Arizona grandpa leaves girl, 5, in desert with gun: police

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Arizona grandpa leaves girl, 5, in desert with gun: police
Reuters
By David Schwartz
2 hours ago

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona grandfather has been arrested and accused of leaving his five-year-old granddaughter alone in the desert with a loaded and cocked .45-caliber handgun and the instruction to "shoot any bad guys," authorities said on Monday.

Paul Armand Rater, 53, was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix on suspicion of two counts of felony child abuse and one count of felony child endangerment stemming from incident on Sunday night.

Deputies said he and the child left their home in Buckeye, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Phoenix, in a pickup truck early on Sunday afternoon and that the girl was reported missing four hours later.

She was eventually located in the desert by her mother and an off-duty firefighter. The child was holding the powerful pistol.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-grandpa-leaves-girl-5-desert-gun-police-003425976.html

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[niyad]

1. can we leave him in the desert--smeared with honey? on an anthill? tied with wet leather?

I have other ideas, but. . . .

[wordpix]

2. 30 mi. west of Phoenix there's nothing

Have a nice time in jail, you criminal

[840high]

3. WTH was he thinking?

[onehandle]

4. What's the problem?

Eddie Eagle says that Second Amendment Remedies are for everyone.

[GGJohn]

6. What a crock!!!!!

That's a flat out lie and you damn well know it.

[Darb]

12. Ahhh darn. Did someone disparage your god?

Obviously. Maybe you should think about obsessing over climate change. What? Why not? (don't answer that, I know why)

[GGJohn]

13. LOL, more comedy gold from Darb.

[7962]

5. But he looks like such a NICE guy.

[Shrike47]

7. Listen, it all makes sense. She didn't want to walk so he left her there with protection.

You don't expect him to carry her, do you? Or wait for help? Geez.

[colorado_ufo]

8. What the hell was he doing in the desert with her?

There's a lot more to this story that hasn't been told, I suspect.

So he leaves a tiny child in the desert - no water or food - for four hours (or it would have been longer, had she not been found), with a handgun that could have killed her or seriously maimed her with the kick alone? Cocked and loaded? And what about snakes, scorpions, and whatever else could hurt her? Sunburn, dehydration? While he went to go have "a few drinks" and something to eat? What if he passed out drunk, and she was left there alone?

On the surface, he is either too mentally ill to understand the situation, or he simply wanted to kill her.

[msanthrope]

9. Did Pennsylvania man retire to Arizona? nt

[Kurska]

10. He sounds like he is seriously mentally ill.

Possibly some sort of psychosis. I can't imagine someone of sane mind doing something like that.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. I'm sorry, but mommie's ass should be hauled in as well.

Why in the HELL would she leave her kid with someone like that? Oh, and that abandonment thing? With her for the rest of her life. I know.

This child needs to be removed and given to someone who loves and cares for her. Obviously grandpa and momma don't give a shit.