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Vanessa Maldonado arrested for dumping newborn in gas station trash can

A California woman was arrested after allegedly dumping her newborn baby in a gas station trashcan.

Venissa Maldonado was arrested for attempted murder and felony child abuse after the 25-year-old left her crying baby boy inside a Chevron gas station restroom on Thursday, Fullerton Police officials told The Post.

“Through her statements to detectives, it was determined that the child was hers,” department spokesman Sgt. Ryan O’Neil told The Post.

O’Neil said detectives have yet to determine whether Maldonado gave birth to the baby boy inside the restroom or not.


Venissa Maldonado, 25, was arrested Friday for attempted murder and felony child abuse, police officials said.
Fullerton Police Department

Cops found the crying newborn inside a trash can at a Chevron gas station in the 900 block of W. Orangethorpe Ave. in Fullerton, Calif.
Cops found the crying newborn inside a trash can at a Chevron gas station in the 900 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton, Calif.
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One of the gas station employees called 911, O’Neil said. Police officers who responded to the call discovered the sobbing baby inside the trash can.

The Fullerton Fire Department was called immediately to the scene and performed life-saving measures on the baby. The newborn was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition, O’Neil said.

Police served a search warrant at about 1:45 a.m. Friday at a Fullerton apartment, where Maldonado was arrested.

California has a Safely Surrendered Baby Law, which allows parents to surrender newborns at any fire or police station or other designated sites without fear of prosecution within 72 hours of the birth.

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Georgia hero cop Alexis Callaway saves choking baby: bodycam

A Georgia cop is being applauded for her heroic efforts in saving a choking baby from dying.

Dramatic body cam footage shows Senoia Police Officer Alexis Callaway spring into action when a four-week-old baby suddenly began to choke.

“No hesitation. I saw the baby. Saw that it was the grandmother that had the baby,” Callaway told FOX 5 Atlanta. “I took it. Made myself at home and started going.”

The cop, who joined Senoia police in 2020, rushed into the child’s home and snapped up the baby before administering first aid.

“I’ve been certified since the age of 16 and working with kids and stuff like that,” Callaway told the outlet.

After performing first aid, which included repeatedly patting the baby’s back and turning him, bodycam footage showed the child successfully spit out the obstructing liquid and begin to breathe normally.


Officer Alexis Callaway hurries to the scene and runs into the home where the infant was choking.
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“It is supposed to release anything that could be obstructing the airway,” Callaway said of the life-saving technique. “And you are supposed to have them angled kind of downward to help get them lodged out.”

Callaway’s act of bravery did not go unnoticed. She will be receiving the Senoia Police Department’s lifesaving award in a ceremony next month.

“It’s rewarding, I think he was one month old, now gets the rest of his life,” she added.


Officer Alexis Callaway administers the lifesaving technique on the choking infant, as family members nervously watch.
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The officer urged others to learn the basics of CPR and first aid in case they, too, could one day save a life.

“Prevent what could have been a disastrous outcome in that even during that time of mayhem, she brought just a sense of calm to that entire incident,” Senoia Police Department’s Captain Jason Ercole said of Callaway’s actions.

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Texas woman accused of killing woman for unborn baby goes on trial

New Boston, Texas — A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly.

The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her stolen child.

Special Agent Dustin Estes of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that Parker viewed numerous YouTube videos on delivering and caring for babies.

On the day of the killing, she watched a video on the physical exam of an infant delivered pre-term at 35 weeks, he said. Simmons-Hancock had a 35-week pregnancy when she was killed.

Parker also ran numerous Google searches about pregnancy, Estes said.

“She watched all these videos, clicked on all these links, and they were all at 35 weeks,” prosecutor Kelley Crisp said.

“My opinion is Taylor Parker faked her pregnancy. … She planned and carried out the murder of Reagan,” Estes said.

Parker’s attorney, Jeff Harrelson, challenged that opinion, telling Estes, “You can see somebody looked them up, but you don’t know why. You can have a theory.”

Parker, 29, has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and kidnapping in the October 2020 deaths of Simmons-Hancock, 21, and the daughter who died after being cut from her mother’s womb. Authorities say Simmons-Hancock was stabbed and cut more than 100 times and had her skull crushed with a hammer in her New Boston, Texas, home before a scalpel was used to remove her unborn baby. She is also charged with non-capital murder in connection with the baby’s death.

In her opening statement Monday, Crisp told the Bowie County jury that Parker acted not because she wanted a baby but to keep from losing her boyfriend. Crisp said Parker disguised herself to make her look pregnant for nearly 10 months, faked ultrasounds, had a gender-reveal party and posted about her fake pregnancy on social media while searching for a possible victim, Crisp said.

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Woman in Oklahoma climbs through sunroof, rescues 2-year-olds left in hot car at Walmart

A woman in Oklahoma climbed through the sunroof of a vehicle parked outside a Walmart this week to rescue two 2-year-olds left inside, according to reports. 

The vehicle was reportedly parked in direct sunlight during a 98-degree day.

Elizabeta Babb, 33, was arrested after she exited an Oklahoma City Walmart after shopping for over a half hour while her two toddlers were strapped in their car seats.

The 2-year-old girls were reportedly “unresponsive and buckled in their car seats” when they were found. 

The children were reportedly in shock and crying after being taken from the vehicle and placed in a security vehicle with air conditioning.

According to local reports, Walmart officials called for the driver of the vehicle to come outside, but Babb did not exit the store until she checked out.

Babb apparently told authorities she had been in the store for “five minutes.”

But, according to surveillance footage, she was in the store 35 minutes.

Fox News could not immediately reach the Oklahoma City Police Department for comment. 

Babb claimed she was inside of the Walmart location for five minutes.
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