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Meet?Elaine Williams. ? Williams, 47, posed for the mugshot above after placing an ad in Craigslist for an item that is typically illegal to buy, sell or trade… a baby!
The Cumming woman allegedly tried to secure?a child?through Craigslist as a gift for?her 14-year-old daughter.
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Craigslist is used for many things and just about anything can be bought or sold on the popular classified ad website.
[READ: Mugshot Mania: Craigslist Car Sale Fail… ]
While there are often stories of online classified ads gone wrong, the site boasts just as many successes as they do failures (but the failures get way more press).
[FLASHBACK: Craigslist Fail? Or User Error? Foreclosed Family Home Ransacked After Ad… ]
That being said… a recent ad placed in the Atlanta section of Craigslist caught the eye of the GBI as it appears that a pregnant woman was seeking to sell her unborn child for money and/or drugs.
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Green posed for the mugshot above after she allegedly ganked a man who was trying to sell eight (8) Jay-Z tickets he’d purchased.
[PHOTOS: Jay-Z & Beyonce at Magna Carta Atlanta Concert After Party…]
But wait… this is not a simple ‘stick and move’ situation, in fact, Green is being held on charges of aggravated robbery after she and a friend literally dragged the seller as he leaned in to show the tickets he was offering.
The seller was hospitalized with severe injuries and Green was busted after witnesses gave authorities a license number that led to her vehicle, but only after she and her friends attended the concert with the stolen tickets.
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[FLASHBACK: Craigslist Fail or User Error? Foreclosed Family’s Home Ransacked (PHOTOS)]
Reynold Joseph (pictured above), was once such Craigslister hoping to make a buck for his used goods online, but unlike the “honest” people who sell online, Joseph thought it was a bright idea to “double dip” by selling a car, stealing it back… and selling it again.
…and you thought “catfishing” was bad?!
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The family’s home had been foreclosed on by the bank, so on October 23, 2012, they decided to place a classified ad on Craigslist listing a few free items to give away.
Hours after the posting, the family, who had already lost their home to the bank… watched as huge crowds of people took practically EVERYTHING from inside their house!
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A lot of people I know praise Craigslist for the ease of selling and buying used electronics, furniture or swapping just about anything you can think of.
But for every story of success there’s a horror story.
TLC’s T-Boz used it once to advertise her “garage sale,” while an Atlanta radio personality got ganked after dishing out cash to someone on Craigslist offering discounted airline buddy pass.
That being said, meet 25-year-old Cobb County resident, Darrell Delane Cash.
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