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Grandmother of the Year
June Candelario is a kindly little 62-year-old granny. A former state trooper, she spent the last three years devoting her time to working as a jail counselor. The thing of it is, she was also raising her grandson (who was 10-13 years old during this three year span). What to do with him? What. To. Do. With. Him?
Lock him up in a 4-foot by 3-foot dog kennel, of course!
Candelario pleaded guilty to child abuse charges, and has now been sentenced to three years in the clink (plus a year probation). The boy is now in foster care, and his foster mother said he was afraid to come to the sentencing because he is (unsurprisingly) still afraid of dear old granny. But a sad letter from him was read in court:
I felt like I was in a prison in my home. When I was in the cage, I felt scared and lonely and that I was not loved by my grandma.
Candelario, meanwhile, said: “I meant no harm to my grandson. I love him very much.” She really knows how to show it. What happened to grandmothers taking their grandsons to the movies and buying them candy? That’s how my grandmothers showed their love to me, and I never found myself in fear of them. Jesus….
