U.S. Man Accused Of Trying to Swap Baby for Beers

CHICOPEE, Mass. — Authorities say a Massachusetts man offered to give his 3-month-old daughter to a maintenance man outside a gas station convenience store in exchange for a pair of 40-ounce beers.

Chicopee police say 24-year-old Matthew Brace of Northampton made the offer on Monday. The maintenance man called police, who found Brace hiding with the girl behind a trash container.

State child welfare officials took the baby into custody.

Police say Brace was not arrested but will be summoned to court to face a charge of reckless endangerment of a child. A phone number for him could not immediately be found.

The child's mother was in the store at the time buying cigarettes. She has not been charged.

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alchoholic much??

how heavy was the child?Dman0017

Yeah, if the kid wasn't over 40 lbs then certainly not worth TWO 40s....

Thats not so bad, it happened to me once before. I kid you not my dad being the ahole of an alcoholic he is got really drunk one night, ran out of beer, and traded me, his son, to some people down the road for a case of beer. Fortunately enough the people who took me weren't creeps and could tell my dad was drunk so they held me for safe keeping and brought me back when my mom got home. Fun world aint it :).KittenNipples

Matthew Braceof Northampton

weezyfb

Trust me, this explains a lot.

Bad deal, a 40 ounce beer is worth more than one baby :P horgen123

Faith in humanity has been lost again

Faith in humanity has been lost again

carlandcarl

How would that man think anyone would be stupid enough to exchange a baby for beer? If anything that beer is worth a few babies, at very least. chrisrooR

What's the going exchange rate from babies to beer? I believe 1 40lb baby=2 forties

bahahahahah

If it was a baby goat now that would of been a deal. But a human baby is pretty useless.

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Matthew Braceof Northampton

Trust me, this explains a lot.