November 28, 2004 6:33 PM

Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener

Daughter turns in dad who called police on her: Drugs, weapons found in his home

DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener #168: Kevin Winston

If you’re going to try and teach your child a lesson, you might want to make certain that you aren’t going to be caught with a few skeletons in your own closet. This is the lesson that our latest DUMB@$$ clearly failed to learn.

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A father’s attempt to teach his daughter a lesson about drinking backfired when the teen led police to a stash of drugs and weapons inside their home.

Kevin Winston, 46, called police at 2:45 a.m. Friday after his 16-year-old daughter came home drunk and unruly. When police arrived, however, the girl told them she feared for her safety because her father stored drugs and weapons in the home.

The girl led officers to a crawl space above the ceiling where they found four semiautomatic guns and more than 600 vials of cocaine.

Winston was charged with numerous weapons and drug charges. His five daughters were placed in the custody of a relative.

“He called us on her and ended up getting locked up himself,” said Newark Police Director Anthony Ambrose.

Right; you’re hiding cocaine and semiautomatic weapons, and you’re upset when your daughter comes home drunk? Apparently, Mr. Winston isn’t much for setting an example to his children. “Do as I say, not as I do” may be an easy way out for a parent, but it’s unlikely to teach your children the lessons you’d like them to learn…unless that lesson is passing along the family business.

Of course, if Mr. Winston possessed a few functioning brain cells, he might have understood what he was up against. Pissing off a teenager who knows where the bodies are buried is NEVER a good idea. Now he’s going to have several years in prison to consider the shortcomings of his parenting skills. Nice going, eh?

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