Father charged with trying to sell adopted son for $1,000 and a truck
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(CNN) — A father in Texas is accused of trying to sell his 16-year-old adopted son. He’s accused of taking a check and a vehicle in exchange for signing away his parental rights.
For a thousand dollar check and a truck, Pearland police believe Ronald Hoyt was selling his son. The transaction was captured on security cameras last Tuesday. Hoyt was arrested Friday.
Hoyt adopted Alan when he was a young boy. The relationship turned rocky, he says, as he got older. Last year he met Michael Gonzales who gave him a home. “He didn’t have anyone who cared about him and he was just a lost soul.”
He went to court to become his managing conservator and in December decided he wanted to adopt Alan. But first Hoyt wanted something. “Before I sign any adoption papers I want two years of subsidy for Alan,” said Hoyt.
They signed the deal last week with an undercover Pearland police officer in the room. Hoyt was arrested when he came back three days later.
Hoyt denied trying to sell Alan and declined to talk on the record without an attorney and he doesn’t have one. Alan wants to put this and the rest behind him. He’s happy where he is now.