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Aug 7, 2008 11:54 am US/Eastern

Grandma Jailed After Giving Child Joyride Atop Car

The Granddaughter Was Only 3 Years Old

MARATHON (CBS4) ― Imagine you're in a parking lot and suddenly see a car drive by with a 3-year old child sitting on top it. That's exactly what happened in Marathon in the Florida Keys and now a grandmother faces a felony child abuse charge.

Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the Publix supermarket Tuesday and arrested 54-year-old Brenda Bouschet, of Lake Worth, after she was spotted driving around with her three-year-old granddaughter on the roof of her car.

Bouschet told deputies she didn't understand why she was wrong to place the 3-year-old girl on the roof of the car and drive her white 2006 Lexus around the parking lot. Bouschet said she was just giving the child some air and letting her have fun.

Deputies had to explain to her the dangers of letting the child ride on top of the car and even had to explain that the child is required to sit in a car seat.

Bouschet said Thursday she would never let anything hurt her granddaughter. She says she was driving at "snail-speed" and holding the child's leg.

Bouschet has been released from jail. The child has been returned to her mother.

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