The latest candidate for Mother of the Year is Ethel Mae Nelson of Newberry, SC, who took her 7-year old daughter along while she held up a gas station at knifepoint. The clerk gave her about $300 and she fled with the money and the child. Soon after, a deputy spotted her in a taxi and apprehended her. She tried to run away, leaving the child behind, and broke her leg in the process.
She has been charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon and unlawful conduct toward a child.
Ms. Nelson is hospitalized and her daughter has been placed in state custody. It's really rough when you need to commit a crime but can't afford a baby sitter. There oughta be a law.
10 comments:
Ah, live can be so challenging some days. LOL
It never ceases to stun me that people can be such utterly horrific parents.
I just don't get it.
Scarlett & Viaggiatore
That Ethel Mae, she just never can get a break, it seems.
She actually sounds like a better parent than the man who was just arrested in a neighboring county this week - he raped his two-year old son, video-taped it, and put the video on-line.
I misread this and thought that she broke her child's leg. I kept thinking, "God, she didn't do enough, but then had to go break her baby's leg too?"
Em,
Seriously. What's a robber to do?
Scarlett,
I'm beginning to think they're in the majority, raising another generation of bad parents-to-be.
Ian,
Born under an unlucky star, she was.
Agent,
Yeah, you win. No contest. Ewwww.
Maria,
That's what happens when syntax goes bad.
I can't help but think that the desire for drugs was involved.
Meno,
"The desire for drugs..." Yes, I believe that is a creditable assumption.
If she had gotten a baby sitter, would the baby sitter be considered an accomplice since she enabled the crime to occur?
Calvin,
Excellent question. The baby sitter would probably have to prove that he/she was not apprised of the mama's plans. Also interesting, if the child were older, she would probably be charged as an accomplice.
Post a Comment