B.W.I. Are you kidding me? I’ve been a reporter covering crime for a long time and this is a new one on me – a charge of child neglect for breastfeeding while drunk!?

I guess this woman figured if she suddenly started feeding her infant the police, who’d come to her house in response to a domestic abuse call, would simply pack it in and go back to the station. Well, thank goodness for the baby they didn’t.  Realizing that a woman with that much alcohol in her system had to be passing it through her breast milk the cops stopped the meal and arrested Mom.

A Gal With Gall

Meet Stacey Anvarinia. The North Dakota woman, 26, is facing a child neglect charge for allegedly breast-feeding while drunk, according to court records. Anvarinia, a Grand Forks resident, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the criminal count, which stemmed from a police visit to her home in February. While responding to a domestic disturbance call, Grand Forks Police Department officers watched as an “extremely intoxicated” Anvarinia “began breast feeding her infant in front of us,” according to an incident report.   via Mother Faces BWI Charge – April 28, 2009.

Grandma and Grandpa must be so proud.

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