baby thrown from car window

[Rob - banned]

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 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

[Collette]

I hope they find the scumbags responsible :angry:

[Crystal]

aww how sad. :sad:

[Rob - banned]

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- 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.

"It is my belief ... that this person is the birth mother of the child," Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne told reporters.

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.

[Crystal]

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Authorities said Friday that the story of a newborn boy who survived being thrown out of a moving car was made up by a depressed woman.



The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, who was believed to be less than an hour old and whose umbilical cord was still attached when he came into the custody of authorities on Thursday, was in good condition at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale.

Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne said at a news conference Friday afternoon that the boy was “absolutely perfect.” Nurses at the hospital have nicknamed him Johnny after the doctor who first treated him Thursday, he said.

Jenne said the baby was taken to a local sheriff’s office Thursday by a woman who said she saw it being tossed from a moving car, wrapped in plastic. She claimed that a man and a woman were arguing in the car at the time, he said.

In fact, “the situation is not as horrible as we thought,” he said. “The baby was not ever thrown out of the car.”

Bizarre tale fabricated on spur of the moment
Jenne said the Good Samaritan, the woman in the car and the baby’s mother were one and the same — Patricia Pokriots, 38, a barmaid for a non-profit fraternal organization.




• ‘Not as horrible as we thought’
Feb. 11: The mother “didn’t want anyone to know [about] the pregnancy because of embarrassment,” Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne said at a news conference.
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Pokriots was arrested in 2002 on an aggravated battery charge. The dispensation of the 2002 charge was not immediately known.

Pokriots was undergoing a mental competency hearing, Jenne said, adding that there was no indication that drugs were involved. It was unlikely that she would be charged in this case, he said, because the only law that she appeared to have violated was filing a false police report.

Although requests to adopt Johnny have flooded into the sheriff’s office and to local television stations, Johnny is not available for adoption, Jenne said, adding that “legal steps must be taken for this to happen.”

A hearing must first be held to terminate Pokriots’ parental rights. That is almost certain to happen because Pokriots told investigators she did not want to keep the baby, fearing she could harm him.

Baby father’s unidentified
Jenne said Pokriotz gave birth to Johnny in the bathroom of her own mother’s home, where she lives. She refused to identify the father.

Pokriots told investigators that she did not know she was pregnant because of an illness. She said she kept the child’s delivery a secret “because of embarrassment,” Jenne told reporters.

In a panic, she began driving around, hoping to abandon the boy at a firehouse, when she passed a white car. “The mother came across two people arguing and decided to build a story around this,” Jenne said.

On the spot, she decided to turn her son in to authorities and claim that the couple she spotted had tossed him from the car, he said.

Pokriotz presented the baby to a Broward County sheriff’s substation, claiming to have rescued him. She told the story of the quarreling couple, having “decided to lie about what would happen,” Jenne said.

Asked about supporting reports from witnesses, Jenne said those people had simply seen the uninvolved couple in the white sedan, he said.

Florida law would have protected mother
Jenne visited Johnny in the hospital and said Pokriots’ initial story had raised troubling questions. “What have we come to as a society and a community?” he asked.

But in this case, that question had a welcome answer, Jenne said: “The one great thing that comes out of this is there is a great love for this child, this Johnny.”

Jenne stressed that the incident need not have happened, noting that Florida had a “safe harbor law” allowing a mother leave her baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days, no questions asked.

“If Patricia had done this, we would not be here today,” he said, but it was not yet clear whether she knew about the law.

[Rob - banned]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida woman who reported seeing a newborn tossed out of a moving car made up the story and is actually the boy's mother, Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne said Friday.

Patricia Pokriots, 38, "made up an incredible story," but acknowledged what she had done while being questioned by authorities Friday, he said.

The 1-day-old infant -- an 8-pound, 2-ounce boy -- is "absolutely perfect," he said.

Pokriots was committed for observation at a hospital Friday "at our urging," Jenne said.

"The only charge I can think of charging against [Pokriots] would be making a false police report," the sheriff said.

Under Florida's "safe harbor" law, a parent can turn a newborn up to 3 days old over to authorities with no questions asked.

Authorities will seek court permission to take the infant -- as well as another son, who is 10 -- into state custody, he said. Pokriots made clear she wants to give up the infant, Jenne said.

Pokriots acknowledged fabricating the story under questioning Friday, Jenne said.

She said she learned she was pregnant a couple of months ago and did not tell anyone, he said.

Pokriots seemed nervous when she turned the child over at a sheriff's office Thursday, Jenne said, adding it would be understandable for anyone who just found a baby to be shaken.

But he said authorities began to doubt her story as the questioning continued.

Pokriots told authorities Thursday that the baby had been tossed from a white car driving about 5 mph.

Friday, she admitted she "gave birth in the bathroom of her mother's house at 1:30 on Thursday" and decided to drive to a fire station to leave the baby, he said.

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.

The baby, with its umbilical cord still attached, was taken to Broward Medical Center. Nurses nicknamed the boy "Johny" after his attending physician, Johny Tryzmel.

Jenne said Pokriots, who is a waitress at a bar, has a previous charge of aggravated battery.

Authorities said many people have called about adopting the infant, but they said he is not up for adoption.

'Safe haven' law
Florida law says a parent of a newborn up to three days of age may leave the infant at any hospital, emergency medical services facility or fire station without having to give a name.

The parent may still make a claim for the child until a court rules on parental rights.

Only in cases where authorities suspect abuse can a parent be investigated.

[sws4420]

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050211/050211_baby_mom_bcol2p.small.jpg
Does this bitch look like she's wound too tight? :huh:

[Mikey]

nope she doesn't....she doesn't even look fit to have kids