Parents Behaving Badly

Beth and Matthew Cantin, that’s Beth pictured there in case you couldn’t guess, of Plant City, Florida have been arrested for allegedly running a meth lab.

Since you’re reading this here you can guess there were kids around the lab and you’d be right.

Their 3 kids, ages 6 months to 9 years, are believed to have been exposed to the various meth related chemicals.

Nothing like risking blowing up or poisoning your own kids so you can cook meth.

Thanks to LadyJade for the tip

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before but one of the most common questions I get is “How do you do this every day?” The truth is I’ve become almost numb to it since I’ve been writing about stuff like this for almost 10 years now.

However every once in a while a story comes along that’s so horrific that I can’t even bring myself to post the details.

The story of 23-month-old Cyrus Belt would be one of those stories.

He was killed two years ago in Hawaii by a meth smoking tweaker in a very bizarre and gruesome way. As the article states it seems that everyone around him smoked meth which eventually led to his death.

I personally found the article to be disturbing but if you want to read it it can be found here.

Thanks to Michelle for the tip.

Couple arrested after children test positive for drugs:

David Armendariz, 33, and Kimberly Little, 25, from Harrison County, Texas, have four children ranging in age from 18-months to 6-years-old. Three out of their four children allegedly tested positive for meth while the parents were being investigated for narcotics.

Guess which one of their children had the most amount of meth in their system? Nope, it was the 6-year-old, he was clean. It was the 18-month-old, their youngest.

But drugs are victimless right. These kids must have chosen to smoke meth with their parents.

Or their parents are a bunch of meth smoking trash that don’t give a rats ass about their kids.

Thanks to Lori for the tip.

Parents busted over toddler’s dope test:

In Roswell, New Mexico Breeders Joshua Buenrostro, 20, and Cecilia Ogas, 23 were arrested when their 2-year-old son tested positive for weed and meth.

Let’s hear from Roswell police Sgt. Levi Moody about this kind of thing…

“Drug use is so prevalent that these kids are being exposed way too often,” Moody said. “We could make a case a day on this situation.”

And Roswell isn’t exactly what I would call a metropolis.

The worst part is the Breeders are only facing a little more than a year behind bars. Again sentences need to be handed out for scum like this that expose their kids to drugs like this.

Did that sound too preachy? Then just call me The Right Reverend Trench Reynolds.

Thanks to Marci for the tip.

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Four Children Taken From Tulsa Meth House:

Usually I leave the Oklahoma stories to angel even though I don’t think she’s from there or has ever been there but this one just leapt out at me. Something about meth stories just really get my goat.

Anyway, Goatface there is 30-year-old Melody Brooke Larson of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had her 4 kids, ages 19 months, 2, 3, 7 and 10, taken from her house where meth was being trafficked. But the fact that meth was being dealt there isn’t the end of the story.

Let’s go down the list of other atrocities that were going on in the house. There were exposed needles within reach of the children. There was human waste on the floor. There were prescription drugs in reach of the kids. There was blood sprayed on the wall from someone jabbing themselves with one of the aforementioned needles. And the usual trash, clothes and broken glass strewn about the place.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some high end electronics in the house because usually drug dealers worry about satisfying there own desires and not the wants and needs of their own children.

Thanks to Chantel for the tip.

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The idiot with the meth sore on his left cheek is Jesse Peters. He was pulled over for suspected DUI, and the officer hit the mother lode! Peters and his woman friend had at least 82 grams of meth in the truck (67 grams of which the woman, Sarah Pippo, had shoved down her pants in an effort to hide it). Also found were two loaded handguns, and evidence that Peters also used the truck to traffic marijuana.

Oh, and did I mention the kid in the back seat? No? Peters was apparently teaching his son to take over the family business. Taking a seven year old along on a drug run is not the best idea, folks. I guess this is even more proof (as if we needed it) that drugs make people stupid. or stupid people do drugs…..the two concepts are sooooo closely related.

Peters was arrested for various drug charges, and child endangerment. Still no word on the mom’s whereabouts.

And I would be remiss if I left out the fact that there was a pit bull in the truck, too. It was turned over to Animal Services. You’re welcome, Trench….

