ATLANTA — A 31-year-old man is facing multiple charges after Atlanta police said he was doing donuts and burnouts while a child was inside the car.
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Around 2 a.m. on June 7, an Atlanta officer stopped a car along Edgewood Avenue SE that he spotted ‘laying drag’ at the intersection.
Bodycam video shows the moment the officer noticed a child sitting in the front passenger seat inside the car.
A man, who identified himself as the child’s father, spoke with police.
After speaking with the father about what happened, he told the officer, “But he had his seatbelt on.”
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According to officials, the driver of the car, 31-year-old Alexander Parrott, is a family member of the child.
Parrot was arrested and charged with the following:
- Obstruction
- Reckless driving
- Lay and drag
- Modified exhaust
- Altered suspension
- Impeding the flow of traffic
- Failure to maintain lane
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