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Tomas Manzano, Chaperone From Hell

June 4, 2010 at 9:59 am by Morbid

Stamford, Conn - Tomas Manzano, 35, is probably going to go down in history as one of the most embarassing parents we have ever featured here on D’D. On Wednesday he was one of 39 chaperone’s accompanying his son’s fifth-grade class from Stillmeadow Elementary School on a field trip to Manhattan. Before the end of the day, Manzano will have fought with a teacher and the cops, as well as molested a handful of his son’s female classmates. Reports are that Manzano seemed fine when the class visited the Bronx Zoo, but that he started to show signs of being intoxicated shortly after. It turns out that the water bottle he had been sipping from did not contain water, but rather Vodka. A teacher ended up confronting Manzano when they witnessed Manzano caressing a girl’s face on the bus. It’s at that point two other girls told the teacher that Manzano had touched their “private parts”. When the bus arrived at the restaurant Mars 2112 on Broadway, the cops were called. But Manzano wasn’t going down without a drunken fight. It took several officers to subdue him as he spit at them and made attempts to bite them. Manzano had been pretty busy on the bus. Altogether, six girls – ages 10 and 11 – eventually came forward claiming Manzano had touched them inappropriately. Not only will Manzano have to eventually face his son and wife, he will also have to face a judge to answer to multiple charges, including sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child and resisting arrest.

I can only imagine that it is gonna be a very awkward Father’s Day this year in the Manzano household.

Tags: alcohol, child molester, Drunk, Resisting Arrest, vodka

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http://justiceforcaylee.synthasite.com/ shyloh

WOW this will be one drunk I bet he wishes he didn't go on. What an idiot.
VelvetGlove

Terrible. I feel really awful for his kid–you know he'll never live this down.
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

From all reports, this guy was a doting father and real involved with his kid's education. They said his change in demeanor was like a light switch being turned on. It's obvious that the alcohol mixed with the anti-depressants really did a number on this guy. It doesn't excuse what he did, but it really does make the entire story that much worse.
OnceSilent

I bet ten bucks they move. Far, far away….
jus shaking my head

Not speaking from my own personal experience (I am weird without the mixture anyways) but I do know what the combo of anti-depression and alcohol or another medication will do. I've seen it with a member of my family.
guillotinegirl

It never occurred to the dad that drinking while chaperoning a busload of elementary school kids might be a bad idea? I don't feel one bit sorry for the dad, but I do feel for the son and all the ridicule he will most likely have to endure.
Redsaid

It seems to me the doc's that give this stuff out like candy hold some responsibilty for the behavior of their patients. Some are highly addictive, and are given specifically to change the behavior of someone. Some of those prescribed drugs will surely make – some – people act in ways they would never have otherwise. This guy was drinking and that was probably his choice. ( I use the term “probably” very loosly as addiction to any substance will eventually lead to lessening the scope of choices an addict makes ) Could the combo of alcohol and drugs make him do these things when he never do them before?
VelvetGlove

I'm with ya. Also, I've done plenty of drinking and drugging in my life (not anymore!), and no matter what potent combo I mixed up, or how much I drank, I just never found myself feeling up little kids. Does that make me strange?
Redsaid

it goes without saying, this guy should go away for a long time. I don't condone ANY of what this guy did. But when a doc gives someone something known to change behavior dramaticaly, he should be aware of the consequences the patient might have to pay.
Deety

That's what I was thinking. Honestly, I find the idea of sipping vodka while chaperoning my child's fifth-grade class hilarious. But I doubt I'd do it in real life, and even if I did (heh-heh), I wouldn't be feeling up the students!
Kaos

What an asshole, i have no sympathy for this loser, the combination just brought out his true nature
dallas

Someone should check out his hard drive (no sick pun intended.) I know the reports say “Doting father” I'd like to know how doting he was.
WriterOnFire

Wow. I've always threatened to bring an alcohol stash with me on school field trips but damn!!

I think I'll stick to my little backyard afterparties lol.
defenestratethis

Yep. I agree. Bringing a bottle of vodka to his sons field trip was dads idea alone, I'm sure. As for the antidepressants, most of those little brown bottles come with a pharmacists warning: ” Do Not Take This Medication With Alcohol”. Gosh, that poor kid
Parrot Toes (kathybird)

My medications change my behaviours and I am on a high dose. When taken properly, that is a good thing. I was miserable and unpredictable before these medications. I hate meds, but I am a better person because of them. I'm not sure what this guys meds were or how the doctor could be held responsible really. Doesn't everyone know that mixing alcohol with ANY medication is a bad thing? This is a grown man who should be quite aware of that I'd think.
Parrot Toes (kathybird)

I am terrified to mix any medication with alcohol. How do people do it so easily? They just don't seem to even think twice about it.
Sugarglider1

Agreeing with Redsaid on both counts. On the one hand, it is true that so many doctors are incredibly negligent about explaining the dangers/side effects of serious medications. On the other hand, what is this dumbass doing drinking vodka in the morning as a chaperone for children?
Redsaid

Because they don'teven think once about not drinking. A lot of people who need medication have been self medicating for years. That causes addiction. Once addicted, they can't, and don't want to stop. Then they add in mind altering drugs without treating the addiction, they're not going to just stop drinking by them selves. Plus, the doc's reinforce the fact that they need drugs to finction properly (and they probably do), so why not add the alcohol? “It's been working for years” Alcohlics usually don't see alcohol as the reason for thier bad behavior. The see it as *not* having their alcohol. “I nee a drink” It's so acceptable to drink so hy not?

