The “Father of the Year” awards goes to, Marcelino de Jesus Martinez. Also, I think he deserves the “Dumbest Criminal of the Year” award as well.

In the news today, police have arrested a California man for allegedly trying to sell his 14-year-old daughter into marriage in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat. The police became aware of this shining example of fatherhood after he went to them to complain that the buyer had failed to make payment as promised. He was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking.

Officers also arrested the purchaser, an 18-year-old man on suspicion of statutory rape. Investigators believe the girl went willingly with the man, but she’s under California’s legal age of consent and can’t legally marry.

Police say arranged marriages involving underage girls have become a problem in this small Central Coast farming community.

Greenfield Police Department said there had been several cases where children had been sold or offered for sale, including one incident involving a 12-year-old.

“While each case is unique, the issues of arranged marriages involving minor females or the selling of minor females to older males have become a local problem,” it said.

One word, CRAZY!!!