Monday, August 3, 2009

Dad tries to sell baby on the street for drug money (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Dad CHARLES BOND has been arrested for trying to sell his 6-month-old daughter for drug money. The mother's whereabouts were "unknown."

http://www.kare11.com/news/whatsup/whatsup_article.aspx?storyid=821264&catid=333

Philadelphia man tries to sell baby on the street

Updated: 19 mins ago

A father is behind bars after attempting to sell is infant daughter to passersby on the streets of Philadelphia.

Charles Bond was arrested Friday while trying to sell his 6-month-old daughter Kayla.

Police say Bond has a serious drug habit and was hoping to sell the child for drug money.

"He was just walking around in circles saying 'I only want a hundred dollars, a hundred dollars'," said neighbor Katie O'Keefe.

Nicholas D'Agostino told reporters that his family had been keeping the child for several months, but gave her to her father when he showed up on Friday.

The whereabouts of the baby's mother are unknown.