How Could You? Hall of Shame-Heather Kaminskey, Jeremy and Jamiee Brown UPDATED
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From Corbin, Kentucky, Heather Kaminskey, 30, traded her son to Jeremy Brown, 29, and Jamiee Brown, 32, for a silver 1999 Dodge Dakota.
“Deputies say she later sold the truck for $800 and an undisclosed amount of meth. ”
NBC Philadelphia says “Police said they discovered the scheme when Kaminskey tried sell the vehicle. They arrested the Browns and charged them with human trafficking. The baby boy appeared to be well taken care of, investigators said.
Kaminskey, police said, might be in Florida and they are hoping to obtain warrants for her arrest. She apparently called neighbors of the Browns on Thursday and told them that she’s distraught over what happened and that she wants to return to Kentucky, WKYT reported.”
Courier-Journal says “The arrests were made Thursday [July 12, 2012], Sizemore said.
They found the truck near Keavy, Ky., but not the child, the sheriff’s office said.
The truck’s registration led investigators to the Browns, who had a 6-month-old child in their home, the sheriff’ office said.
The sheriff’s office said the Browns told investigators various stories of how the child, who was Kaminskey’s, came to live with them, until admitting that they’d given up a pick-up for the baby.
Lt. Rodney Van Zant of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Department told The Times-Tribune that the Browns at first said the baby was the product of an extra-marital affair between Jeremy Brown and Kaminskey.
Kentucky child protection officials now have the 6-month-old, Sizemore said.
The Browns have three biological children who were placed with relatives, the sheriff’s office said”
WTVQ says “Deputies say Kaminskey has family in Florida, and had two children there that were taken by social services.
Officials add that she left Florida while nine months pregnant to have the baby in Kentucky. ”
Sources:
Kentucky Mom Accused of Trading Newborn Son for Truck
[NBC Philadelphia 7/13/12 by Kathy Rainone]
Kentucky couple allegedly exchanged truck for baby
[Louisville Courier-Journal 7/13/12]
Update: New Details In Human Trafficking Case
[WTVQ 7/13/12]
REFORM Puzzle Piece
Update: Authorities were correct. Kaminskey was in Florida. “A 30-year-old woman recently arrested at a Palatka Winn-Dixie is accused of trading her newborn son for a 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup in Kentucky.
Heather Ann Kaminsky then sold the truck for $800 and some methamphetamines, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Detective John Merchant and members of the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Kaminsky at the Winn-Dixie on State Road 19 in Palatka on July 18.
She was released from the Putnam County Jail on Thursday [July 26, 2012] to face felony human-trafficking charges in Kentucky’s Laurel County.
Kaminsky is accused of trading her son for the truck shortly after his birth in January.
Kaminsky, who previously lived Putnam County, had two other children taken from her by the Florida Department of Children and Families, the Sheriff’s Office said.The couple accused of trading their truck for the baby, Jeremy and Jamiee Brown of Kentucky, also face human-trafficking charges.”
Human-trafficking: Mom accused of trading newborn son for used truck
[Orlando Sentinel 7/31/12 by Kevin P. Connolly]
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