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Woman gives birth ‘on courtroom bench’ during arraignment in Brooklyn
Samantha Randazzo, 33, went into labor during an arraignment in a Brooklyn courtroom on drug possession charges, delivering a baby boy in the courtroom with police, prosecutors, and court personnel present. She had been nine months pregnant and had earlier been taken to a hospital after arrest following an incident in Sheepshead Bay. Reports from NBC News and The New York Times corroborate the occurrence in a courtroom, noting limited privacy and medical care in the moment, while the New York Post emphasizes the arraignment context and a hospital transfer earlier that night. Some details vary by outlet, but all describe the birth taking place during the Brooklyn court proceeding.
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Woman gives birth ‘on courtroom bench’ during arraignment in Brooklyn
A woman gave birth in a Brooklyn courtroom late Friday night, just hours after being discharged from a hospital, according to police and witnesses. Samantha Randazzo, 33, went into labor during her arraignment on a drug charge and delivered her baby “on a courtroom bench without adequate medical care, privacy, or.
Woman gives birth on courtroom bench during NYC arraignment
A pregnant woman shockingly delivered a baby boy in the middle of a packed Brooklyn courtroom while waiting to be arraigned on a drug possession charge. Samantha Randazzo, 33, went into labor surrounded by police officers, prosecutors and court personnel during her arraignment in Brooklyn criminal court on Friday.