A disturbed 19-year-old woman was arrested and charged with kidnapping and other charges after she abducted a 3-day-old boy from a Pittsburgh hospital Thursday.
Breona Moore grinned for the TV cameras as she was led away in handcuffs by police. Moore is charged with taking 3-day-old Bryce Copeland from the maternity ward of Magee-Womens hospital Thursday afternoon — reportedly to prove she was pregnant to family members.
Police discovered Moore hiding in a stairwell in an office building near the hospital after an intense search of buildings and cars. The infant was recovered at an undisclosed location after Moore’s family members called police to report their suspicions that she may be the kidnapper.
An employee of a uniform shop across the street from Magee-Womens hospital told reporters that Moore was spotted hanging around outside the shop before 9 a.m. Moore told the employee she was a nurse at the hospital, and she was given a 10% discount for a black scrub top with the hospital’s logo on the front.
Most metropolitan hospitals are supplied by uniform stores located in the vicinity of the hospitals. The uniform shops do not require identification to purchase uniforms with hospital logos.
The Daily News reports that Moore, wearing the scrub top, proceeded across the street to the hospital where she wandered around the maternity ward until she found Rhonda King, 27, who was in her room with her newborn son Bryce.
Moore reportedly told King that she was an employee who was taking Bryce for an unscheduled check up. King said she gave her son to Moore, but Moore never returned.
Moore reportedly stole the child after she told family members she was pregnant, but they, apparently, didn’t believe her. Moore, who also announced her “pregnancy” on Facebook, seemed to blame her parents for her actions when she was arrested.
“Mom, it’s all your fault — and, dad, yours too,” a grinning Moore said as she was led away by police.
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