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July 8, 2010 in City
Man behind baby-for-sale Craigslist ad could face charges
Police are recommending a felony charge against a Spokane man they believe advertised his 6-month-old daughter for sale on Craigslist.
Gregory G. Edison, 44, listed himself as the seller on the ad, which was posted on Monday but removed by Craigslist within an hour, police said Thursday.
A TV news station told police of the ad after a citizen called.
Police spoke with Edison, who lives with his wife, the baby and a 2-year-old child and believe only he was responsible for the ad, according to a news release.
The ad included photos of an infant and said: “We don’t get along. She won’t let me feed her or hold her. She cries from the time she wakes up til the time she goes to bed. She lets my friends male or female hold and feed her. Her and her mom are always fussin’. We had a 4 hour standoff just to get her to take the bottle from me. She will be on the porch waiting on you…LOL.”
A similar advertisement for a 4-year-old boy in February was linked to a Sandpoint teenager who said he posted it as a joke.
Police are requesting prosecutors charge Edison with attempted child selling. Edison is a felon with convictions for first-degree robbery in King County in 2001, fourth-degree assault in Spokane in 2008, as well as a drug conviction from 2007.
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mikewsu on July 08 at 5:33 p.m.
Seems like a waste of police hours, to be honest.
The ad was pretty clearly a (strange) joke and was removed once it received attention on KHQ.
Coffee on July 08 at 6:27 p.m.
Gregory may be a few bricks shy of a full load, but I agree with mikewsu that it may be just a waist of money and time to charge him.
Markmissoula on July 09 at 7:19 a.m.
Agree! Where does it say “for sale”? Just sounds like a Rant to me.
misjustice on July 09 at 11:01 a.m.
Sounds like a frustrated father…not a real attempt to sell a baby. Police and prosecutors need to focus on the real bad guys that are out there and leave this guy alone.
PlanB on July 09 at 1:16 p.m.
Idiots. A complete waste of time and public resources.
tsbryan on July 13 at 1:04 p.m.
A completely different subject, but this reminds me of an awesome quote I heard last night on a youtube video..I’d say a 14 year old boy talking to a police officer who is violently arresting another 14 or so year old boy..
“There’s people out there doing drugs and you’re worried about some people riding a piece of wood down the street?”