Womans Tries To Trade Baby For Dodge Intrepid

Mom Accused of Selling Baby for Car

Last Edited: Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007, 5:00 PM MST

Created: Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007, 5:00 PM MST

Nicole Uribe PUEBLO -- Pueblo police say a 23-year-old woman faces felony charges on suspicion she traded her five-month-old son for cash and to make a payment on a car. Police Sergeant Brett Wilson says the department was notified of the alleged baby swap yesterday morning. Within hours, they had mother Nicole Uribe behind bars and the baby safely placed with a foster home. Wilson says Uribe traded her son to 47-year-old Jose-Juan Lerma and his 27-year-old wife, Irene, for a used Dodge Intrepid. All three are facing a felony count of trafficking in children and are being held on 50-Thousand dollars bond.