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madoka · Joined: 27 Mar 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100625/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_for_sale

A California couple faces child endangerment charges after police say they tried to sell their 6-month-old baby for $25 outside a Walmart store.

Salinas police spokesman, Officer Lalo Villegas, said Thursday that Patrick Fousek, 38, and Samantha Tomasini, 20, were arrested early Wednesday, hours after Fousek allegedly approached two women outside Walmart and asked if they'd like to purchase his child.

The women initially thought Fousek was joking, but when he became persistent, they became suspicious and reported it to police, Villegas said.

"They did an outstanding job and gave our officers good information. I don't know if they're mothers but they definitely had that instinct to help," Villegas said.

Fousek and Tomasini were arrested at 1 a.m. Wednesday at their home. Officers said the couple appeared high on methamphetamine and the house was in disarray. A police report also claimed that Tomasini told Child Protective Services, who took the baby, that she had breast-fed the infant while under the influence, Villegas said.

The couple was also booked on charges of being under the influence of narcotics, and Fousek was also served with an extra charge of violating probation. Villegas did not have details of Fousek's previous brush with the law.

The couple was expected to be in court for an arraignment Friday, at which time they would be assigned public defenders.

Missihippi · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Location: Gwangmyeong

As sad as this is, you have to love the comments at the bottem. Here's one:

""Actually, Sears Roebuck still has the best quality kids on sale. You know what the guarantee is on Craftsman kids--they're tough and you can take them back and get a new one. Why buy anywhere else?""

pangaea · Joined: 20 Dec 2007

It's been said before - you have to provide an application and references to adopt a homeless dog from a shelter but anyone can have a kid.

Ridiculous.

flakfizer · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject:

25 bucks for a baby? This reminds me of Raising Arizona when "the roadhog from hell" tells Nathan Arizona that the market will pay something like 50,000 dollars for a healthy, white baby.

sarahsiobhan · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:51 pm Post subject:

rollo · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: China

Great price! 25 bucks ,only at Walmart coould you find a bargain like that.

madoka · Joined: 27 Mar 2008

sarahsiobhan · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject:

Madoka.....That is ridiculous! Do you know what the reasons behind the decisions were?

madoka · Joined: 27 Mar 2008

HalfJapanese · Joined: 02 Feb 2010

If some government entity every tries to get a law passed where certain people are not allowed to have children (due to genetics, etc) it's best to be 100% against it.

Because laws always start less restrictive, then gradually over time, they become more restrictive. B/c society won't accept a huge change, but they will accept small changes over a long period of time; like slowly restricting everyones rights until they have none.

So hypothetically this law will start restricting people with certain genetic disabilities from having children, then it will start restricting certain criminals from having babies.....up until it will restrict those who don't make above a certain income to have a baby. And of course the media will try to get the publics consent by demonizing criminals and drug addicts and how they shouldn't have kids, and use other psychological tactics.

Of course the Global Elites, who want to reduce the global population to an estimated 85 to 90 % and are already doing this through "slow kill" methods with our food and water, would love this law b/c it would hasten that goal.

Fox · Joined: 04 Mar 2009