man sold his daughter for beer, cash, meat

GREENFIELD, Calif. (AP) – Police have arrested a Greenfield man for allegedly arranging to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat.

Police said they only learned of the deal after the 36-year-old man went to them to get his daughter back because payment wasn’t made as promised. The man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of human trafficking.

Officers also arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators believe the girl went willingly with the man, but she’s under California‘s legal age of consent and can’t legally marry.

Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community.

i saw this last night on the ten o’clock news…this is not far from the bay area. the best part is how the dad thought he was getting shafted because the guy didn’t pay him so he WENT TO THE POLICE. how do you even start the story? although, i suppose if the payment consisted of higher-quality cuts of meat and/or bacon, then he might face a more sympathetic jury if it mostly consisted of men. if it was ground beef and miller lite, then maybe not as much.

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