Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'abandonedbaby'
May 12, 2008
Around 10 p.m. last night, a Flushing resident heard crying outside her house and opening her front door to find a baby girl on the steps. The baby, wrapped in a blanket, appeared to be one month old. And next to the infant was a black handbag. Authorities took the baby to Flushing Medical Center, where she is in stable condition. It's believed the Holly Avenue home was chosen at random. Under the Safe Haven......
Continue Reading "Baby Found Abandoned on Queens Stoop"March 4, 2008
The father who wanted to give up his 6-month-old baby out of desperation has told the police he wants to surrender. Carlos Rodas, 27, was overwhelmed when his 14-year-old girlfriend and the mother of the baby left him to care for their daughter, so he, his sister, and her boyfriend, a livery cab driver, worked out a plan for the driver to leave the baby at a Queens fire house. The story of the......
Continue Reading "Abandoned Baby's Father Wants to Surrender"March 3, 2008
As details continue to emerge about the plot to fake a baby's abandonment in Queens, the fate of the baby has remained questionable. Now the Administration for Children's Services say the 14-year-old mother, who may not have known about the plot, may get the 6-month-old baby back. An ACS spokeswoman said, "The child has the right to be raised by the parent." The Post reports the mother, Yelemer Cosme Perez, is in ACS custody while......
Continue Reading "14-Year-Old Mom May Get "Abandoned" Baby Back"March 2, 2008
News that the tale of an adorable abandoned baby was only half-true has resulted in a number of arrests and many questions. And it's possible the baby's 14-year-old mother may not have known about the scheme. Livery car driver Klever Sailema, who dropped off the baby at a Queens firehouse claiming she was abandoned in his cab, was charged with criminal facilitation and filing a false police report. He told the Post in an exclusive......
Continue Reading ""Abandoned" Baby Plot Unravels, Unclear Whether 14-Year-Old Mother Knew of Plan"March 1, 2008
After the city was moved by the story of a baby abandoned in the backseat of a livery cab and how the driver dropped off the baby at a fire house, prompting the police and media to look for the baby's relatives, it turns out the livery cab driver was involved in the abandonment scheme. Driver Klever Sailema was arrested today, as were another man and woman. Oh, no. According to the police, "Sailema was......
Continue Reading "Driver, Others Arrested in Abandoned Baby Case"February 28, 2008
A 6-7 month old baby girl, strapped in a car seat, was left in the backseat of a livery cab this morning. Tel-A-Car driver Klever Sailema picked up a man and the baby around 9:45AM this morning at 106th Street and Northern Boulevard in Queens. When the cab got to 83rd and Northern, the man said he needed to make a call and left the car. Only he crossed "the street to a pay phone......
Continue Reading "Baby Girl Abandoned in Livery Cab"
