NEWS OF THE WEIRD

In October in Kitchener, Ontario, a man was sentenced to six months'
probation living away from his 15-year-old stepson, as punishment for
growing 20 marijuana plants; he said he planted them so the boy would not
be exposed to the "dangers of street drugs." And in November in Milwaukee,
a man was convicted for supplying his 13-year-old virgin son with a
prostitute, saying it was about time he learned.

Quality Time With the Kids: Baltimore police dispatcher Harry Gilmore
Watts, 32, was arrested in August and charged with chauffeuring his son and
a friend, both 15, to rob a Peoples Bank. And on the same day, in Medford,
Ore., Cynthia Alice Lockinger, 40, pleaded guilty to robbing two banks
while her three daughters waited in the back seat of the getaway car.

Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird appears in Silicon Valley Life. E-mail
him at 74777.3206@CompuServe.com .