Trio Swapped Kids For Bird

[bijou]

A trio of Louisiana nitwits agreed to swap two young children for a $1500 cockatoo and $175, police charge. The deranged exchange was hatched after Donna Greenwell, a 51-year-old trucker, learned that the bird was being offered for sale by Brandy Romero, 27, and Paul Romero, 46. According to Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office investigators, Brandy Romero told cops that Greenwell contacted her and said that while she could not afford the cockatoo's price tag, she did have children to trade (in a bid to sell the bird, the Romeros posted a flyer at a barn, where Greenwell spotted the notice, which included a photo of the cockatoo). Investigators have determined that Greenwell is not the mother of the children, a four-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy. It appears as if the children, whose mother is a criminal fugitive, have resided with various families over the past several years, and have spent the past year in the custody of Greenwell, a convicted pedophile with a lengthy rap sheet. ...

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The one good thing about this story is that the kids are now no longer living with this woman.

[The Village Idiot]

the step parents apparently entrusted the kids to a friend of a friend, met at a stock car race. The woman 'donna' is apparently a registered sex offender to boot.

I'm just saying idhits all around. whats their DU screen names?

[Eupher]

Good God.
What lunacy.

If that's a pic of the actual medium sulfur-crested cockatoo, that parrot looks none the worst for wear.

[Gratiot]

The one good thing about this story is that the kids are now no longer living with this woman.

+1 tis deplorable    All three deserve nothing more than