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Pot-Smoking Mom Puts Baby on Car Roof, Drives Off

Catalina Clouser has been arrested for child abuse, DUI

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 3, 2012 8:11 AM CDT

(Newser) – Apparently it is not enough to protect babies with a good car seat: Catalina Clouser had her 5-week-old baby strapped safely in a car seat when she drove home just after midnight yesterday. Unfortunately, the mom, who unsurprisingly admits she was smoking pot beforehand, left both babe and car seat on the roof of her car, reports the Arizona Republic. When Clouser got home, she realized her baby was missing and called friends to get them to look for the baby.

Luckily, Phoenix officials had already gotten a report about a baby in the road and taken him to a local hospital. The baby was "perfectly OK," according to a police spokesman, and the child is now in the custody of Arizona Child Protective Services. Clouser has been arrested for child abuse and DUI charges.

Catalina Clouser left her baby in its car seat on the roof of her car as she drove off just after midnight yesterday. The baby is OK, but mom has been charged with child abuse and DUI.
Catalina Clouser left her baby in its car seat on the roof of her car as she drove off just after midnight yesterday. The baby is OK, but mom has been charged with child abuse and DUI.   (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office)
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YetAnotherCollegeKid
Oct 21, 2012 8:35 PM CDT
Strangest thing I ever accidentally left on top of my car was a 20 box of Dr. Pepper cans. Got some weird looks driving home, the box was right where I left it when I got out. No harm, no foul.
karlkisba
Jun 6, 2012 10:06 AM CDT
ugh. i've got no problem with smoking weed, but if you have a newborn baby, you might wanna focus on that. just a thought. well at least the child wasn't injured. this could've been 10x worse. 
ppacimr9ball
Jun 4, 2012 12:39 PM CDT
Anyone that looks like that and has pink hair is doing something other than smoking pot, her past drug use made her like this, not the pot smoking, maybe presently she had nothing other than pot in her but in her past she done some heavy stuff, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SMOKING POT
 

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