Arizona grandfather jailed for leaving five-year-old in desert with gun

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Arizona grandfather jailed for leaving five-year-old in desert with gun

By David Schwartz
May 11, 2016

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in jail for felony child abuse for leaving his 5-year-old granddaughter in the desert with a loaded and cocked handgun with the instruction to "shoot any bad guys," prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Paul Armand Rater, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of felony child abuse under a plea agreement stemming from the November, 2015, incident, said county Attorney Bill Montgomery. "There still has been no satisfactory explanation for why that happened," Montgomery said at a news conference.

Authorities said the girl was reported missing by family members four hours after Rater took her for a ride in his new pickup truck.

The girl was found holding a .45-caliber pistol during a search of the area by her mother and an off-duty firefighter, court records stated.


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Paul Armand Rater, on the left.[/center]

[bjo59]

1. Bizarrely light sentence for something that could have been deemed attempted murder.

That's plea deals for you.

[blm]

2. There are no words invented yet…….

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[braddy]

3. If you look into the case, the guy and his actions are even weirder than this article shows.

[Monk06]

4. Maricopa county Figures Home of Sheriff 'Boss Pig' Arpaio Man should be denied supervision over

her forever No babysittin No trips to the playground Nothing

[onehandle]

5. Just another day in gun culture. nt