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Dad arrested for trying to sell his daughter(14) for $16,000 and beer.
36-year-old California man was arrested BECAUSE he sold his daughter for marriage and then calling police to complain that the buyer who bought my daughter isn't paying.....
Obieusly he didn't know that selling his own daughter isn't against the law in Calofornia.
According to the police, Marcelino de Jesus Martinez(36), tried to arrange for his 14-year-old daughter to marry Margarito de Jesus Galindo(18) for $16,000 and 100 cases of beer, along with several cases of meat.
After the girl moved in with Galindo, Martinez called police to complain that he hadn't been paid, and asked for their help to get his daughter back.
Martinez's daughter did return home, but he was arrested and booked on suspicion of bartering her.
The buyer/groom was also booked on suspicion of statutory rape, police said.
She is only 14 years old.
Crazy.....