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Mom Used Kid As Designated Driver
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Woman charged after young daughter drives her to bar
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By Randy Ross
Friday, August 15, 2008
A Longview mother remained in the Gregg County Jail on Thursday after police said she had her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar on the woman's birthday.
Jennifer Lynn Rosenburg, 35, was arrested Wednesday night at Leon's Steak House after an officer stopped her daughter on a traffic violation as the child was turning into her home's driveway. The woman's last name was spelled Rosenberg on a police report, but Rosenburg in jail records.
Longview Police Officer C.E. Davis stopped a blue minivan in the 400 block of 15th Street after the vehicle turned into a residence without using a turn signal and ran into the residence at a low speed, the officer's report said. The officer learned the driver was a 12-year-old girl, and she said she had dropped her mother off at the bar.
Rosenburg, who turned 35 on Wednesday, was found at Leon's, in the 2100 block of Eastman Road about two miles from the residence. Rosenburg said she had her daughter drive her to the bar, the officer's report said. She was being held on a $2,500 bond on a charge of child endangerment. A check of online judicial records did not reveal any previous arrests for Rosenburg.
Child Protective Services is investigating, said spokeswoman Shari Pulliam.
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