I might add, anyone who thinks it's required to drink, at that time of day, on a children's trip, I definatly think is an alcoholic. This is a disease, and it should be treated that way. Once one is already deep into their addiction, there is not more choice, you HAVE to drink.
Parrot Toes (kathybird)

I agree that there are doctors out there who prescribe irresponsibly, but there is no proof that this guys doc is one of them. I think a lot of psychologists/family docs have a bad rap when it comes to medication prescribed for mental illness because there is so much experimenting/tweaking needing to be done with them to get it right for each individual patient. Treating mental illness with meds takes time, finding the right one and dosage. It can take years.

Now, had the doctor prescribed to a child/adolescent, yeah I can see where they should hold some responsibility. BUT, an adult should be responsible to themselves. Ask questions and research. I think that is what any responsible adult should do. And DEFINITELY stay away from the booze while on meds. I've known that since I was a child.

Also, a good doctor wouldn't prescribe medication to anyone with a mental illness if they are abusing alcohol or drugs at the time of treatment. It's against policies (here in Canada it is any way). This guy could have started drinking AFTER being prescribed and on the pills for a while.

Of course, I am basing this on the chance that he had a GOOD doctor. I'd like to think/hope that there are more good doctors in this field than bad.
Parrot Toes (kathybird)

I suppose. I guess I just lucked out myself. I have suffered all my life with mental illness. Raised by and took care of my alcoholic father, I chose not to go that way or drugs. But, I did self medicate in other ways. I was only just diagnosed and finally treated a few years ago. Maybe I just lucked out in the “being reasonable” department.
Dirk

Alcoholism is not a disease; that's a myth.
Sugarglider1

Where did you get your M. D.? Just curious.
Dirk

My gramps was a famous Hopkins opthalmologist who told his kids that watching TV in the dark was bad. What's your point?
Redsaid

Her point is, where did you learn that alcoholisim is not a disease> From gramps? I may not believe it is not unless you can show me different. “It's a myth”, did you find that out on Spopes?
http://www.dreamindemon.com Morbid

There are many studies that dispute the “alcoholism is a disease” claim. A simple Google search will bring up a wealth of reasons why they say it is not, and why it is harmful to the alcoholic to make them think it is. Personally, I do not believe alcoholism is a disease any more than I believe a cigarette smoker is suffering from one. Or a heroin addict. Or a hoarder. Or any form of addiction, for that matter.
Sugarglider1

Yes, Redsaid, that's what I meant. It may or may not be harmful to alcoholics to tell them that alcoholism is a treatable disease, but that doesn't have any bearing on whether it is actually a disease or not. And anyone can have their own personal belief about whether it seems to them like a disease or not. I have a hard time thinking of it as a disease myself. But to simply say that its a “myth” that it's a disease doesn't make any sense–”The AMA endorses the proposition that drug dependencies, including alcoholism, are diseases and that their treatment is a legitimate part of medical practice.” That's why I asked about the M.D. I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the “disease” rubric myself, but I don't think the position of the American Medical Association can quite be shelved as a myth.
akika666

yeah, sometimes it may seem like a drink would help you get through one of those chaperone gigs, but then you think better of it and stay outta jail… lol
Sugarglider1

“yeah, sometimes it may seem like a drink would help you get through one of those chaperone gigs”

LOL, good point. But drinking warm vodka straight from the bottle? That is some gross shit right there.
Vitchy

I could give two shits if he was a 'doting' father to one kid;
a loving spouse to a wife (maybe).
He was a molester to a few who simply tried to enjoy a field trip.
Alcohol, medicine… blah, blah, blah.
BlueDreamer

If I were that kid I would demand to be adopted out to another family and I would begin my letter writing campaign to the Jolie-Pitts as soon as the cops were done dragging dad off to the pokey!

I made my son read this so he will never again say that I embarrass him in front of his friends, or in public!!! Singing at full voice in the grocery store is nothing compared to what this kiddo's dad pulled, although my son begs to differ.
defenestratethis

Well said, Red.
Parrot Toes (kathybird)

I agree with you. I don't think it is a disease either. This though is one of those topics that has good points on both sides. To me, it's more of a personal opinion which way you want to believe.

Kind of like tomatoes…..are they a fruit or a vegetable? A glass of water….half full or half empty? Different people have different views for different reasons.
Redsaid

I hate to be like sheep lead to slaughter. So I looked at the debate a little. Seems to me it's a “choice-vs-disease” debate. I believe every person has the choice to drink/drug when they first pick it up. But once their body becomes addicted, there are undisputed changes to the body. It is at that point, when the “choices” become limited. Suffer the effefts of withdrawl, or keep going. I would never say that addiction is a choice, or that being diagnosed with a “disease” removes all choice. It only removes the choice of wether one has the disease or not.

I also saw a lot of debate as to wether AA is doing more harm than good. How AA says that indefinatly if you quit going to meetings you will fail. To me that's all mental stuff left to each individual. There's a chioce. They also give many reasons to live life as a morally better person. That seems to be at the heart of the “it's a choice” side. This side seemd to believe it's really a moral choice, and when the morality of the situation was publicly removed, “alcoholism” skyrocketed.

I don't know which side is right, but clearly neither one is a “myth”. But it is my belief that when under the influance of an addiction, choices become limited. That is what I was originally trying to say. Along with; When choices are limited, and a doc gives you meds to help you *act* differently when self medication has been going on, the addiction should be treated. I can change that to treating addiction rather than disease if that makes anyone feel better, but considering the physical changes a body and brain go through after it is addicted to certain substances, I call it a disease. After those changes in a alcoholics brain happen, it can never be reversed.
akika666

i'd have to be shitfaced before agreeing to eat at Mars 2112 ever again. what a dive.
RaquelS

Gosh I feel so bad for that kid. All the shit he is going to get from his classmates. Fucking dirt bag of a father he has. I hope mom is smart enough to leave this piece of shit behind.