Man Jailed For Tattooing 13 Year Old

[matcom]

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HOBART - The last few months of Marco Gonzales' life sound like a bad country-western song:

He tattooed a minor.

His trailer burned down.

Now, he's going to jail.

Gonzales, 29, pleaded guilty Monday in Hobart City Court to tattooing a minor, a Class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to a year in jail, but with suspended time and time already served, he will serve only an additional 90 days in Lake County Jail, where he has been since his Oct. 8 arrest.

Gonzales also was sentenced to a year of formal probation with a ban on any tattooing during that time and was fined $500 plus court costs. He also must pay to have the tattoo removed if the girl chooses.

Gonzales' saga began in early August, when a friend brought over his 13-year-old girlfriend and asked Gonzales to tattoo her at Gonzales' Cressmoor Trailer Park home. Gonzales - who is not a licensed, professional tattoo artist - complied, tattooing her name, Jacquelynn, across her lower back.

The Hobart Police became involved a short while later when the girl's mother found out about the tattoo, said Hobart Police Lt. Leo Finnerty.

"She was not at all happy," he said.

http://nwitimes.com/articles/2005/10/26/news/lake_county/19cfcdcd09e3e741862570a6000058d8.txt

[In_The_Wind]

1. I wouldn't be happy either if someone tattooed my 13 year old child.

BTW ~ How old is the lil' girl's boyfriend?

AND what was her mother thinking to let her daughter date a man instead of someone closer to her teenage years!
Has anyone called CPS

[Coventina]

2. Tatoo guy: How old are you? Bart Simpson: 21 sir!

Tatoo guy: Get in the chair!