An undercover sting operation has led to a senior citizen's arrest after he allegedly asked a mother to sell her 10-month-old daughter to him at the Angie Auction House in Louisiana

A man has been accused of attempting to purchase a baby girl from her mother at an auction, according to local authorities.

Howell Gene Penton, 73, is alleged to have propositioned the mother to sell him her 10-month-old daughter last month while they were at the Angie Auction House in Angie, Louisiana, according to the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office.

The elderly man was apprehended on Saturday following a covert operation conducted by the sheriff's office and local police. The Sheriff's Office reported the investigation into the incident began on November 26. Three days after the investigation was

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