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Parents charged after video shows 12-month-old playing with handgun
Police: Parents charged after video shows 12-month-old playing with handgun - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - An Indiana couple was charged with child neglect on Friday after Evansville police discovered cellphone video that allegedly showed a 12-month-old putting a .40-caliber handgun in his mouth.
Michael L. Barnes, 19, was initially arrested Thursday after police said he tried to sell an undercover officer a handgun through Facebook. Barnes did not have a permit for a handgun, officers wrote in Thursday’s arrest affidavit. He also had an active warrant for his arrest, Evansville Courier & Press reports.
During the follow up investigation on Friday, detectives with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives/Evansville Police Department Task Force were examining Barnes’ cellphone for evidence related to the attempted sale of the handgun, according to a department news release. Investigators found two videos on the phone that showed a 12-month-old boy playing with a handgun that appears to be the same one that was recovered from Barnes during his arrest, police said.
Police: Parents charged after video shows 12-month-old playing with handgun - 7NEWS Denver TheDenverChannel.com
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - An Indiana couple was charged with child neglect on Friday after Evansville police discovered cellphone video that allegedly showed a 12-month-old putting a .40-caliber handgun in his mouth.
Michael L. Barnes, 19, was initially arrested Thursday after police said he tried to sell an undercover officer a handgun through Facebook. Barnes did not have a permit for a handgun, officers wrote in Thursday’s arrest affidavit. He also had an active warrant for his arrest, Evansville Courier & Press reports.
During the follow up investigation on Friday, detectives with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives/Evansville Police Department Task Force were examining Barnes’ cellphone for evidence related to the attempted sale of the handgun, according to a department news release. Investigators found two videos on the phone that showed a 12-month-old boy playing with a handgun that appears to be the same one that was recovered from Barnes during his arrest, police said.
