Parents Gave Teens Marijuana, Cocaine To Do Chores, Deputies Say

As parents of teenagers know, getting them to do their chores isn’t always an easy feat.

A Largo couple, however, came up with a unique “bargaining tool” to entice their teenage daughters to get their work done. It also landed them in jail.

According to Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office arrest records, Joey and Chad Mudd were jailed Monday and Tuesday, respectively, after deputies learned they smoked marijuana with their 13- and 14-year-old daughters on several occasions. Chad Mudd is also accused of doing cocaine with the children and one of the girl’s boyfriends.

Following her arrest, Joey Mudd, 34, told deputies she smoked marijuana with their girls “as a form of a ‘bargaining tool’ ” to entice the girls into doing household chores, the sheriff’s office said.

Joey was charged with two counts of child abuse. Her husband, Chad, 36, was charged with seven counts of child abuse and one count of possession of cocaine. Both have since bonded out of the Pinellas County Jail.

Booking photos of Joey and Chad Mudd courtesy of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office

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