Original Blog Entry: Mother trades 2-year old daughter for gun

truesee — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:56:13 GMT

Deputies: Mom Offered Daughter For Gun

Mom Arrested After Police Get Tip

Sarah Buduson

Reporter

KPHO

POSTED: 9:09 am EST January 14, 2010

UPDATED: 9:57 am EST January 14, 2010

MESA, Ariz. -- Authorities said a woman who offered to trade her daughter for a gun is in the custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Phoenix station KPHO-TV reported.

Deputies claim Tanya Nareau, 33, offered to give to her daughter to one of the girl s relatives in exchange for a gun.

Deputies got a tip about the offer and arrested Nareau on Tuesday.

The girl s family members told KPHO that Nareau originally made the offer during a phone call last week.

They said Nareau unexpectedly showed up at the relative s workplace Monday and handed him her daughter. He did not give her a gun.

It is unclear why Nareau wanted a gun, but she cannot legally buy or own a firearm because she is a convicted felon.

Nareau did explain why she wanted to give her daughter away, according to Maricopa County Sheriff s Office spokesman Doug Matteson.

She told sheriff s deputies she felt that she couldn t raise the daughter adequately, so she would give the daughter to someone who could, he said.

He said the girl is now safe and will stay with her father s family members.

Nareau is in a Maricopa County jail, charged with unlawful sale of a child and solicitation to commit possession of weapon by prohibited possessor.

LINK TO VIDEO:

http://www.wbaltv.com/news/22234612/detail.html

LINK TO PHOTO:

http://www.kpho.com/news/22230628/detail.html

... [ More ]