Teen-Ager Gets 6 Months, $500 Fine for Selling Son
<i> Associated Press</i>
FALMOUTH, Ky. —
A teen-age father convicted of selling his 4-month-old son for $1,000 got the maximum penalty--six months in jail and a $500 fine.
Judge C. Donald Wells imposed the sentence Friday on 19-year-old Brian J. Rose, who was convicted of negotiating with a police informant to sell the boy.
The mother, Patty Mineer, 21, was charged with performing an illegal adoption. Police say she handed the baby over to undercover police officers and collected the money. Her trial begins Feb. 2.
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