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Drunken Man Uses Daughter, 9, As Designated Driver

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Oct. 18 2011, Published 2:52 p.m. ET

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By RadarOnline.com Staff

A Michigan man was arrested on two charges of child abuse after having his 9-year-old daughter drive his van to a nearby station because he'd been drinking, police said on Tuesday.

In a surveillance video at a gas station shot October 8, a wobbly Shawn Russell, 39, told the clerk, "I got a designated driver!"

Police said the chaos continued until a good Samaritan saw what was unfolding, followed the pair and called 911.

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The 4-foot-tall girl had been sitting in a booster seat while driving, Brownstown Township Detective Lt. Robert Grant said, adding the girl asked the officer who pulled her over, "What did you stop me for? I was driving good!"

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Russell -- who was charged with second- and fourth-degree child abuse -- is separated from his wife, and prohibited from seeing his daughter in the meantime. In addition, Russell was charged with being a habitual offender in connection with past convictions on four felonies.

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