Grandparents Tow Child in Plastic Car Behind SUV

Sarasota County Jail

It was a nice, sunny Sunday afternoon and Paul Berloni, 49, and Belinda Jean Berloni, 47, of Florida decided to take their granddaughter out for some fun.

Paul and Belinda got into their SUV and their 7 year-old granddaughter got into her plastic Hot Wheels car and off they went...towing the Hot Wheels car behind the SUV with their granddaughter inside. The child was wearing a bathing suit and no protective gear, whatsoever.

The Hot Wheels car was attached to the SUV with two dog leashes.  They were having a merry old time until they were spotted and stopped by a sheriff's deputy. The Hot Wheels car was traveling between 5-10 miles per hour.

Photo:  Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

The Deputy immediately noticed Paul reeked of alcohol, his eyes were watery and bloodshot.

When the deputy asked for his drivers license, Paul's speech was slurred and the spoke slowly when he said it was "revoked for 10 years for DUI".



Belinda was riding in the back of the SUV with the hatch open, cheering on her granddaughter.

Belinda, also drunk, told the deputy "it was dangerous to drag a child behind the vehicle", but "they were just having fun and had been doing this all day."

Photo: Sarasota County Sheriff's Office

The fun is over for the Berlonis...they were taken to jail.  They were charged with one count of child endangerment. Paul is also charged with DUI and driving with a suspended license.

Police say Paul refused a field sobriety test, and also refused a blood alcohol test once they reached the police station.

These two should never be allowed near another child or another vehicle until they get treatment for alcohol abuse. Paul said he has been arrested five times for DUI; however, police could only find three convictions, including this one.

The police report indicates they were driving on a service road...thank goodness for small favors. What they did was totally stupid and irresponsible.

The child's father, Justin Oetting, agrees.  The officer contacted him and when he arrived, he was verbally upset.  I completely agree with his statement to his mom, "Are you fucking stupid you should know better."

Peace

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Weapons: Fire and Gasoline

Photo:  Sarasota County Jail

On Sunday, April 15, a Sarasota woman was awakened around 3:15 a.m. by her dog. She saw a woman climbing through a broken window into her house.

The intruder, Carol Renee Jordan, had a gallon-size can and was pouring gasoline around.

According to the resident, Jordan said she intended to set her house on fire. She told Jordan to leave her house. She called police and followed Jordan until she was detained by police.

The resident said she recognized Jordan because she had previously thrown rocks at her house to break her windows.

Jordan lives in the 1700 block of 23rd street in Sarasota. The house she attempted to set on fire is in the 21st block of Osprey Avenue. Another woman, who lives in the 1700 block of of 22nd street, accuses Jordan of throwing beer bottles and flower pots at her home to break windows.

Carol Renee Jordan, 52 years-old,  is charged with arson, burglary and throwing a missile into a dwelling.

Does she choose these people randomly or does she know them and hold a grudge against them.  Police should watch her in jail because she really wants to set something on fire...something!

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An Austin, Texas man got into the bathtub to wait for his wife to come in and give him a massage. There was candlelight to set the mood.

When Shriya Biman Patel came through the door, it was not to give him a massage.  She poured gasoline over him, lit him on fire using a candle, then locked the bathroom door.

Neighbors called police to the apartment about 9:15 in the evening when they heard a man screaming for help from a balcony.

He managed to kick in the bathroom door and escape, but police said he was badly burned and in severe pain. The victim has burns on over 70% of his body. He was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center.

Patel, 25 years-old, and her husband were married for a year, but she only came to the U.S. from India a week ago. She kept herself busy during that week. According to police, she removed the smoke detectors and disabled the sprinklers in the apartment. Police also found receipts for items used in the assault.

Reports don't say how police caught her, but she was taken to jail and charged with arson and assault with a deadly weapon. Bond is set at $l,000,000.

What did he do in a week to make her commit such a horrific act? Or, maybe it was what she found out he did while she was in India.

 Peace

Man Arrested Forty Times; Woman Arrested Forty-One Times

Stephen Brewster, a 32 year-old Sarasota, Florida man, has been arrested forty times!  His latest arrest on February 21, for car burglary, made arrest number forty.

His rap sheet includes arrests for fraud, stealing credit cards, criminal mischief, forgery, robbery, petty theft, loitering, grand theft...and that's only a portion of his arrests.



Sheriff Tom Knight says, "If anybody out there has the answers, we would like to have it. Because we're frustrated, too, with arresting the same people over and over and over again."

In another story, Lisa Riley, 49, of Gainesville, Florida, was arrested February 19 and her rap sheets indicates this is her forty-first arrest for fifty-five crimes!  Her latest arrest was for stealing merchandise worth $76.83 from a Dollar General Store.

According to Florida Department of Corrections records, Riley has served 4 state terms since 1988 and was last released in 2005.

Their arrest records are since adulthood which means Brewster has been arrested forty-one times in fourteen years.  Riley has fifty-five arrests in thirty-one years.

Florida must have laws that deal with habitual misdemeanor criminals. So why are the judges letting them off so easily?

I can understand Sheriff Knight's frustration. Repeat criminals waste the State's time and resources.  Maybe the State should change the laws to make it a felony after so many arrests.

Peace