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Saturday, February 23, 2013

A New York man called the government's most wanted deadbeat parent pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to owing more than $1.2 million to three children from two marriages. Robert Sand, 50, told the judge he fled to Florida and Thailand working odd jobs to avoid payment. He faces up to four years in prison. "Neither court orders nor the familial bond meant anything to him as he fled to avoid his obligations," U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said.

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The court should neuter this guy and all other deadbeat parents.

#1 | Posted by zack991 at 2013-02-23 11:11 AM | Reply | Flag:

I don't know how old the children are, but 1.2 Mil is excessive for 3 children. How on earth can this man live on his own and still make payments.

Funny that I see mothers who have 6+ children from different fathers, recieve govt support and welfare. Yet the dads are free and clear.

Some people know how to play the game, some don't.

#2 | Posted by cmbell73 at 2013-02-23 11:19 AM | Reply | Flag:

Funny that I see mothers who have 6+ children from different fathers, recieve govt support and welfare. Yet the dads are free and clear.

#2 | Posted by cmbell73

Don't look now and pretend I didn't say it but....... He's white and the women you are talking about arn't. We still owe them for slavery.

#3 | Posted by Sniper at 2013-02-23 11:27 AM | Reply | Flag:

Take it from me. This particular system is color-blind.

#4 | Posted by fresno500 at 2013-02-23 12:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good for him escaping his extortionists for that long. Just cause its 'legal' doesn't mean it isn't CHILD EXTORTION.

#5 | Posted by reitze at 2013-02-23 01:06 PM | Reply | Flag:

Take it from me. This particular system is color-blind.

#4 | Posted by fresno500

If it is, why is the father-less childern rate amoung the blacks so high and most all getting welfare of some sort?

#6 | Posted by Sniper at 2013-02-23 01:22 PM | Reply | Flag:

Sniper, leave me out of your Pavlovian deficiencies.

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2013-02-23 01:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

Maybe this guy should just run for election to Congress. It worked so well for Joe "I'm not the former Eagle" Walsh. Not only did he avoid jail time, but he was also able to plead "poverty" because his Congressional pay wasn't enough to make payments.

#8 | Posted by Anotherjoe at 2013-02-23 01:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

...why is the father-less childern rate amoung the blacks so high...
#6 | Posted by Sniper

Because black women are able to fertilize their eggs and bear younguns without fathers, meaning without male assistance?

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-02-23 01:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

#3 | POSTED BY SNIPER AT 2013-02-23 11:27 AM | FLAG:

Only a Racist like you would make such a statement

#10 | Posted by cmbell73 at 2013-02-23 03:28 PM | Reply | Flag:

If it is, why is the father-less childern rate amoung the blacks so high and most all getting welfare of some sort?

#6 | POSTED BY SNIPER AT 2013-02-23 01:22 PM | FLAG:

Yea it doesn't take much to get the Bigot, Racist to come out of you

#11 | Posted by cmbell73 at 2013-02-23 03:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

WHAT kind of food do the children eat ? GOLD...DIAMOND...?

#12 | Posted by BADAOPHAY at 2013-02-23 07:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

He should've had an abortion.

#13 | Posted by sentinel at 2013-02-24 02:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yet the dads are free and clear.

#2 | Posted by cmbell73

Are they really free and clear?

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This breaks down to 40k per year per child over the last 10 years.

Mothers are supposed to have their income (if any) count for half of the child support too.

It's highly unlikely he will ever be able to repay the arrears. He should not have run--idiot. He should have gone back to court to adjust the support if his job wasn't making that much.

Good luck on selling cars in this economy.

#14 | Posted by MURPHY at 2013-02-24 03:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

Child support is supposed to be nothing more than a calculation which factors in both parents incomes and is not to exceed 50% of gross/net income. Sounds like there is more to the story if a used car salesman gets saddled with what amounts to $120k yr in child support. Unless the used cars he was selling were Rolls Royces. Maybe co-mingling of alimony and child support or maybe an activist judge. Activist judges are common in family court.

#15 | Posted by bogey1355 at 2013-02-24 04:20 PM | Reply | Flag:

Regardless the amount, child support is a means to extort money from one parent to the other.

It means one parent is WHORE'ING the child for money. I would have rather my X pole danced. At least my child woulnd't have had a pimp instead of a mom.

#16 | Posted by reitze at 2013-02-24 08:07 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Regardless the amount, child support is a means to extort money from one parent to the other."

Of course child support laws appeared before there was a serious issue with fathers abandoning their children, right?

#17 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-02-25 08:33 AM | Reply | Flag:

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