Remember the Stupid News story we told you this morning about the 400-pound woman who tried to steal $600 worth of stuff from a grocery store while riding a scooter? Well, we found her mugshot:

The story in case you missed it:

“A 400-pound Michigan woman was caught shoplifting when her motorized cart got stuck in the store’s door, authorities say. Jerrie Perkins, 30, of Pontiac was attempting to leave a Meijer store in Rochester Hills with more than $600 worth of stolen electronic merchandise Tuesday night, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office told The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens, Mich.

She set off the door alarm and hit a store employee who confronted her, authorities said. When a sheriff’s deputy arrived, she “took a fighting stance” and had to be Tasered to be subdued, the report said. Perkins was charged with unarmed robbery, resisting and obstructing a police officer and second-degree retail fraud. Her bond was set at $15,000 at her arraignment Thursday.”

–UPI

If you have to take a Taser to a 400-pound woman in a scooter…just sayin’

~Heather

Teenage driving — there’s an app for that! I am so not kidding… You heard the Hitman and I talking about this one today on the Power Morning Playhouse. Neither of us has given it a shot, but let us know if you have. Furthermore, would you even want to? It’s one of those tough questions as a parent — are you too “Big Brother” if you download an app that essentially spies on your teen’s driving habits and reports back to you all their data like driving speed? Is it good for a parent to download the iGuardian Teen driving app or does it create a distrust between you and your teen?

Safety is the most important thing. The iGuardian Teen driving app seems to be able to help you ensure your child drives safely… If my parents had used this app on me as a teenager, well, let’s just say I would have been grounded more often! We also didn’t have cell phones when I was a teen, so there was no danger of me texting or talking on the phone while driving. The iGuardian Teen app for Android actually suppresses calls so your teen won’t be tempted to answer his or her cell while driving. It monitors speed, it detects unsafe driving and it even sounds an alarm if your teen makes an unsafe driving move! It sounds almost like you’re there in the car with your kid like a backseat driver.

I don’t have a teenager, but if I did I would certainly consider this app. The family teen is scared to drive as it is after seeing friends get into bad car accidents. If every teen had this app, would teens become a safer group of drivers? I don’t know. I already think it’s unfair in some states that kids have to wait until an older age to be able to drive in the car on their own after they receive their driver’s license. I think independence is important. So I’m torn…is the iGuardian Teen app a good idea or not?