In brief: Woman tries to steal infant in tote bag

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – A woman disguised in scrubs was caught trying to steal a newborn girl from a Southern California hospital in a tote bag after sensors attached to the baby alerted employees, Garden Grove police said.

The 48-year-old was arrested Monday at Garden Grove Medical Center after a hospital staffer stopped her from leaving with the baby, Lt. Jeff Nightengale said during a news conference.

“At this point we don’t have a solid reason why she stole the baby,” Nightengale said.

The suspect is accused of posing as a nurse who came into the room of the baby’s mother and told her to take a shower before a doctor came to examine her, Nightengale said.

Once the baby’s mother was out of the room, the woman allegedly put the newborn in a tote bag and tried to carry her out of the ward.

“An alarm went off when the baby crossed an imaginary line” that set off a sensor. The baby was only in the bag for a short period of time.

Son of missing swimmer arrested

MINEOLA, N.Y. – A man who reported his father missing at a New York beach was charged Monday with insurance fraud and filing a false report several days after his father turned up alive in South Carolina, following a massive air and water search that cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Roth has maintained that he had nothing to do with the actions of his father, Raymond Roth. He told police that his father went swimming at Jones Beach and disappeared. His stepmother, Evana Roth, claims her husband staged the disappearance without her knowledge and has distributed emails to the news media that suggest he tried to fake his own death.

Capt. Bruce Marx of the New York State Park Police, which has jurisdiction over Jones Beach, said Monday they have yet to hear from Raymond Roth.

Building’s fire alarm blares for 15 hours

WILKINSBURG, Pa. – A fire alarm that blared for more than 15 hours at a Pittsburgh-area public housing complex has finally been shut off.

Residents of Glenshaw Gardens in Wilkinsburg say the alarm’s strobe lights began flashing and a high-pitched screech began sounding Sunday evening when a resident burned some popcorn.

Allegheny County Housing Authority officials say the alarm was turned off Monday morning.

Building president Bud Joyce said the delay occurred because the housing authority began managing the building in May and didn’t have a key to the room where the alarm’s control panel is located because the room also contains access to a bank’s ATM.