Kendra Deanna Greene took her ailing newborn baby out of a newborn intensive care unit and stabbed three staffers, deputies said. (Mugshot: Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies accuse a mother of taking her ailing three-day-old baby out of the newborn intensive care unit and stabbing three hospital staff who tried to stop her.
Kendra Deanna Greene is locked up at the Main Detention Center in Palm Beach County, Florida, for aggravated child abuse, battery, resisting an officer without violence, and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Greene’s attorney of record did not immediately respond to a Law&Crime request for comment.
Authorities heavily redacted the arrest affidavit, even marking out her name, but the sheriff’s office put a face to the allegation in a Facebook post. Law enforcement claims Greene arrived at the Palms West Hospital on Thursday.
One of the staffers described Greene, in the words of the affidavit, “violently” removing the breathing device from the baby’s mouth, the central line from the stomach, the feeding tube, and other devices that worked to keep the baby alive. The child had remained there to receive treatment for underdeveloped lungs.
