Craigslist puts practically anything you desire at the reach of your fingertips. Maybe that’s why a Georgia mom turned to Craigslist to find her child a way to see his grandparents while saving a couple dollars.
Sheila Sherrie Joyner of Marietta allegedly responded to an ad by a man looking to split the cost of driving to Florida. She asked the poster if he could take her 9-year-old son to his grandparents’ home in Macon, Georgia. However, the man grew concerned and contacted the police to inform them of Joyner’s plans, according to a police report.
An undercover officer responded to Joyner’s emails and set up a meeting to pick up the young boy. To the shock of officers, the woman didn’t obtain any information on the man who would be transporting her child.
“At no time did accused get any information about this stranger and only communicated by text messages,” the warrant stated, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Accused didn’t even know the last name of the stranger but only knew him as ‘Eric.’”
Police received another shock when they went to meet Joyner at the arranged time. She wasn’t even there to meet “Eric” in person. Instead, she instructed the babysitter to drop him off. “Accused didn’t even go with the child to meet the ‘stranger,’” police stated in the warrant. “The accused lied to the babysitter, indicating that it was a friend of hers.”
Joyner was arrested at her apartment and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Her bond was set at $1,000 but court records show she remained in jail due to an arrest warrant on an unrelated charge.