Thursday, April 9, 2009
Man allegedly spent time in bar while child sat in car
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Bryant Rivera, 22, is being charged with child abandonment after reportedly entering a bar at 9 p.m. and leaving his three-year-old child in a car until well after midnight.
A witness phoned police at 2:30 a.m. to report Rivera's son alone outside Naro's Sports Bar near Fair Park, sitting in a car seat with a bottle of Dr Pepper and a DVD playing. When police arrived, Rivera refused to leave the bar and a security guard got his keys and gave them to police. The child was returned to his mother, who lives with Rivera, but told reporters that she would do nothing to help Rivera get out of prison.
Rivera's defense is that he was not drinking while in the bar.
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Comments
Pavel Lishin Verified
How old is the child? I mean, if you're going to go out and have a few (regardless of Rivera's defense), a minor who can't legally drink is probably one of the better options! And yeah, it's boring in bars if you're not drinking, so it makes sense that the kid would rather be outside, watching a movie.
I think this case is going to depend largely on whether the kid had stilts that would have allowed him to reach the pedals.
7 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Jason Rice Verified
I think more rests on the programming. A well considered DVD, say a Disney "new marketing classic" with "Fast Play" will better prepare the child for a life of helpless neglected consumerism than any temporary boyfriend the child's mother may hold up as role model.
C'mon. We are talking 2:30 in the morning people. WTF is a kid doing out that late?
7 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Erin Rice Verified
Pavel, the child was three and may have been left in the car up to 5.5 hours. Details are shaky on whether the man was in the bar the entire time, or if he was, indeed, eating tacos next door and took the child with him.
Not sure to what extent you're joking, so I'll leave it there.
7 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
jtmbls Anonymous
The guy should be jailed just for giving a three year old a bottle of Dr. Pepper, let alone leaving him in a car.
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Pavel Lishin Verified
Not sure to what extent you're joking, so I'll leave it there.
When in doubt, assume I'm not retarded.
7 months ago ( Link to this comment | Suggest removal )
Collin Gouldin Verified
I guess this is what happens when 19 year olds have kids.
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Erin Rice Verified
Righto, Pavel.
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Jason Rice Verified
Careful Collin! You'll get lumped with all those evil single-mother-haters?
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Travis Bush Verified
Maybe he was trying to score and didn't want the kid to horn in on his supplier.
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Rick Yost Verified
I agree with Collin- and you can lump me in! Not that I'm a 'single-mother' hater, but for soooo long, just getting pregnant has been more a social status thing than a...well whatever normally makes a woman feel she needs to have a child. And then after a few years of being forced to grow-up themselves, their offspring wind up being neglected and/or abused after it is discovered how much constant responsibility is really involved.
Is there no other way for these young mothers to find self-worth? Do they fear the human race is dying out?
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