Father arrested after trying to teach 5-year-old how to drive

Daniel McCoy, of Grants, was arrested Friday after a Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputy spotted him near Dennis Chavez and 118th SW speeding and crossing over the center yellow lines into oncoming traffic, according to a criminal complaint.

The deputy stopped McCoy, and observed a little girl sitting on McCoy's lap. The complaint said when the deputy asked McCoy what the girl might be doing on his lap while he was driving, McCoy replied, "I'm trying to teach my daughter how to drive."

McCoy was charged with child abuse.