Woman admits selling 2 kids for 1 bird and $175
52-year-old Louisiana resident sentenced to 15 months of hard labor
Donna Louise Greenwell, 52, is shown in this handout booking photo.
Feb. 23, 2010
VILLE PLATTE, La. - A 52-year-old Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to two counts of sale of a minor, for trading two children to a couple in exchange for an exotic pet bird and $175.
Donna Louise Greenwell received 15 months of hard labor on each count on Monday, which she will serve concurrently.
The Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court's Office tells The Advocate newspaper that Greenwell will begin serving her sentence March 25.
The couple, Paul James Romero and Brandy Lynn Romero, each pleaded guilty to the same charges in October.
Greenwell was accused of selling the couple a 4-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy in return for the cash and a cockatoo. Both children were in Greenwell's care after their biological parents had left them with her.
When asked why she sold her own grandchildren to two strangers, Greenwell reportedly told reporters that cockatoos were easier to care for and could be kept in cages.
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