WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A retired Polk County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Sunday after making a scene at a McDonald’s and then fleeing from law enforcement with an unrestrained toddler in his car, Sheriff Grady Judd said.
“There’s some things you can’t believe, and this is one of them,” the sheriff said in a video explaining the incident.
Dispatchers received a call shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday from a worker at a Winter Haven McDonald’s who said a “suspicious man” had come through the drive-thru at least twice within 45 minutes and made “rude” comments to them.
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The caller noticed several open beer cans in the man’s car and said the driver appeared to be drunk. However, what most concerned McDonald’s employees was an 18-month-old child sitting unrestrained in the front seat of the man’s car, Judd said…