Thanks to Chantel for the tip.

Jessica and John Paul Huskey … the handsome couple pictured… have been arrested on child abuse and ::oh shock:: drug charges.

They placed a 911 call on 9/30 reporting their toddler was lethargic.  Officers discovered a critically injured child.  They rushed the child to a nearby hospital where life flight took the child to Sacred Heart in Pensacola where it remains in critical condition.

John and Jessica report that John was sitting on a chair that broke and a piece of the chair hit the toddler in the head.  They put duct tape on the injury and went back to smoking meth.

UNBELIEVEABLE!

25-year-old Brian Mark Hopf of Chandler, AZ is accused of dropping his three-week-old daughter and poking her in the eye but it doesn’t end there.

He claims he poked the girl in the eye by accident and thet she cried so hard she stopped breathing. That didn’t explain the head trauma. When confronted with that Hopf then told police that he tripped and fell and the injuries occured when the baby hit a door jamb.

That sounds just like the excuse that souse abusers use. “Tell them the door hit you.”

The girl has three skull fractures and four fractured ribs. But what can’t be explained away by a door is that he had anal tearing consistent with sexual abuse.

Unfortunately the girl is not expected to survive.

The article also mentions that Hopf is a tweaker. I wish there was an ingredient in meth that made people sterile.

Thanks to Susan for the tip.

Grandma’s meth found in baby’s diaper:

In Sidney, Michigan police arrested 5 adults for having a meth lab in their house. Among those adults were Lorri Compo and her main squeeze Roman Sobie. Also present at the drug raid was Compo’s 1-year-old grandson Steven Rish Jr. After the bust Steven was released to his paternal grandmother who found a baggie of meth in his diaper.

Steven’s mother also lives at the residence and wasn’t home at the time of the raid. She claims she had no idea meth was being cooked in the house. I’m a little leery of that because meth productions causes a distinct odor. But she hasn’t been charged with a crime so that’s neither here nor there.

This is just further evidence of the trashification of our society. Grandmother’s are supposed to bake apple pies not cook meth.

Thanks to Leah for the tip.

Child Found Beaten, Starved in Closet; Mom Arrested:

Police in Apple Valley, California arrested 31-year-old Desiree Gonzales after an anonymous tipster told police that her son was being abused. When police got there they found her 5-year-old son in a closet, emaciated and covered with bruises.

Also arrested was her 16-year-old male ‘roommate’.

Police said it appeared that both of them were on meth and that they had L.A. gang connections.

And 9 other children were moved from the home. Not a typo, nine. Allegedly the 5-year-old was the only one that belonged to Gonzales.

And there were two other adults that weren’t charged.

If it wasn’t for the fact that a child was being abused this would almost be comical.

I never knew that you could smoke meth in a clown car.

Thanks to Bridget for the tip.

Report of baby’s sunburn leads to Jasper meth lab:

CPS in Texas received an anonymous tip about a severely sunburnt baby. When police in Jasper, Texas went to check out the situation they stumbled upon a meth operation that was going on within the residence.

Arrested was 45-year-old Gary Clary, his relation to the baby was not given in the article. However it was noted that the baby’s mother was also in the meth house and is getting ready to pop out another one.

The baby’s grandmother originally told police that the baby and its mother weren’t there but then when police asked to come in she told police she lied and that they were there. Nothing like trhree generations in a meth lab.

Let’s go to Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman for a little lesson in common sense.

“The adults had a choice of whether they wanted to be at a place that was making meth; this 9-month-old baby didn’t,” Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said. “The baby that the mother is pregnant with doesn’t have a say in where they are. We have to stand up for the children who do not have a voice.”

Word.

Thanks to Laura for the tip.

SEBASTIAN COUNTY : Girl, 2, raped; parents arrested:

Sebastian Co. Man Accused Of Raping 1-Year-Old:

29-year-old Ashley Neil McMillion lived in a shed with his wife, 25-year-old Rebecca McMillion, and their toddler daughter on his parents property in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

An anonymous caller tipped off police to this living arrangement. Usually, it’s illegal for people to live in a shed. Anyway when police opened the shed they found the family sleeping on a mattress on the floor with flies coming out of the shed and containers of rotting food inside. They also found meth and marijuana paraphernalia. It gets worse.

