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Tennessee couple accused of attempting to sell their infant baby over Craigslist for $3000 allegedly sold a tot once before

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6 id&equals;"ra-headers"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0303&semi;"><strong>Deanna Lynn Greer and  John David Cain are charged with attempting to sell a baby in Greenville&comma; Tenn <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0303&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"ra-credit">Greer and Cain allegedly tried to <&sol;span>sell 5-month-old child on<span class&equals;"ra-credit"> Craigslist in March of 2017<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0303&semi;"><strong>An agent testified that Greer said she &OpenCurlyQuote;had done this before’ <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0303&semi;"><strong> Greer&comma; 37 and 26-year-old Cain were arrested Mar 24&comma; and charged with aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect and endangerment<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-167593" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;deanna-greer3&period;png" alt&equals;"Deanna Greer3" width&equals;"670" height&equals;"498" &sol;>Deanna Greer allegedly told cops she had sold a daughter in the past<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">A Tennessee woman accused with her partner of attempting to sell their infant baby over Craigslist has admitted selling another child in the past&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Both Deanna Lynn Greer&comma; 37&comma; and John David Cain&comma; 26&comma; are facing charges after allegedly trying to sell their 5-month-old child for &dollar;3000 last month&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Greer allegedly told an undercover agent that she had exchanged a child for money before&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7chicago&period;com&sol;news&sol;mom-accused-of-trying-to-sell-baby-said-she-had-done-this-before-agent-testifies&sol;1855598&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">according to ABC7<&sol;a>&period; The &&num;8216&semi;child-sale&&num;8217&semi; was thwarted by undercover police in a sting operation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Authorities were alerted after another couple saw an ad posted on Craigslist listing the infant for sale&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>&NewLine;<img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-167599" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;04&sol;john-cain4&period;png" alt&equals;"John Cain4&period;png" width&equals;"708" height&equals;"478" &sol;><strong> John Cain has been charged along with is girlfriend for trying to sell their infant on an internet mart<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>An undercover officer posing as a potential buyer&comma; contacted Greer and Cain who named the price for the child&period; The couple later met with the agent at a store&comma; exchanged the baby for cash and both were then taken into custody&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Agent Chris Wilhoit said in court that Greer told him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She had an 11-year-old daughter who was doing well&comma; that she had given up in the past in this way&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple was charged with criminal attempt to commit aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect or endangerment&comma; as well as violating Haley’s Law&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The couple allegedly asked for &dollar;3&comma;000 as a part of the transaction&comma; and police were tipped off when someone informed them that a baby was advertised on the classifieds website&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Special agents were then called upon to answer the ad&period; They met with the couple&comma; which tried to move forward with the deal they’d made over the phone&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Once the fasting exchange of baby for cash took place&comma; Cain and Greer were placed under arrest&period; The child was placed in the care of the Department of Children’s Services&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Testifing for the state at the hearing&comma; Wilhoit&comma; who reportedly posed as a preacher&comma; requested to meet Cain and Greer at a Dollar General&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She had paperwork that she read to me&comma;” Wilhoit said&comma; according to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7chicago&period;com&sol;news&sol;mom-accused-of-trying-to-sell-baby-said-she-had-done-this-before-agent-testifies&sol;1855598&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ABC<&sol;a>&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;that she called guardianship paperwork&comma; saying she was giving me and my alleged wife guardianship of the child&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wilhoit also revealed that Greer told him she was pregnant and that she was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ill and had a tumor&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-media-19" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wordpress&period;com&sol;cefc9b3b-294c-4d9a-9cac-a80aac82b8e5" alt&equals;"Deanna Greer and John Cain5&period;png" width&equals;"786" height&equals;"617" &sol;>Deanna Greer and John Cain&comma; shown in court&comma; have been accused of trying to sell a 5-month-old child<&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Police Captain Joy Shoun&comma; who helped arrange the meeting also testified for the prosecution<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7chicago&period;com&sol;news&sol;mom-accused-of-trying-to-sell-baby-said-she-had-done-this-before-agent-testifies&sol;1855598&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ABC7<&sol;a> reports that Shoun told the prosecutor that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She &lbrack;Greer&rsqb; was adamant that this was not &OpenCurlyQuote;selling the child&comma;’” Shoun said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This was an adoption&comma; and the &dollar;3&comma;000 would be considered for expenses&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Shoun also said that Greer suggested the two erase the text messages outlining the transaction&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The defense however&comma;  contended that Greer and Cain never explicitly stated they were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;selling” their child and never attempted to harm the child&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Greer and Cain are being held on a &dollar;175&comma;000 bond&period; The case was sent to a grand jury and the two have been scheduled to appearin court again on May 12&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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