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Police said the abductor changed into scrubs inside the hospital, making her resemble a hospital worker. She attempted to take a baby from the nursery but was confronted by parents and stopped.

She then took another child, setting off an alarm, but she was able to leave the building without being caught. The hospital was on lockdown for a time, but that was lifted mid-afternoon after police concluded the suspect had most likely already left the building.

Police were able to get a partial license tag and a description of the vehicle, and from that they obtained a driver's license photo of the owner. They compared that to the abductor, who had been photographed on a hospital security camera, and saw it was the same person.

j-ragg wrote:Wow. I work at a hospital in Melbourne and we've only had one code pink (infant abduction) since I've worked there and even though it ended up being a misunderstanding, the whole hospital was going pretty nuts. Had an employee at every single possible exit.

Just makes you wonder about people...

When the suspect reached the nursery at about 1:40 p.m., dressed in hospital scrubs, she tried to take one infant but was confronted by that child's parents, Sanford police Chief Brian Tooley said.

"She backed off and took a second child," he said.

But her sister, Penny Barnard, told television reporters Friday that Latham had led the family to believe she was expecting a child, her third, any day. The family had prepared by buying baby clothes and accessories, she said.

A judge just ordered 39-year-old Jennifer Latham released from custody, but she has to wear a device on her ankle so authorities can keep track of her movements.

Latham was arrested Friday and charged with kidnapping a newborn child from Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford. An alarm went off and a Lake Mary police officer pulled Latham over on Interstate 4 a little more than an hour later. The baby boy was in the car and was unharmed.

The hearing was held Saturday morning at the Seminole County Jail. Latham, who kept her face covered with her long hair during the proceedings, said she didn't have a lawyer and will get a public defender. She did not have to pay a bond and will be set free under a pre-trial release program. She still has to get an ankle monitor before she can be released.

Her next hearing is on April 29.

MagicNolesFSU wrote:rofl get caught with a gram of weed, your sitting in jail, steal a baby you can go home. The justice system is so **** corrupt. Its all about the cash.