Baby Smuggling Arrest

Police in Sanford, Florida said a woman changed into medical scrubs Friday and
abducted a 1-day-old boy from a busy Central Florida hospital.

Jennifer Latham, 39, of Sanford, entered a secure hospital unit at Central
Florida Regional Hospital and managed to smuggle the child out in a tote
bag.. according to investigators.

Latham was arrested a short time later after being pulled over by police on
Interstate 4 in nearby Lake Mary.

Police said Latham initially tried to take another child but was confronted by
the child's parents.

Officials at Central Florida Regional Hospital initially alerted police of the
abduction around 1:45 p.m. after hospital alarms indicated the child had been
removed from the newborn unit.

The hospital was immediately locked down as officials searched the grounds,
but the woman was apparently able to slip by security because she had the
child hidden in a bag.

Police in the nearby town of Lake Mary pulled over a vehicle at about 3 p.m.
ET that matched a description of the vehicle witnesses described Latham
driving. The baby was found inside unharmed and has been returned to the
hospital and reunited with the parents.