Per Sheriff’s Deputies, grandpa and the child left their home in Buckeye, about 30 miles west of Phoenix, in a pickup truck early on Sunday afternoon and the girl was reported missing about four (4) hours later. Her mother and an off-duty firefighter were able to locate the girl in the desert holding the high powered pistol. The girl reportedly said: “I don’t know why papa left me. I was calling out for him. He took me by some bushes, gave me a gun and left me.”
Grandpa was located at a store where he reportedly told Sheriff’s Deputies that his vehicle had broken down and that he had left his granddaughter under a tree in the desert because she was complaining that she could not walk any more. He reportedly further admitted leaving the girl with his gun “while he went for a few drinks and a cheeseburger.”
Per Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio: “She was given the gun and told to shoot any bad guys. I don’t know how a five year old can tell a good guy from a bad guy, but that’s what she said she was told.”
Memo to the Folks: Prior to reading about this selfish, warped douche bag I would have sworn that there is nothing more reliable than a grandparent’s love for her/his grandchild. That’s been my experience since as long as I can remember (and it sure as Hell is my son’s experience… ergo his constant desire to hang with Grandma): “Parent’s parent, grandparent’s spoil.”
Memo to the Folks: That was always the rule. What do you say about this? Where do you even begin? Rater could walk to the restaurant / bar but he couldn’t carry his 5 y/o granddaughter? He leaves her under a tree in the Arizona desert? Wtf lives in the Arizona desert? Rattlesnakes? Scorpions? Wolves? And what is a desert anyhow? I think that it is “a barren area of land where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life” (or so says Webster…). So I guess if you’re going to hang under a tree in a desert then having a cocked and loaded .45 is probably a good idea (unless of course you are a 5 y/o girl)…
Memo to Paul Rater: You could give Johnny Knoxville’s Bad Grandpa a run for his money. In fact maybe you can make application for the job when Sheriff Joe is done with you. Oh, btw I hope that you like pink…
Memo to Paul Rater continued: Incidentally, while you are biding your time as a guest of the Maricopa County Jail maybe you can get yourself a prison tat as a reminder because…
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