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3-Week Old Baby Left in Casino Garage, Parents Arrested
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| 9/03/06
Posted on 09/04/2006 5:38:47 AM PDT by Libloather
Baby Left in Casino Garage, Parents Arrested
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - September 3, 2006 - A Camden County couple accused of leaving their 3-week old son alone in a car in a casino parking garage for several hours this weekend were charged with child abuse and child endangerment.
Security personnel at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino found the child just before 1 a.m. Saturday after some patrons reported seeing him in the back seat of the car. They notified city police, and officers Andrea Perry and Shelley Kellerman were soon able to get the child out of the vehicle.
The officers remained at the scene until the child's parents - Jennifer Drake, 19, and Andrew Delano, 21, both of Clementon - returned to the car around 4 a.m. They were arrested and taken to the Atlantic County Jail, but it was not clear whether they remained in custody early Sunday.
The child, whose name was not released, was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, City Campus, where he was treated and released. He was turned over to the state Division of Youth and Family Services and remained in the agency's custody early Sunday.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrested; baby; badparents; casino; childneglect; cultureofdeath; cultureofgreed; cultureofpleasure; cultureofthrill; gambling; garage; morongeneration; parents; perps
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Baby needs a new pair of parents...
To: Libloather
A quote from the movie "Parenthood" comes to mind:
"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming @sshole be a father.
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posted on
09/04/2006 5:42:52 AM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(AIDS and islam...two preventable diseases.)
To: Libloather
The kid was fine, so its no big deal. The important thing is that people were contributing to the Casinos bottom line. /s
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:01:12 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Libloather
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:04:25 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: Libloather
I didn't know Casinos took payment in children.
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:08:08 AM PDT
by
MAexile
(Bats left, votes right)
To: Libloather
"We're in Atlantic City! Let's risk it! Let's have fun!"
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:11:22 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: Libloather
I saw the report on TV and they had reporters at the family home. For once, neighbors actually didn't call them nice quite people. The one neighbor didn't seemed surprised and said they have always caused trouble. The family even had a "No Comment" sign taped to the door for the reporters, one of whom actually was yelling through open windows trying to get an interview with family members.
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:16:01 AM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: BallyBill
The family even had a "No Comment" sign taped to the door for the reporters, one of whom actually was yelling through open windows trying to get an interview with family members.
"The Family" was caught red handed being low lifes. Now they want their privacy, big whoop, if the kid was kidnapped they would be out mugging for the cameras. They should go out and show the world how smart they really are, by talking to the media.
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:31:13 AM PDT
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: Libloather
What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas.
What happens in Atlantic City ends up on the internet.
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:42:41 AM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: Libloather
I was in the Trump Tower Casino in Atlantic City a few years ago. I saw an Asian woman pushing a stroller with a very small child in it at two o'clock in the morning.
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posted on
09/04/2006 6:51:24 AM PDT
by
kitkat
(The first step down to hell is to deny the existence of evil.LOL!)
To: kitkat
I saw an Asian woman pushing a stroller with a very small child in it at two o'clock in the morning.
My husband & I went to the track (Church Hill Downs) earlier this summer. There were several people with tiny babies in strollers. It wasn't two o' clock in the morning, but, by noon, the temp. was at least 90+ degrees and was almost unbearable by later that afternoon.
To: kitkat
My husband and I go Atlantic City about 4 times a year. I am always shocked by the number of kids hanging out at 1, 2, even 3 in the morning.
To: Recovering Hermit
"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming @sshole be a father.I don't think you can become a father that way... :-)
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posted on
09/04/2006 7:19:25 AM PDT
by
Wil H
To: Wil H
Where do you think lawyers come from?
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posted on
09/04/2006 7:26:54 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Libloather
The officers remained at the scene until the child's parents - Jennifer Drake, 19, and Andrew Delano, 21, both of Clementon I wonder if she gets taxpayer funded benefits as a single mother.
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posted on
09/04/2006 7:28:04 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Recovering Hermit
"You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming @sshole be a father."Keanu. He's not just for breakfast anymore!
To: Moonman62
Where do you think lawyers come from?That's right!
Sorry, I forgot....:-)
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posted on
09/04/2006 8:13:57 AM PDT
by
Wil H
To: Libloather
The parents should both be sterilized.
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posted on
09/04/2006 8:25:10 AM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
To: Moonman62; Wil H
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posted on
09/04/2006 8:27:13 AM PDT
by
Wolverine
(A Concerned Citizen)
To: vladimir998
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posted on
09/04/2006 8:48:51 AM PDT
by
babydoll22
(The facts ma'am, just the facts. I don't give a s**t how you feel.)
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