{"id":373928,"date":"2026-08-17T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373928\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T19:42:08","slug":"riverview-mother-arrested-after-letting-child-drive-to-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/373928\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverview Mother Arrested After Letting Child Drive to Gas Station"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Riverview<\/p>\n

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman after she allowed her 11-year-old child to drive a vehicle, which ended in a crash at a gas station.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On\u00a0August 16, 2026, at 8:35 p.m., deputies responded to a 7-Eleven on Gordon Road in Riverview after a child crashed a vehicle into a concrete traffic barrier.<\/p>\n

Deputies learned that Carribean Myers, 41, allowed her 11-year-old child with autism, while under her supervision and as a passenger, to drive the vehicle from their residence to the gas station. While attempting to stop, the child mistook the gas pedal for the brake and crashed into the barrier.<\/p>\n

No one was injured. The vehicle and the building sustained damage.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, deputies also discovered that Myers hasn’t had a valid driver\u2019s license since\u00a0July 13, 2026, and had previously allowed her underage children to drive without a valid driver’s license.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutting an 11-year-old behind the wheel is reckless and could have ended in tragedy,\u201d\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0\u201cThis mother made a dangerous decision that put her child and everyone around them at risk. Parents have a responsibility to protect their children, not place them in situations that could get them or someone else seriously hurt. We will hold anyone accountable who puts a child in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myers was arrested and faces the following charges: \n<\/p>\n


\n\tChild Abuse \u00a0
\n\tPermitting Unauthorized Minor to Drive. <\/p>\n

This remains an active investigation. The Public Affairs Office will provide any updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman after she allowed her 11-year-old child to drive a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-373928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}