Texas Couple Sells 5-Year-Old for Sex and a Used Car

This is Not an Isolated Incident

Jennifer Richards is a mother of two. Sean Michael Block is a married father of a 14-month-old little girl. They worked together at the Cheesecake Factory in San Antonio, Texas. They became romantically involved. That is where this normal-sounding situation ends and goes off track. The
Texas Couple Sells 5-Year-Old for Sex and a Used Car
Date: August 23, 2008
San Antonio, TX
United States of America
 FBI has charged Jennifer Richards and Sean Michael Block with attempting to sell Jennifer Richards' 5-year-old daughter for sex in return for an apartment, a used car, and day-care for Richards' 10-month-old child.

According to the Associated Press, he FBI began investigating the two when an informant provided them with a text message from Block that read: "Nice piece 5 yrs old belongs to my gf and she wants to sell it."

The informant was the target of a blackmail scheme. According to the affidavit, Jennifer Richards "was of the belief that these sexual interactions would be a positive experience for (her daughter) and that Richards would receive sexual gratification." The affidavit also attests that Block allegedly sent an e-mail with a link to a Russian child pornography site.

Jennifer Richards, 25, has been charged with using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor. Block, who is 40, is charged with distributing child pornography.

Rex Miller, the FBI's lead agent in the case, testified that plans were found on the couple's computers to abduct, rape, and "carve up" a teenage runaway.

Block's lawyer, Ronald Guyer, told the judge that there was no evidence that the behavior progressed beyond Block's fantasy.

Yet...

Tales of depravity are nothing new. Each one is an unfortunate cautionary tale for society and the details of each one have their very own unique singular and cumulative shock value. And each one is a testament to a broken life and fractured innocence.

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Old Sparky needs something to do, Bat. The heavens know that there is plenty for him to do...

Posted on 08/27/2008 at 8:08:32 PM

I had to fight down my rising gorge to get through this entire piece, and I am literally nauseated right now (nothing personal, saul). However, I am happy about my nausea, as I believe it is the normal reaction of a healthy person, unlike these twisted pieces of scum. I'll strap them in the chair myself!

Posted on 08/27/2008 at 10:08:58 AM

sick sick sick ,

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 7:08:32 PM

You mean "pull the switch," JB. :) Don't worry; I got you covered...

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 12:08:51 PM

There is, Nancy. Sterilization. People like this should be sterilized, euthanized, or marginalized. If the death penalty isn't good enough for them, then sterilize them and make damned certain they stay in jail for about 70 years minimum. And, if by some wild misbalance of the judicial process occurs (and it does -- all the time), make certain they cannot adopt or get within a mile of children's day care facilities, schools, or anything else pertaining to children's places of congregation.

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 12:08:10 PM

5 years old - SPARK IT UP - I pull the plug and not blink

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 11:08:41 AM

I still think you should have to obtain a license to have children... then again, who needs the government to run another aspect of our lives? Wish there were a reasonable way to prevent such people from procreating.

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 11:08:06 AM

5 years old. Unreal. :(

Posted on 08/25/2008 at 11:08:10 AM

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