Ashley McMillon admitted to not only burning his daughter’s back with a cigarette and also admitted to raping his own 1-year-old daughter who turns two later this month. He admitted to raping her twice.

The Breeders have lived in the shed for about two years and the daughter hasn’t had medical care since she was an infant.

McMillon is unemployed and his wife is allegedly disabled. Both are now in jail and the daughter is recovering in a Fort Smith hospital.

Makes me wonder what kind of disability his wife allegedly had. I bet she had a case of not-getting-off-her-ass-itis.

Rebecca McMillon was freed on $5K bond and Ashley McMillon is being held without bond.

Again what kind of sick freak looks at a 1-year-old girl, his own daughter no less, and thinks about getting laid? He’s going to be real popular in lock up.

Thanks to Mr. A for the tip.

Mother of baby killed by meth-contaminated breast milk gets 90 days:

46-year-old Maureen Hoffart of Sacramento, California was convicted of her baby’s January 2008 death after the baby died from ingesting meth tainted breastmilk. Mom is a tweaker obviously. But instead of getting a real sentence to send a message to meth heads and drug addled parents a judge only gav e her 90-days in jail…

Earl said from the bench that Hoffart had plenty of mitigating circumstances working in her favor. Among them, the judge noted, was a minimal criminal history that consisted of two methamphetamine-related arrests that were more than 10 years old. The judge said Hoffart has strong support from family, friends and other community members and that a former kindergarten teacher wrote a letter to the court on her behalf characterizing the defendant as a good mother who volunteered at school and provided her children with a “supportive academic environment.”

That’s all well and good but a baby died because of a mother’s meth addiction. We need less feel good judges and more of the hanging variety.

Thanks to Calvena for the tip.

La Vista baby listed on Craigslist:

I’ve done a lot of stories about Nebraska and their old wacky safe haven law. I’ve done a lot of stories about babies being listed on craigslist that usually turn out to be pranks. Now the two have come together and it’s not a hoax.

A woman from La Vista, Nebraska had her 1 1/2-year-old baby listed on craigslist like she was trying to find a kitten a new home.

“he is adorable. . . . (He) deserves a mommy that is not addicted to Meth . . . unfortunately I am!”

“I am scared . . . I am desperate . . . can anyone help me . . . can anyone help (him)? PLEASE. . . BEFORE I do something CRAZY!”

While it’s kind of admirable that she realizes that she has a problem and is willing to do something for her child so that he or she can have a better life, craigslist is not the way to go about it. Especially considering how many predators lurk on craigslist.

Luckily the state has taken the child into custody for now.

Thanks to Trisha for the tip.

Teen parents charged in toddler’s meth-related death:

Child Dies After Ingesting Meth Ingredient:

Meth chemical that killed toddler was in a coffee cup on a table:

I kid about certain states sometimes like West Virginia and never really had a problem with Kentucky, until now. And let’s get this one out of the way up front. The following story takes place in a trailer.

22-month-old Kayden Branham of Monticello, Kentucky died after swallowing chemicals used to manufacture meth. Both Breeders have been charged with murder in his death. They would be sperm donor Bryan Daniels, 19, and the 14-year-old birth organism. That’s not a typo as so many of you pointed out to me. That means he was 17 and she was 12 when she gave birth. Which also means she may have been younger when she got pregnant.

The chemical was drain cleaner, specifically called Liquid Fire, that had been left in coffee cup. Even if you feel compelled to make meth you would think that these tweakers would at least keep their kids away from it. Sadly this isn’t the first baby drinking meth chemicals story we’ve had.

4 ‘adults’ have also been charged with manufacturing meth. They would be Danny Anderson II, 26; James Hunt, 24; Alisha Dicken, 21; and Wesley Bell, 24.

So we’ve got meth, a trailer, and a severe case of underage pregnancy. It’s like Jerry Springer meets COPS.

Thanks to every one who sent this tip in.