Police Say Family Schemed to Dump Baby

[jon1856]

A cab driver who made headlines this week when he claimed that a passenger had abandoned a baby in his car was arrested Saturday and charged with making up the tale.
Police said the driver, Klever Sailema, was part of a scheme by an overwhelmed Bronx family to abandon the child, who had been born to a 14-year-old girl.

The family's ill-conceived plot to turn the child over the city collapsed late Friday night and several people were under arrest early Saturday.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/police-...01150109990001

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n3895854.shtml

[texas*princess]

Geez. Why couldn't the family just take the baby to a fire station themselves? Isn't there a no-questions asked law or something that is out there to prevent people from trying to do harm to the baby (like put it in a dumpster or something?)

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Geez. Why couldn't the family just take the baby to a fire station themselves? Isn't there a no-questions asked law or something that is out there to prevent people from trying to do harm to the baby (like put it in a dumpster or something?)

Yes there is but IIRC the baby was now to old for the law.
http://www.safeplacefornewborns.com/statefiles/ny.html
http://www.brooklynda.org/baby_safe_...safe_haven.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/ny...=1&oref=slogin
Safe-Haven Laws Fail to End Discarding of Babies

[jubilance1922]

Why is a 14 year old having a baby with a man twice her age?

Such a bad situation all the way around.