Man Accused of Being Intoxicated, Letting Child Drive Him to Fast Food Restaurant

WAS IMPAIRED. TONIGHT A LOCAL MAN IS UNDER ARREST. HE'S ACCUSED OF TAKING A RIDE IN TOOK THE WHEEL. THE YOUNGSTER ALLEGEDLY TOOK HIM THROUGH A DRIVE-THROUGH OF A FAST FOOD JOINT. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT ON SOUTH ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL. AS WESH 2'S DAVE MCDANIEL EXPLAINS, DEPUTIES SAY IT PUT EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME, AT RISK FOR DISASTER BY THE TIME DEPUTIES FOUND THE SUV IT WAS IN THE DRIVE UP OF THIS WENDY'S ON THE SOUTH TRAIL, JUST A LITTLE NORTH OF SAND YOU LAKE. WHOEVER CALLED IT IN, REPORTED TH VEHICLE WAS HITTING CURBS,, DEPUTIES WROTE THAT 52-YEAR-OLD BERTEAULAND JOISSAINT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OF A BLUE SUV, WITH ANOTHER JUVENILE. THE REPORT DOESN'T GIVE AN AGE, BUT SAYS A CHILD WAS DRIVING. THEY SAY WHEN JOISSAINT GOT OUT OF THE SUV, HE STUMBLED MULTIPLE TIMES AND APPEARED TO BE OFF BALANCE. AND THAT HE WAS SLURRING HIS WORDS, THEY SUGGESTED IN THE REPORT, THAT JOISSAINT APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. THE REPORT SAYS JOISSAINT SUGGESTED IT WAS SIMPLY A TR TO GET FOOD AND RETURN. ELSE. TAKEN OUT TO PROTECT THE KIDS INVOLVED. >> WE DON'T WANT ANY CHILDREN BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR. IT'S A CHILD NEGLECT CASE WILL SAY LITTLE ABOUT IT, SAYING IN GENERA UNLICENSED, UNTRAINED ALMOST WHEEL, IT CAN BE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. WHEN DEPUTIES SUGGESTED LETTING AN UNTRAINED CHILD DRIVE WAS RISKY, JOISSAINT TOLD DEPUTIES HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT HE HAD DONE ANYTHING WRONG. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS IN ITS REPORT, THE 9:30 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT ADDING