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An Arizona man was sentenced to six months in jail for abandoning his five-year-old granddaughter in the desert and instructing her to 'shoot any bad guys,' prosecutors said.
Paul Armand Rater, 54, of Buckeye, pleaded guilty to one count of felony child abuse under a plea agreement stemming from the November 2015 incident, county Attorney Bill Montgomery said.
The girl was reported missing by family members four hours after Rater took her for a ride in his newpickup truck, authorities said.
She was found holding a .45-caliber pistol during a search of the area by her mother and an off-duty firefighter,court records said.
She told sheriff's detectives that she had been told to 'shoot any bad guys' and added: 'I don't know why papa left me.'
Rater was located at a store and he admitted to leaving the girl under a tree with his gun after his vehicle apparently had broken down and he left to seek help.
But he then proceeded to go into an establishment where he had drinks and ate a cheeseburger, court records showed.
'There still has been no satisfactory explanation for why that happened,' Montgomery said at a news conference on Wednesday. 'I can't tell you why.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3585692/Arizona-grandfather-jailed-leaving-5-year-old-desert-gun.html
Am I the only one who thinks this was an attempted murder and six months is WAY too short?
scscholar
(2,902 posts)granddaughter. Bunch of liars.
KatyMan
(4,216 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)At least with the gun, she could shoot her own food if it took too long to finish lunch and get help.