Maleficarum
07-03-2008, 09:53 PM
LAUDERDALE LAKES -- She denied she had given birth even as she was caught holding a white garbage bag with a crying newborn in it, the Broward Sheriff's Office said today.
Meshia Morant, 30, was arrested Tuesday and faces a charge of attempted murder. She is in jail on no bond.
The baby girl, now 2 weeks old, is in good health and has been placed in the care of a friend by child protection officials.
Meshia Morant admitted putting her baby in a bag filled with garbage when she was confronted on the morning of June 14 by a couple she was living with in the 3400 block of Northwest 50 Avenue, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Authorities say a man arrived home about 6:15 a.m. and found a blood trail that led from the living room to the kitchen.
He heard a baby cry and asked Morant if she had given birth to a baby, the Sheriff's Office said. She denied it.
Officials said they also placed a immigration hold on Morant, a Jamaican citizen who was in the country illegally.
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Meshia Morant, 30, was arrested Tuesday and faces a charge of attempted murder. She is in jail on no bond.
The baby girl, now 2 weeks old, is in good health and has been placed in the care of a friend by child protection officials.
Meshia Morant admitted putting her baby in a bag filled with garbage when she was confronted on the morning of June 14 by a couple she was living with in the 3400 block of Northwest 50 Avenue, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Authorities say a man arrived home about 6:15 a.m. and found a blood trail that led from the living room to the kitchen.
He heard a baby cry and asked Morant if she had given birth to a baby, the Sheriff's Office said. She denied it.
Officials said they also placed a immigration hold on Morant, a Jamaican citizen who was in the country illegally.
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