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http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/us/teens-video-baby-refrigerator-charges-trnd/index.html

(CNN) - Two teens are facing charges after a video posted to Snapchat allegedly shows them putting a baby inside a refrigerator, authorities said.

The girls were baby-sitting the infant on Monday in Danvers, Massachusetts, while the infant's mother took a shower, she told CNN Boston affiliate WCVB.

Police in nearby Swampscott were alerted that evening, Essex District Attorney's Office spokesman Steve O'Connell told CNN. In the video, you see a young infant crying before being placed inside a refrigerator by one of the teens, who appears to be laughing. The baby continues to cry as the door to the fridge is closed.

It's unclear from the video how long the baby was inside the appliance but officials say the baby did not suffer any injuries.

The teens were arrested and charged Tuesday with child endangerment and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, O'Connell told CNN. They were arraigned the same day in Salem juvenile court. It was not clear whether they were in custody or out on bond.

The child's mother told WCVB she was horrified when she found out what happened. One of the teens is her niece, the baby's cousin.
"I know she wouldn't hurt my daughter and that wasn't her intentions. I think it was all foolishness, stupidity," the baby's mother said. "I will no longer be leaving my children with my niece or her friends again ever in my life."

 

[shaneo632]

Fridges were a mistake

 

[Salty Rice]

If they dont play blue whale or pour hot water over themselves they put babys in fridges.

Wtf is wrong with these teens jesus.

 

[pigeon]

Seems cold.

 

[FZZ]

If they dont play blue whale or pour hot water over themselves they put babys in fridges.

Wtf is wrong with these teens jesus.

Hey fam we had a thread about a member that semi convinced a 14 year old to runaway

this the new age

 

[MMarston]

I get the joke they were doing.



And it was never gonna be a funny one.

 

[Kayhan]

I want to believe they meant it as a - misguided - joke and took the baby out literally a second later.

The alternative is stupidity on a whole new level.

 

[tbm24]

Would tell them to send my niece to Juvi if this happened to my daughter.

 

[Lombax]

Fucking Danvers.

 

[cirrhosis]

That baby needed to chill out

This is pretty terrible though, kids can be pretty stupid at times. Feel for the mom.

 

[Conor_Fool]

Hey fam we had a thread about a member that semi convinced a 14 year old to runaway

this the new age

Source???

 

[UnemployedVillain]

There seems to be a lot of mental illnesses going around with kids these days. With racists too.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Like why?????

 

[Kayhan]

Hey fam we had a thread about a member that semi convinced a 14 year old to runaway

this the new age

In a foreign country no less.

 

[ponpo]

It was Maleven from that Louis Theroux documentary on South Africa.

 

[Septimus Prime]

I want to believe they meant it as a - misguided - joke and took the baby out literally a second later.

The alternative is stupidity on a whole new level.

That's what I'm thinking, too. It's just that they have no idea how dangerous it is to do that for even a second.

 

[Orin GA]

Let he who has not put a baby inside a fridge throw the first stone.

 

[kikiribu]

Don't really see the humor in this.

 

[mcfrank]

Really glad I wasn't live streaming all the stupid shit I was doing at 14 (though never anything as dumb as putting a baby in the fridge)

 

[TimeEffect]

Assuming the baby was in there for seconds, but its still a fucking baby and the sudden change and darkness is traumatic.

Fuck them

 

[| Praxis |]

As a father of a two year old that makes the term "terrible two's" the understatement of the century, I can sympathize.

Seriously though, these kids are fucking dumb. I hope they don't try anything this stupid again.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Would tell them to send my niece to Juvi if this happened to my daughter.

Seriously, that's fucked up.

 

[rtcn63]

In the video, you see a young infant crying before being placed inside a refrigerator by one of the teens, who appears to be laughing.

All I can picture is Lil Ze from City of God

 

[jett]

Those teens are beyond help. Try them as adults.

 

[Drifters]

Did they say cool off?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Don't really see the humor in this.

So much this.
Posters were a mistake.

 

[DonMigs85]

Social media is doing terrible things to kid's brains

 

[Lucky Seven]

Was it supposed to be a joke? You don't do that stuff, but shit, punishment came by fast for them.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

"I'm going to put him in the fridge; we'll get tons of likes"

"Hey, let's share that video of the man drowning, sure we'll get tons of comments"

"I'm going to stream how I kill my sister"

 

[snacknuts]

Those teens are beyond help. Try them as adults.

Oh my God, come on. The mother said it wasn't a big deal. It's fine.

 

[Dishwalla]

Putting a baby in a fridge isn't a big deal and is "fine". Okey dokey.

 

[watershed]

Humanity was a mistake.

 

[perfectchaos007]

At the end of the day, they're putting a baby in a 30 degree F environment for a short period of time. Its weird and I would never do something like that but I would be a lot more outraged if they put the baby in an oven, microwave, freezer for a short period of time.

 

[Astral Dog]

Fridges were a mistake

Vlame the fridges not the girls

 

[Permanently A]

There's a way to do this joke without leaving a baby in a fucking fridge.

 

[TheCochese]

You shouldn't do that, but I think the charges might be over the top.

 

[Sun Drugs]

I'm reading some responses about understanding the joke they were going for...is this a thing people do? Am I missing something?

 

[Astral Dog]

"I'm going to put him in the fridge; we'll get tons of likes"

"Hey, let's share that video of the man drowning, sure we'll get tons of comments"

"I'm going to stream how I kill my sister"

I womder whats next 🤔

 

[Ashby]

Hey fam we had a thread about a member that semi convinced a 14 year old to runaway

this the new age

Gen Z is the worst.

 

[SolidChamp]

Don't really see the humor in this.

Yeah. The first few "joke" quips by posters here is pretty fucking disgusting to me. Maybe it's because I'm the father of a two year old?

 

[Astral Dog]

There's a way to do this joke without leaving a baby in a fucking fridge.

Cute

 

[Astral Dog]

Oh my God, come on. The mother said it wasn't a big deal. It's fine.

She also said she is never letting her niece near her baby EVER again

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Cute

The kid disagrees.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

There's a way to do this joke without leaving a baby in a fucking fridge.

Next time on arrested development

Baby is starting to reconsider whether uncle Pete is as caring as he originally thought.

 

[ChrisD]

I mean you could have made the "Ice, Ice, Baby" joke by taking a snapshot of the closed fridge, and then taking another shot of an open fridge where someone is carefully holding the baby on the edge (sitting on a towel/blanket so it's not too cold) sitting beside two big ice towers. The baby may even be smiling because you're not doing anything frightening! But... Umm... I guess they didn't think things beyond putting a baby in a freezer.

Alternatively, picture of ice tower in fridge, picture of ice tower in fridge, picture of baby as set-up above.

Yeesh.
That's disturbing and horrible.

 

[Nowise10]

This is something that can only be funny when its a skit in a video or movie. Not when its a real live fucking baby.

 

[Lonewulfeus]

At the end of the day, they're putting a baby in a 30 degree F environment for a short period of time. Its weird and I would never do something like that but I would be a lot more outraged if they put the baby in an oven, microwave, freezer for a short period of time.

Baby in the fridge defense force! Gaf does have em all!

 

[Rynam]

Source???

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=245774224 This one, I think.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

This is something that can only be funny when its a skit in a video or movie. Not when its a real live fucking baby.

Word. The fuck is wrong with mofos. If I did that to my cousin my mom would have beaten the shit out of me. Then my father. Then my brother. And my entire family would hate my guts.

If someone did this to my daughter I'd punch them dead in the fucking mouth and say it was just a prank, bro.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Did they say 'chill out'??