROBLEM WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH ALCOHOL IF YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THE UPPER MENTIONED ACTS.
SHE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION, CHARGE
THAT I ACTUALLY HATE THAT I THINK THAT IT IS ONLY USED WHEN
DRUNK PEOPLE ARE PAID AND ASKED THE COPS BECAUSE WHAT YOU MEAN
CLUSTER THERE'S 1 BILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE PUBLICLY INTOXICATED.
THAT IS NOT A THING.
COPS ONLY USE THAT WHEN THEY ARE ANNOYED AT YOU.
DISTURBING THE PEACE.
WHICH I GET, IT'S STILL USED AMBIGUOUSLY A LOT BUT AT
LEAST WHEN YOU SAY YOU ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE, WE
ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND SERVE, WITH US BUT PUBLIC
INTOXICATION IS JUST LIKE WOW THAT GUY SOUNDS HILARIOUS.
SOUNDS LIKE FUN, I WOULD HANG OUT WITH SOMEONE IS
PUBLICLY INTOXICATED THAT I'M NOT BUYING THAT EITHER.
THEY ARRESTED THE DAD BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO A PAIN IN THE ASS.
HE WAS REALLY PROTESTING LOUDLY THAT THEY SHOULD BE
PROCESSING HIS WIFE SO THEY WERE LIKE THAT'S IT, YOU ARE
UNDER ARREST 2.
A LOT OF THIS IS BOUNCY, BUT THE ONE THING WE ALL AGREE IS
LET'S INVESTIGATE HOW TO HELP THESE FOLKS BECAUSE THAT
INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
THIS HAPPEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AT HOME
AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE BABY IS SAFE AND MAKE SURE
THIS COUPLE GETS THE HELP THEY NEED.