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Theresa
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 Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:28 pm Newborn Boy Tossed Out Car Window in Fla. |
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| Quote: | NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A newborn was tossed out a car window onto the grass beside a busy street Thursday afternoon, and the car sped off, authorities said.
Investigators were seeking the parents of the boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached when he was found by a woman passer-by. Doctors believe the infant was less than an hour old at the time.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal said the woman brought the infant to the sheriff's office. The baby was taken to Broward General Medical Center, which upgraded his condition from critical to serious Thursday night.
It was unclear what injuries the eight-pound, two-ounce child suffered.
The woman who rescued the baby - who was inside a small plastic bag - said she saw a man and woman arguing inside the vehicle.
The baby was thrown from the passenger side, landing three or four feet away in the grass.
No information was released on the baby's identity.
North Lauderdale is about 13 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale.
02/10/05 22:49
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Leo Wyatt
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:36 pm |
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I hope they find the parents and bring to justice.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:38 pm |
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OMG  How crazy can you get? My god! You just don't throw a BABY of less than 2 HOURS old out of the car window??  Weird people. Indeed, they should be brought to justice. And the child should be put in a fosterhome, not with the people that threw him out of the car.
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Theresa
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:39 pm |
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| Quote: | Mother Who Tossed Newborn From Car Traced
NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Feb. 11) - The mother of a newborn boy who survived being tossed out of a moving car has been identified and interviewed by investigators, authorities said Friday.
The sheriff also said that the interview with the unidentified woman "puts a whole new light on this story" but he gave no specifics. A news conference was planned for later in the day to provide more details.
"We do believe at this point ... that we will soon have an admission to the birth of the child," Jenne said.
The boy, believed to be less than an hour old, was thrown out of a car alongside a busy street Thursday afternoon, police said.
The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized in good condition Friday. Nurses at the hospital have nicknamed the child Johnny.
State law lets a mother leave a baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days of birth without any questions asked.
"That provides parents or women with an option. You don't have to just abandon your child in way that would endanger his or her life," said Veda Coleman-Wright, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
A woman stopped and found the baby inside a small plastic bag. She scooped him up and took him to a nearby sheriff's office, and he was transferred to Broward General Medical Center.
The good Samaritan, who originally thought the couple had thrown a puppy out the window, was "very distraught, very upset," Jenne said. The woman's name was not released.
Investigators had been searching for a white, older-model large sedan that witnesses observed leaving the scene. The baby's rescuer told investigators she observed a man and woman arguing inside the vehicle. But she saw only the back of their heads, Jenne said, and could not provide a good description.
02-11-05 12:43 EST
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:39 pm |
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How stupid are people? Don't they realize how easy it is to determine who they are nowadays?
I agree with T. Kill em slowly, then when they die, revive them, and do it all over again.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:45 pm |
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State law lets a mother leave a baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days of birth without any questions asked.
"That provides parents or women with an option. You don't have to just abandon your child in way that would endanger his or her life," said Veda Coleman-Wright, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
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Why should they throw it out of the car then?? I really don't get it.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:48 pm |
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Guess they are just insensitive ass holes who don't care about anyone but themselves. Honestly, I'm surprised the baby was carried full term.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 1:52 pm |
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| Belanna1985 wrote: | | Theresa wrote: |
State law lets a mother leave a baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days of birth without any questions asked.
"That provides parents or women with an option. You don't have to just abandon your child in way that would endanger his or her life," said Veda Coleman-Wright, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
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Why should they throw it out of the car then?? I really don't get it. |
That's why I want them dead, 
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:14 pm |
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Isn't this like the 5th article about parents abusing children? Whats going on in the World? 
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| Quote: | FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- A woman who reported seeing a newborn tossed out of a moving car made up the story and is the boy's mother, Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne said Friday.
The woman didn't want her family to know about the child, Jenne said.
Patricia Pokriots, 38, "made up an incredible story," Jenne said.
She was questioned Friday and acknowledged what she had done, he said.
Jenne said the infant is healthy and doing well. He has no bruises or scratches.
Under Florida law, a parent or relative can turn a newborn over to authorities with no questions asked during the first three days of his or her life.
"The only charge I can think of charging against [Pokriots] would be making a false police report," the sheriff said.
Pokriots learned she was pregnant a couple of months ago, he said. He described her as a large woman, noting that the pregnancy may not have shown as early as it may have on someone else.
Pokriots was taken to a hospital Friday and committed for observation "at our urging," he said.
Authorities will seek court permission to take the infant as well as another son, who is 10, into state custody, he said. In her statement, she has made clear she wants to give up the infant, Jenne said.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office said the woman told authorities she was driving Thursday afternoon in a residential area of northern Fort Lauderdale when she saw a man and woman arguing in a car.
