Parents Accused Of Giving Kids Pot & Cocaine As 'Bargaining Tool'
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PETERSBURG (CBSMiami/AP) - A Florida couple is accused of giving their teenage daughters marijuana and cocaine if they went to school and did household chores.
Chad and Joey Mudd, according to Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives, gave their 13 and 14-year-old daughters drugs as "bargaining tool" for school attendance and for completing chores.
The parents were arrested Monday.
According to an affidavit, the mother said she smoked pot with her daughters and the father said he snorted cocaine with the teens in his truck.
Chad Mudd, the 36-year-old father, was charged with child abuse and possession of cocaine. Joey Mudd, the girls' 34-year-old mom, was charged with child abuse.
They were released on bail. Calls to telephone numbers belonging to the Mudds weren't answered. It's unclear if they've retained an attorney.
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