Police arrest woman accused of trying to kidnap baby from children’s hospital

Dinesty Selmon was charged with attempted kidnapping and seven counts of unauthorized entry of a business. Dinesty Selmon, a 21-year-old woman, is accused of attempting to kidnap a baby from Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She allegedly gained entry to the hospital after casing the hospital for weeks and hiding a room with a baby where the parents were not present. The baby was in intensive care and the parents did not live in Baton Rogue. Selmon allegedly learned the child's medical history by reading the charts and then allegedly told her boyfriend she had a baby while traveling out of town and the child needed treatment in Baton Baton Rouge. She was arrested more than two weeks later in Shreveport and charged with attempted kidnapping and seven counts of unauthorized entry of a business.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A woman is behind bars after she allegedly tried to kidnap a baby from Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dinesty Selmon, 21, was arrested and booked as a fugitive by the Bossier City Police Department on Tuesday. She was extradited back to Baton Rouge, booked into jail, and charged with attempted kidnapping and seven counts of unauthorized entry of a business.

According to Baton Rouge police, Selmon cased the hospital for weeks. In that time, she somehow obtained an access card, investigators said, which allowed her to gain entry to several parts of the hospital.

Police said while Selmon was walking the floors of the hospital, she was able to find a room with a baby where the parents weren’t present. It was later learned that the baby was in intensive care and the parents didn’t live in Baton Rouge.

“She may have sought that was a perfect opportunity to go in and act like this child was hers,” said Sgt. Darren Ahmed, with the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Selmon learned the child’s medical history by reading the charts, police said. She then allegedly told her boyfriend she had a baby while traveling out of town and the child needed treatment in Baton Rouge.

“She even took the young man to the hospital to visit with several doctors in hopes to schedule false or fictitious medical appointments for the child,” Ahmed said.

Police said the boyfriend became suspicious of the baby when he came to the hospital and saw the name on the door didn’t match the name Selmon gave him. The boyfriend then told a family friend who is a nurse.

“She apparently picked up on that the apparent girlfriend that he was dating had provided him with some false information and created a fictitious story about a child that absolutely was not his or hers, and that she probably had not even given birth to a child,” said Sgt. Ahmed.

That’s when the hospital learned there was a security breach, according to police.

Selmon and her boyfriend returned to the hospital with his family where they were confronted by security. She was asked for her identification and was asked to leave the hospital after they retrieved the access card.

Selmon was arrested more than two weeks later in Shreveport.

The child was never taken out of the hospital room, police said.

Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital said in a statement, “Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital is committed to providing best-in-class pediatric care and to bringing a Spirit of Healing to our patients and our community. We value the trust the community has placed in us to care for children across the state and the safety of our patients is one of our highest priorities. We are grateful to local law enforcement for their support in this case. All additional questions should be directed to Baton Rouge Police Department.

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