A man has been arrested after he is accused of trying to take a newborn baby from UofL Hospital.
On Monday (06/03) 35 year-old Christopher D. Reid, of Louisville, was booked into Louisville Metro Corrections on charges of menacing, resisting arrest, assault on a police officer, endangering the welfare of a minor and terroristic threatening.
Court documents say Reid tried to take the infant without permission from the mother, doctors, or nurses. Medical personnel told Reid the newborn baby was fragile and needed to eat.
Officers had to physically take the baby from Reid and said he tried to fight them when he was told he needed to leave.
Court documents say Reid cleared a space for a fight, bit an officer, and tried to kick officers when he was tackled to the ground.
While being taken to Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, his arrest report says Reid made threats against the mother of the baby when he is released from custody and said she would die.
Bond for Reid has been set at $50,000 cash and a public defender was assigned to represent him. Reid’s next court date is set for June 12 in Jefferson District Court and he has been ordered to have no contact with UofL Hospital or its employees.
Source: WAVE
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