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CD Hanks · Oct 14, 2004, 01:34 AM

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/n...89/detail.html

District Attorney Expected To Press Charges Thursday

POSTED: 4:53 pm CDT October 13, 2004

MILWAUKEE -- Shortly after midnight Wednesday, a Milwaukee landlord called police to report that one of her tenants was trying to sell her 6-day-old baby to a neighbor for $10.

"Well a lot of things go through your mind, like, 'What do you mean she's trying to sell you her baby?' You know what I'm saying? So I just called the police. That was the first thing that I could think of," landlord Tameka Lockett said.

When police went inside the woman's home, they found a 1-year-old child unattended to and trash strewn all over the place. The home had no bed, no crib and no stove.

Police said the woman was drunk when they got there.

The 1-year-old child and the newborn were placed in protective custody and the woman has been arrested.

"She was arrested for the unauthorized placement of a child, and then once the officers did more investigation, they're also going to be charging her with neglect because of the living conditions inside her house," Milwaukee police Sgt. Ken Henning said.

Neighbors said they didn't know the woman very well. She had just moved in Oct. 1.

They said she seemed to be struggling, but they never suspected she would try to sell her newborn.

The district attorney's office is expected to review the two possible charges against the woman Thursday.

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Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Oct 14, 2004, 01:49 AM

$10 is a great price. You could buy it then ebay it for thousands!

CD Hanks · Oct 14, 2004, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
$10 is a great price. You could buy it then ebay it for thousands!

It's actually too much compared to fare market value. But if this is what people are letting pass as an acceptable value, so be it.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Oct 14, 2004, 01:55 AM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
It's actually too much compared to fare market value. But if this is what people are letting pass as an acceptable value, so be it.

You can keep growing it till you can sell it for parts like its kidney and so-forth.

CD Hanks · Oct 14, 2004, 01:57 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
You can keep growing it till you can sell it for parts like its kidney and so-forth.

Unfortunately the required investment needed to have the spawn grow to an appropriate mass for the harvesting of organs greatly outweights the possible initial profit.

So I take it you're in?

Hawkeye_a · Oct 14, 2004, 01:59 AM

Well it's a 6-pack eh ? if she raised he price a bit she could get a case of Natti-lite.

Oh well.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Oct 14, 2004, 01:59 AM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
Unfortunately the required investment needed to have the spawn grow to an appropriate mass for the harvesting of organs greatly outweights the possible initial profit.

So I take it you're in?

I hear you can get $20,000 for a kidney, food couldn't cost that much.

CD Hanks · Oct 14, 2004, 02:02 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
I hear you can get $20,000 for a kidney, food couldn't cost that much.

Yeah, if you want the spawn to weigh 70 pounds at age 12.

You're fired.

awaspaas · Oct 14, 2004, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
Yeah, if you want the spawn to weigh 70 pounds at age 12.

You're fired.

70 pounds is plenty to support a kidney or two. Besides, it will take up less space.

Peter · Oct 14, 2004, 10:26 AM

mdc · Oct 14, 2004, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
$10 is a great price. You could buy it then ebay it for thousands!

i wonder what shipping would be on that?

wdlove · Oct 14, 2004, 11:43 AM

When I read the title, was afraid that it was talking about a baby. Very sad. Just another reason why parents should have go through training and take a vigorous test for a license.

djohnson · Oct 14, 2004, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by wdlove:
When I read the title, was afraid that it was talking about a baby. Very sad. Just another reason why parents should have go through training and take a vigorous test for a license.

LOL

Hawkeye_a · Oct 14, 2004, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
When I read the title, was afraid that it was talking about a baby. Very sad. Just another reason why parents should have go through training and take a vigorous test for a license.

lol.... or they could just move to China.

turtle777 · Oct 14, 2004, 12:59 PM

Is this thread supposed to be funny ?

-t

Landos Mustache · Oct 14, 2004, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:

Is this thread supposed to be funny ?

-t

No, reboot the internet.

turtle777 · Oct 14, 2004, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
No, reboot the internet.

Ok, I tried. It's still not funny.
What else ?

-t

Spliffdaddy · Oct 14, 2004, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
No, reboot the internet.

no, no, no

Just restart the window manager. No need to zero-out the huge uptime we've accumulated.

phoenixboy70 · Oct 14, 2004, 01:44 PM

wtf, it's just mostly water anyway...

i think $10 is a bit overpriced.

GoGoReggieXPowars · Oct 14, 2004, 02:56 PM

Dr. Hibbert: Congratulations, Mrs. Simpson: you're pregnant.
Marge: Mmm...
Dr. Hibbert: Am I to take it that this is (chuckles) an unwanted pregnancy?
Marge: Oh, no, no, not exactly. It's just that I haven't told Homer yet, and with his new job, I don't know how we're going to be able to afford this.
Dr. Hibbert: Well, you know a healthy baby can bring upwards of $60,000.
Marge: What?!
Dr. Hibbert: Well, of course, that was just a test. Er, had you reacted differently, you'd be in jail right now. Simply a test.(laughs uncomfortably)

I thought this was going to be about pot.

Peter · Oct 14, 2004, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by GoGoReggieXPowars:
Dr. Hibbert: Congratulations, Mrs. Simpson: you're pregnant.
Marge: Mmm...
Dr. Hibbert: Am I to take it that this is (chuckles) an unwanted pregnancy?
Marge: Oh, no, no, not exactly. It's just that I haven't told Homer yet, and with his new job, I don't know how we're going to be able to afford this.
Dr. Hibbert: Well, you know a healthy baby can bring upwards of $60,000.
Marge: What?!
Dr. Hibbert: Well, of course, that was just a test. Er, had you reacted differently, you'd be in jail right now. Simply a test.(laughs uncomfortably)

I thought this was going to be about pot.

ManOfSteal · Oct 14, 2004, 03:04 PM

Why did she choose newborn humans to sell when she could have done puppies/kittens?

Xeo · Oct 14, 2004, 03:08 PM

Sounds like a good source of stem cells for cheap!

GoGoReggieXPowars · Oct 14, 2004, 03:31 PM

Yes, I like living in Canada.

Why do you ask?