A Louisiana senior citizen is facing charges after allegedly attempting to buy a baby from her mother.
Howell Gene Penton, 73, of Picayune, Mississippi, has been charged with the sale of minor children in Washington Parish, Louisiana, in connection with the alleged purchase attempt.
According to a press release from the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office, Penton approached a woman at the Angie Auction House in the village of Angie—about 85 miles north of New Orleans—and asked if he could buy her 10-month-old daughter.
The investigation reportedly began on November 26. Three days later, on November 29, deputies from the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office and Angie police conducted an undercover sting operation that led to Penton’s arrest without incident.
Penton is currently being held at the Washington Parish Jail in Franklinton on a $200,000 bond. Court records do not indicate whether he has entered a plea or retained an attorney.
What did this creep want a baby girl for.Put him away from humans