A bundle flew out the window as the car slowed and landed on grass by the road, the woman told authorities, and she found a baby boy with a plastic bag over his head.
The baby was flown via helicopter to Broward Medical Center. The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy was only hours old and still had his umbilical cord attached, authorities said.
But Jenne said there are no signs of medical problems. The infant is "absolutely perfect," he said.
Nurses nicknamed the boy "Johny" after his attending physician, Johny Tryzmel.
When Pokriots first turned the child in, she seemed nervous, Jenne said, but her behavior didn't seem unusual for someone who witnessed what she said she did.
As authorities questioned her later on, they began to sense that her story was shaky, he said.
Under questioning Friday, Pokriots acknowledged fabricating the story, Jenne said.
She said she "gave birth in the bathroom of her mother's house at 1:30 on Thursday," he said. She said that she decided to drive to a fire station to leave the baby -- which is legal under the Florida law.
On the way, she saw two people in a white car arguing, and "she decided to build a story around it," Jenne said.
Other witnesses saw the same couple in the same white car arguing, he said.
"She pulled up to our district office and brought the baby inside," he said.
Pokriots works as a waitress at a bar and has a previous charge of aggravated battery, he said.
Authorities said many people have called saying they want to adopt the infant, but they said he is not up for adoption now. |
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:46 pm |
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| Quote: | | I'd kill the parents. Slowly. |
Same here. MY GOD, such EVIL people! My god!
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:02 pm |
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| Quote: | Woman Makes Up Story About Tossed Baby
By CURT ANDERSON
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A woman who claimed to have witnessed a newborn being thrown from a moving car was the baby's mother and concocted the story as a way to abandon the child and conceal her pregnancy from her family, officials said Friday.
``It's not as horrible as we first thought,'' Sheriff Ken Jenne said. ``The baby was never thrown out of a moving car. This is the case of a disturbed woman who gave birth and did not want to keep her child.''
No charges were brought against the woman, 38-year-old Patricia Pokriots. She was committed for psychiatric evaluation under a law that allows for people who are a threat to themselves or others to be held for 72 hours.
On Thursday afternoon, Pokriots dropped an hour-old baby off at a sheriff's station, telling authorities that she had scooped the boy up after seeing him tossed out of a car onto the grass, Jenne said. Pokriots told investigators she saw a couple arguing in a car, then witnessed the woman throwing the child from the passenger side.
Eventually, investigators found inconsistencies in Pokriots' story, and on Friday she acknowledged that she had lied, the sheriff said.
``She has indicated that she does not want the child,'' Jenne said.
The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached when he was brought in, had no injuries. Nurses at the hospital nicknamed him Johnny.
The sheriff said the woman had kept her pregnancy a secret, and had initially planned to take the baby to authorities. State law allows a mother to abandon a baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days of birth.
But she came up with a cover story after seeing two people argue inside their car, the sheriff said. A boy who was playing nearby did see a couple arguing, but never saw them throw anything out, Jenne said.
Pokriots is a barmaid and has an arrest record including an aggravated battery charge. ``She said she may be a threat to herself,'' Jenne said. He said she has a 10-year-old child who will be taken from the home Pokriots shared with her mother.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 6:06 pm |
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Oh my God!
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:28 pm |
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Hmm that Sucks
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:40 pm |
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Kill nah, to easy, Let the russains tourture them, or WW2 German vets, that'd make it all the more fun to watch.
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| Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:50 pm |
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Goodness, we all certainly are into violence too it appears  .
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However the baby came to be hospitalized, it had injuries.
| Quote: | | The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized in good condition Friday. |
Minor, major, I don't care. What I want to know is how the baby got injured, less than an hour old, and no charges are being pressed.
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| Theresa wrote: | However the baby came to be hospitalized, it had injuries.
| Quote: | | The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized in good condition Friday. |
Minor, major, I don't care. What I want to know is how the baby got injured, less than an hour old, and no charges are being pressed. |
That is ridiculous! (but and it's GOT to be more than an hour old then. They wouldn't let it out of the hospital so soon) However, the person needs to be discovered and PUNISHED! The baby looks so cute.
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| Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:21 am |
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| Republican_Man wrote: | | Theresa wrote: | However the baby came to be hospitalized, it had injuries.
| Quote: | | The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized in good condition Friday. |
Minor, major, I don't care. What I want to know is how the baby got injured, less than an hour old, and no charges are being pressed. |
That is ridiculous! (but and it's GOT to be more than an hour old then. They wouldn't let it out of the hospital so soon) However, the person needs to be discovered and PUNISHED! The baby looks so cute. |
She had it in a bathroom...
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