Only In Florida

In what may be a semi-regular feature on BFE, we present the second post that focuses on the strange, creepily different land called Florida. Quite simply, things happen here that don't happen anywhere else. It is my conjecture that it was first settled by aliens. That is the only theory that makes any sense to me.

"Two Florida parents reward their kids

for good grades in school with marijuana and cocaine. I'm impressed with their commitment to education, which is so rare in this state." Walt Disney

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A couple gave their teenage daughters cocaine and marijuana if they went to school and did household chores, authorities said.

Chad and Joey Mudd, of Largo, a suburb in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, gave their daughters, ages 13 and 14, drugs as a "bargaining tool" for school attendance and doing chores, Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives said. They were arrested Monday.

According to an affidavit, the mother said she smoked pot with her daughters five times and the father snorted cocaine with the teens and one of his daughter's boyfriends in his truck.

Chad Mudd, the 36-year-old father who works at an area beach bar, was charged with six counts of child abuse and one count of possession of cocaine. Joey Mudd, the girls' 34-year-old mom, was charged with two counts of child abuse. Arrest records say she works at a pediatrician's office.

Joey Mudd was released Wednesday on bail and Chad Mudd was released Thursday on bail. Calls to telephone numbers belonging to the Mudds weren't answered. It's unclear if they've retained an attorney.

It's not clear who has taken custody of the children. The sheriff's office hasn't immediately returned a telephone call.

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