# So he gets drunk, puts his 2 kids in the car & has a wreck in a homeless shelter parking lot?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 25, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093 "2012-05-25T19:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093/1 "2012-05-25T19:15:51Z")

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All that’s missing is a pregnant woman and a nun.

[Story here](http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/25/cops-bellport-man-accused-of-dwi-with-kids-in-car-after-wreck-in-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/)

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093/2 "2012-05-25T19:43:06Z")

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On the bright side, one more bed just opened up at the shelter.

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**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093/3 "2012-05-25T20:04:36Z")

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> Greenridge’s children, ages 1 and 3, were in the car at the time of the incident, police said.
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> The children were taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Center where they were treated and released, police said.

Anyone else picturing two little kids wandering the streets?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093/4 "2012-05-25T23:15:42Z")

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> [@Folacin](#):
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> Anyone else picturing two little kids wandering the streets?

It’s okay, they have radio-tracking collars on.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-he-gets-drunk-puts-his-2-kids-in-the-car-has-a-wreck-in-a-homeless-shelter-parking-lot/623093/5 "2012-05-26T06:24:03Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> It’s okay, they have radio-tracking collars on.

Please, that is SO old-fashioned!

They’re chipped!