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RandySF

(57,194 posts)
Sat May 11, 2019, 10:28 PM May 2019

Florida Man filmed attempting to pawn baby.

A Florida man might not want to take Snapchat video suggestions from his nephew anymore.

According to Sarasota police, Brian Slocum walked into a pawnshop on Tuesday evening. He had his infant son in a carrier when he approached the clerk.

The 43-year-old single dad then put the carrier on the counter, spun it around, and asked what he could get for the baby.

“This is what I got. I know [there’s] no one under 18 in here, but he’s barely used, 7-1/2 months old, what do you think he’s worth?” Slocum is heard on a video that was posted on his Snapchat.

He didn’t get an offer. The Sarasota Police Department got a phone call instead from the clerk.

“The pawn shop clerk did take the comments made by Mr. Slocum very serious and we appreciate him immediately notifying [us],” the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

The police “utilized vast resources from several divisions to locate the child and identify Slocum,” detectives said.



https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article230255619.html#storylink=cpy

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Florida Man filmed attempting to pawn baby. (Original Post) RandySF May 2019 OP
WTF?? lpbk2713 May 2019 #1
Human trafficking by any other name . . . . . no_hypocrisy May 2019 #2
Your headline doesn't reflect what the story says. Mariana May 2019 #3

Mariana

(14,830 posts)
3. Your headline doesn't reflect what the story says.
Sun May 12, 2019, 07:57 AM
May 2019

This is the actual headline:

A Florida man walks into a pawnshop with his baby. Apparently, this joke isn’t funny.

It seems, from the story, that the police have concluded that the man didn't actually attempt to pawn the baby.

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