Woman Forces Toddler to Smoke, Posts on MySpace, Gets Arrested
File this under bad parents -- a woman in Virginia Beach, Virginia has been jailed for Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, thanks to a rather tasteless video she posted on MySpace.Sandra Venery (seen in her mug-shot glory to the right) posted a clip in which she encourages her two-year-old daughter to smoke a cigarette. The video was enough to put Venery behind bars. But despite it being illegal for anyone under 18 to smoke in Virginia, it wasn't the smoking that did it. Rather, it was Venery's often-profane encouragement of her daughter that landed her behind bars. (The video has since been removed from MySpace, so don't bother looking.)
From WAVY TV 10
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 17)
Susan @ Dec 18th 2007 12:34PM
What a loser. Merry Christmas, asshole.
ascatal @ Dec 18th 2007 12:44PM
id file this on under bad parent and what and idiot as well wtf was she thinking? well maybe not that last one as she could not have been thinking! I hope that child has been taken away from here and put in foster care as any one who would do what she did is an unfit parent
VICTORIA @ Dec 18th 2007 1:32PM
She got what she deserves. I hope she loses custody of her child permanently. No child deserves to be raised by an idiot like this woman.
erica @ Dec 18th 2007 2:16PM
She looks like a meth head. People that do drugs are not in the right frame of mind. If she would tell/let her small child smoke a cigg, god knows what else she would let her or make her do. This is a very serious situation. Let's hope child welfare workers in her city are smart enough to get this child away from that woman.
Marianne @ Dec 18th 2007 3:02PM
They need to charge her with child neglect and child abuse, and take the toddler away from her and place this child in loving and caring hands. People like her raise these children in this manner where these kids don't know better and grow up to be just like her or even worse. We need to take these sicko's off the street PERIOD....
Steve @ Dec 18th 2007 8:19PM
And this is WHY I do foster care. To take care of children when idiots like this some how figure out how to give birth to helpless children. I hope she rots in jail.
Susan @ Dec 18th 2007 8:44PM
Well, it's obviously true, you just can't "fix" stupid....
Why we need birth control @ Dec 18th 2007 9:01PM
dumbass
Bill @ Dec 18th 2007 10:34PM
the video is fact so yes it should be used to put this "Biggest Loser" behind bars and lose her kids.
Chewy Daniels @ Dec 19th 2007 2:32AM
I don't see what is wrong with this. I mean, I smoked when I was three, and I came out fine.
I mean, these damn republican nazis are so strict these days. Let the kids have a little toke.
C'mon, it's not like she was making the kid smoke pole!
We should all smoke together, and dance beneath trees. The world would be a much more glittery place!
Cybil @ Dec 19th 2007 4:25AM
Chewy??? You must be off your rocker. Maybe you did smoke when you were 3 and...who says you turned out "fine"? Obviiously you did not! Anyone who thinks that forcing a child to smoke cigs at 2 is ok is not "fine". They are just plain ignorant. Smoking is against the law for anyone under the age of 18 and anyone who gives or sells a minor cigarettes can be arrested and subject to fines! NOT TO MENTION the fact that smoking is bad for your health and can cause several serious diseases. I personally have watched aomeone die of lung cancer and the last thing in this world that I would care to watch is someones poor defensless child die of lung cancer because their PARENT was stupid enough to FORCE the child to smoke a damn cigarette! Get a brain. Things aren't like they used to be when you were a kid!
Cybil @ Dec 19th 2007 4:28AM
And by the way??? Who took the video and why are they not in jail??? Same sentence in my opinion. Jail time baby!
JBJG @ Dec 19th 2007 7:37AM
dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JBJG @ Dec 19th 2007 7:39AM
i would like to shove a cigarette up that womans a$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daniel Gaunt @ Dec 19th 2007 9:41AM
I personally think that just smoking near a child is child abuse so this is just horrible. This chav should never be allowed near a child again. hope the little girl gets a better life now at least!
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@#$%&! @ Dec 19th 2007 1:32PM
This is why kids should get taught about birth control early, and why some of the little blighters ought to have it made mandatory in their useless, ugly, worthless little lives.
Catherine @ Dec 19th 2007 4:52PM
The most awful thing about this story is that she will probably get
that little girl back. Most states don't have the resources to worry
about such a "minor" infraction.
It's horrible when one bothers to find out how many of these kids are
given back to the same monsters they were taken away from. Some over
worked and underpaid state worker decides the parent is all of a
sudden more capable now for whatever reason, and a child is shoved
back into a hopeless situation.
It should be criminal. Our government lets children and the elderly
slip through the cracks.
dan @ Dec 19th 2007 4:57PM
Hey there, K maybe that wasn't the smartest thing to do, but here are some FACTS, believe'em if you want. Sandy is a good friend of mine and she's a wonderful( YES I SAID IT) wonderful person . She loves her kids VERY much, and would NEVER condone "contributing to the delinquicy of a minor". Yup, for sure she didn't think this through... VA Beach police came to her and her man's place with a 'no-knock' warrant, (that's great for a child's welfare, if you're a parent, think abouit it)... I'm 38 years old, I have pics of me as a baby holding beer bottles and cigs., uh hello!!! if any of you people want to hate on someone you don't know, thinkk about this, How many times in your life have you done something and said afterwards, OMG, I wish I could take that one back? For the the record, CPS was there when they kicked the door in, the social worker there told the police that this case was unfounded. All this hype is the result of 1 sleazy sensationalist reporter for a local TV station...Judge not lest you be judged youself...
Jamie @ Dec 19th 2007 10:18PM
to Dan: You're an idiot. No one takes responsibility anymore. We all know her character. Go back to your meth lab.
Another reason not to smoke. Only WEAK people do it. Most can't stop even if they wanted to. It's a disgusting habit. Chewing or dipping are not much better. Simply put, it's a legal drug!
marilyn bailey @ Dec 20th 2007 1:19AM
As for comments about reporting abusive or neglectful behavior found on My-Space (some saying invasion of privacy) If some-one is this big of an "idiot", than she obviously needs intervention in parenting! Lucky for that child, that she has such a disfunctual mother, now the child might have a chance for a better future!