Crime & Public Safety
Cops: Drunk father let toddler walk into oncoming traffic
Randall Sears (Credit: Chattanooga Times Free Press)
A Chattanooga man got drunk and let his daughter walk on a busy street into oncoming traffic, according to media reports.
Randall Sears, 49, was arrested and charged with neglect after a caller said Sears appeared unstable or inebriated when he was lying in the middle of the road with the 1-year-old girl standing over him, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Officers said several drivers blocked the road out of concern for the child. A barefoot Sears who smelled of alcohol was later taken into custody.
Sears also faces reckless endangerment and obstruction of roadway charges.
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