A man in Fort Wayne, Indiana, was so concerned about his children’s well-being that he adamantly insisted that they could not be in the car with him while he was drunk driving. Instead, Aaron S. Stefanski, 29, made the wise decision of strapping his children to the hood of his car.
Witnesses called the police on Monday night after spotting Stefanski and Jessica A. Clark, 29, pull out of a liquor store with four children strapped to the top of their vehicle. According to the Indy Channel, the children were 4, 5, 6, and 7-years old. Stefanski was the father of three of the children. The other child belonged to Clark.
Tom Nowak, who witnessed the incident, said:
“They were strapped down with one of those straps you crank on a semi to hold down lumber. They were strapped with that thing, wiggling and wobbling down the street.”
The Journal Gazette reports that the nominees for “worst parents of the year” award only made it a few blocks down the road before they were pulled over by police. Both parents were charged with neglect of a dependent. Stefanski was also charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
