The first thing that comes to mind after reading this article is "How stupid can a person get". Scrolling through the Joplin Globe, as I do, I came across this article: Neosho woman faces counts of child endangerment.
A 32 year old Angela M. Gilmore-Hammon, is charged in Newton County Circuit Court with two felony counts of child endangerment. Her children — a 3-year-old and a 7-month-old — were found alone, with no adult supervision, in Hammon's home. Neosho police said they found Gilmore-Hammon in her car at 11:44 p.m. Friday on the side of the road near Palm Road and Highway 59. According to officers, a probable-cause affidavit stated that Gilmore-Hammon “appeared to be operating a motor vehicle while in a drug-induced condition.” The affidavit says she allegedly she had “no knowledge of where she had left her children due to her intoxicated or drug condition.” The mother remains in the Newton County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
How frickin dumb can a person be. I guess that is what happens when you choose drugs over your children. This girl needs a wake-up call, and I guess that she is now getting one. I don not mean to be heartless, but, come on and think about it. 3 and 7 months! Stupid!
The reason that I feel this way is because people are stupid when drugs are involved. How can you get so messed up that you do not remember where you have left your children? Why would she have left them alone in the first place? I know that people with this type of addiction are not always in their right minds, but how about calling a sitter to come over if you are wanting to leave the house and the children there.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010
Woman sentenced for selling daughter for sex
This article is kind of short, but believe me you will not want to hear more. All that I could think while reading this was "holy s***".
This article "Woman sentenced for selling daughter for sex" was posted in the Joplin Globe on May 6, 2010. It states that (the mothers name is being left out for the protection of the daughter) a former resident of Blue Springs has been sentenced to 15 years in the federal state prison for selling her daughter for sadomasochistic sex. The 46 year old woman has been ordered to pay 200,000 in restitution to pay for her daughter’s counseling. The woman and Todd Barkau (co-defendant), plead guilty last November to charges of commercial sex trafficking of a minor. Barkau has been charged but is still awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors say Barkau began training the girl in 2000, when she was 12. The training began by the girl being forced to have sadomasochistic sex with him and others. He later set up a website that billed the girl as “Mistress Alisha.” She was sold to other men for to perform sex acts for cash or other items such as DVD players.
I am appalled! I have girls, and I can not even imagine the thought that they might someday be sexually active, but this, this makes me want to puck. I, how, I do not understand how someone who has carried a child in their womb and raised them could do something so absolutely cruel and heartless for a frickin DVD player and money. This really makes me sick.
My heart goes out to this girl. I can not come close to imagining what she has gone through at the hands of her own mother. I was a sexually abused growing up, but never at the hands of my own mother. God bless this girl and her willingness to survive. The road ahead of her will be long, but her strength for life and survival will overcome.
This article "Woman sentenced for selling daughter for sex" was posted in the Joplin Globe on May 6, 2010. It states that (the mothers name is being left out for the protection of the daughter) a former resident of Blue Springs has been sentenced to 15 years in the federal state prison for selling her daughter for sadomasochistic sex. The 46 year old woman has been ordered to pay 200,000 in restitution to pay for her daughter’s counseling. The woman and Todd Barkau (co-defendant), plead guilty last November to charges of commercial sex trafficking of a minor. Barkau has been charged but is still awaiting sentencing. Prosecutors say Barkau began training the girl in 2000, when she was 12. The training began by the girl being forced to have sadomasochistic sex with him and others. He later set up a website that billed the girl as “Mistress Alisha.” She was sold to other men for to perform sex acts for cash or other items such as DVD players.
I am appalled! I have girls, and I can not even imagine the thought that they might someday be sexually active, but this, this makes me want to puck. I, how, I do not understand how someone who has carried a child in their womb and raised them could do something so absolutely cruel and heartless for a frickin DVD player and money. This really makes me sick.
My heart goes out to this girl. I can not come close to imagining what she has gone through at the hands of her own mother. I was a sexually abused growing up, but never at the hands of my own mother. God bless this girl and her willingness to survive. The road ahead of her will be long, but her strength for life and survival will overcome.
It's almost over!!
I can not believe that the semester is almost over. It seems like yesterday that it started. Now we are approaching the finals week and all of the up all night cram sessions that we all dread. I have been trying not to be cranky with my family, every year past I have been. I have decided to be selfish this year and take two full weeks off of work and do nothing but concentrate on finals and getting through. I have found that I am not as cranky. Do not get me wrong, there is still some cranky present, but not as much as normal.
Last semester, my husband informed me that him and the kids were going to rent a hotel room for the two weeks that include cramming and the actual testing. Idol threats but still quit comical. So, with flowers blooming and the fresh air swaying through the house it is a nice place to sit and study while the children are at school.
I had to put our youngest son on meds this week for his ADHD, and that has been quit a blessing also. He is having a hard time getting to sleep at night, but the difference in lack of calls from the school and just behavior in general is outstanding. He is still himself, just calmer. I was glad to see that it did not turn him into a zombie, and he is still able to function like he usually does. I can not tell you how much of a release from worry that was.
Anyways, good luck to everyone on your upcoming tests, I hope that you all have fantastic summers.
Last semester, my husband informed me that him and the kids were going to rent a hotel room for the two weeks that include cramming and the actual testing. Idol threats but still quit comical. So, with flowers blooming and the fresh air swaying through the house it is a nice place to sit and study while the children are at school.
I had to put our youngest son on meds this week for his ADHD, and that has been quit a blessing also. He is having a hard time getting to sleep at night, but the difference in lack of calls from the school and just behavior in general is outstanding. He is still himself, just calmer. I was glad to see that it did not turn him into a zombie, and he is still able to function like he usually does. I can not tell you how much of a release from worry that was.
Anyways, good luck to everyone on your upcoming tests, I hope that you all have fantastic summers.
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