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