Woman Arrested for Endangering Children

(Iowa City, Iowa) A 21-year-old woman, Melissa Garcia, was arrested yesterday for allegedly allowing a 12-year-old to drive, placing herself, the 12-year-old and her three children in danger. Garcia faces charges of child endangerment and operating a vehicle without consent.

Reportedly, Garcia did not have the owner's permission to drive the vehicle.

During the investigation, officers discovered Garcia allowed the 12-year-old to drive her and her three children – ages three, two, and one — in a minivan. The officers found the children were not properly restrained in the vehicle and noticed a large amount of debris in the back seat.

Garcia, who is seven months pregnant with her fourth child, told officers the 12-year-old was weaving all over the road and almost went into a ditch. Garcia allegedly began yelling at the child and told her to stop driving the minivan. Garcia then began to drive the vehicle herself.

Garcia was booked into custody at the Johnson County Jail with bond set at $10,000.

I've got to ask, where's the husband? Or, in contemporary cultural patois, where's the baby daddy?