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Mother Has 5-Year-Old Son Arrested…

She's calling it tough love, but others say she went to far….

A Fort Myers mother is under fire for the way she disciplined her 5-year-old son in public. She is calling it tough love but some people who witnessed it were moved to tears, calling it way too harsh for a child that young.

The woman had her son arrested outside a 7-11 store in LeHigh Acres to teach him a lesson about the dangers of playing with matches and lighters.

Her friend, a 15-year veteran Lee county sheriff's deputy, played along in the mock arrest and handcuffed the child and put him in the back of a cruiser. Horrified witnesses couldn't believe their eyes.

The mother, who is only identified as "Michelle" stands by her decision saying, "I'd do it again. If more parents did what I did we wouldn't have the crime that we have now".

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Driver Stopped For DUI By Tampa Fire Engine…

They take DUI serious in Tampa it seems...

Tampa FD Engine 8 and its crew were returning from a call Thursday morning when Captain Jack Atkisson noticed a car weaving in and out of traffic.

Atkisson said the driver appeared to be impaired. "She pulled back over onto I-275 and almost sideswiped a truck," …

Atkisson had his driver activate his light bar to get the driver to stop. "We flipped the lights and sure enough, they pulled over."

Once the car was pulled over, Atkisson had the dispatcher call Tampa Police, who determined the driver was under the influence of prescription drugs.

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