Prosecutors in Orange County, Florida, have asked police to arrest parents who jaywalk with their children.
Prosecutors in Orange County, Florida Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida and is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population is 1,043,500. [1] The county seat is Orlando. , have asked police to arrest
parents who jaywalk jay·walk
intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks
To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner.
[From jay2, inexperienced person. with their children. Some cases, they say, may be
prosecuted as felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. child neglect.
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