SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman accused of trying to steal someone else's baby from a Sanford hospital is expected to get out of jail, Monday. A judge said Jennifer Latham could be released Monday morning without bond as long as she wears an ankle monitoring bracelet.
Monday morning the probation officers will arrive at the Seminole County jail to fit Latham with a GPS ankle bracelet and then she'll be allowed to go home. The judge made the decision because Latham has no criminal record in Florida, but police say they are shocked the woman is getting out of jail.
Jennifer Latham will be allowed to walk out of the Seminole County jail wearing an ankle bracelet. She's accused of walking out of Central Regional hospital with a family's infant stuffed in a bag.
Court documents say Latham followed a maintenance worker into the maternity ward, changed into a nurse's uniform and then convinced a mother to give up the newborn for an eye test. Moments later she stuffed the baby in a tote bag and walked out.
Hospital workers were able to get a partial vehicle tag number and police pulled her over on I-4. Latham could be heard on an officer's dash camera trying to convince him that the baby belonged to her.
"That's a newborn back there. Did you give birth to that newborn? You did? Alright," the officer could be heard saying.
Latham even claimed to be sore from child birth. Eventually the baby was placed in an ambulance and Latham was handcuffed. Sanford police say they're worried that if Latham is released from jail she could be a threat to the child.
There were some questions Monday morning about whether Latham may have a criminal past under a different name in a different state. Jennifer Latham may have been arrested for theft in Indiana under the name of Jennifer Winterheimer in 2002.
If it is the new information is confirmed, prosecutors would have more ammunition to try and get another judge to reverse the decision to release her.
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