The Western New York father who says putting an ad on Craigslist to sell his children was just a joke had better hope he gets a judge with a sense of humor.
Joshua Stagnitto of Brockport appeared in Sweden Town Court last night, where he pleaded not guilty to third-degree falsely reporting an incident.
Stagnitto was arrested two weeks ago after someone saw the ad and reported it to Monroe County Child Protective Services. They alerted state police….who say they checked on the kids, who were fine and in no danger of being sold at any time. They say Stagnitto told them it was just a joke. They said “we’re not laughing” and arrested him on the misdemeanor charge.
The ad, by the way, listed his sons for $200 for both of them, or just $40 apiece…and said they were good for slavery or as foot stools.
Stagnitto is due back in court in July.
He says he loves his kids and would never do anything to hurt them. He also says in a way, it’s good that he got arrested….because it shows that if someone really did try to do this, they’d get caught.
Stagnitto says he’s gotten a lot of flack since the story first broke. And he says he agrees with his wife… who says what he did was stupid.
I'm not sure what's worse here, that the cops thought their "we're not laughing" line was clever enough to repeat to the reporter who wrote this story or that Josh "The Mosquito" Stagnitto was forced to agree with his wife when she calls him an idiot.
Now I'm not saying Josh is a MENSA candidate. I mean the guy clearly does not understand pricing. Here's a tip Josh, you offer someone a discount for buying in bulk. Why would anyone buy 2 kids for $200 when they could buy them both separately for a total of $80? Even so, I kinda like his foot stool marketing idea. How sweet would it be to have a few people that would form a chair for you, one to act as a side table for your beer and chips, and a little kid to put your feet up on after a hard day of work. Brilliant!
In addition to his marketing ingenuity, The Stag man did a service to the community by ferreting out the creep who reported him. I mean what kind of sick crap was that guy looking for when he "stumbled" upon footstools made of little kids? I'm trying to picture the search terms that would bring that up? This guy has got to be a class 5 predator doesn't he? I think the only thing left to do is write to Budweiser and get them to recognize Josh in their real men of genius campaign. Mr. Furniture made of children inventor, has a pretty nice ring to it.
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