Shoplifting dad slips DVDs into 2-year-old son's diaper bag; abandons child in store parking lot when police tried to arrest him (Kenner, Louisiana)

Gotta love dad JOSHUA GIBSON, looking every inch the family man as he shops with his 2-year-old son at Wal-Mart. But actually Dad was slipping DVDs into his son's diaper bag as he was going through the aisles. And when the police try to arrest him, the doting daddy abandoned his son in the parking lot and made a break for it. Niiiice.

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Shoplifting dad not quite a model father: An editorial
By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune
October 30, 2009, 6:08AM

Some shoppers at a Kenner Wal-Mart last Saturday may have had warm thoughts as they glimpsed 20-year-old Joshua Gibson shopping with his 2-year-old son.

But Mr. Gibson shouldn't expect a card come Fathers' Day.

Store personnel allegedly caught Mr. Gibson removing several DVDs from their cases and slipping them into the child's diaper bag. Taking your toddler along on a shoplifting spree is not what most people would consider spending quality time with your son. Yet Mr. Gibson found a way to make the situation even worse.

When a police officer working a private detail approached him at the store's exit, Mr. Gibson admitted to having taken the DVDs, according to a police report. Once the officer tried to put him under arrest, Mr. Gibson made a break for it, leaving his son in the parking lot, police said.

It took authorities more than 30 minutes to find Mr. Gibson, who had fled to a building across Loyola Drive from the store.

Authorities temporarily took custody of the child after his father fled. Police booked Mr. Gibson with theft, resisting arrest and child desertion.

Evidently, Mr. Gibson was not concerned with the welfare of his son when he abandoned the child -- and he'll have a heck of a time arguing otherwise.