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Online ad offers elementary school children for sale

Posted at 3:15 PM, Sep 20, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-20 16:15:02-04

SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) -- Administrators at an elementary school in Brown County contacted the sheriff's office after an ad showed up on Craigslist offering the students for sale.

A parent called Forest Glen Elementary School in Suamico Monday about the ad posted on the popular internet site. It was titled "Children for Sale-Forest Glen Elementary" and read "Hundreds of kids to choose from. Pick and Run. Male or Female ages 5-9."

Brown County Sheriff's Lt. Jim Valley tells WBAY-TV his office is investigating even though the posting is probably a joke.