[lavaroise]

If you wanted a decoy, wouldn't you use the uncle and not a child as a driver.

As a drug dealer I would get a child to do the job, as most crimes use underage kids because they do not get jail terms.

[wildbill]

"As a drug dealer I would get a child to do the job, as most crimes use underage kids because they do not get jail terms"

The problem I have with this analysis is that since the subjects knew the house was under surveillance, how would sending a child out to drive the car around to the garage fool the DEA? They'd see the driver getting into the car so the purpose of a decoy would be eliminated.

Actually, so far as I know, the DEA hasn't made the argument that they didn't know the child was driving--yet. Their argument is that they were endangered by her driving when they surrounded the car with drawn guns.