Bad Days for Babies: A California Woman Tried to Steal a Newborn from a Hospital Just After a Florida Man Attempted to Trade a Baby for Food [Babies]

Garden Grove Medical Center employees thwarted a baby theft this weekend after Grisel Ramierez allegedly tried to walk out with a newborn girl she’d hidden in a tote bag. Ramierez had disguised herself in nurses’ scrubs and led the newborn’s mother to the bathroom, instructing her to shower before the doctor’s examination. Once the mother left the room, Ramirez put the infant in her tote bag and was on her way out when the baby somehow set off an alarm after crossing an “imaginary line,” which seems impossible if it was actually imaginary but, you know, technology is crazy these days. More »