Bogus mom on kidnap charge
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January 25, 2011, Tuesday
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A NORTH Carolina woman who raised a child snatched from a New York hospital more than two decades ago was scheduled to appear yesterday in federal court to face kidnapping charges.
Ann Pettway surrendered on Sunday morning to the FBI and Bridgeport, Connecticut, police on a warrant from North Carolina, where she is on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement, FBI supervisory special agent William Reiner said.
She turned herself in days after a widely publicized reunion between the child she raised, now an adult, and her biological mother.
Pettway received two years of probation last June after she took items from a store where she worked, which is considered embezzlement under North Carolina law, state correction spokeswoman Pamela Walker said. Under terms of her probation, she wasn't allowed to leave the state.
Department of Correction officials there tried repeatedly to contact her after finding out investigators wanted to question her in the 1987 abduction of Carlina White.
White is now 23 and has been living under the name Nejdra Nance in Connecticut and in the Atlanta area.
Nance said that reuniting with her family was like a dream. "I'm so happy," she said. "At the same time, it's a funny feeling because -everything is brand new."
Sonova Smith, who lives near Pettway in North Carolina, said Pettway mentioned that she had a daughter.
"She was friendly. She was kind. She loved her son," Smith said. "We talked about our boys often. She talked about family. So, it's just really been surprising."
Ann Pettway surrendered on Sunday morning to the FBI and Bridgeport, Connecticut, police on a warrant from North Carolina, where she is on probation because of a conviction for attempted embezzlement, FBI supervisory special agent William Reiner said.
She turned herself in days after a widely publicized reunion between the child she raised, now an adult, and her biological mother.
Pettway received two years of probation last June after she took items from a store where she worked, which is considered embezzlement under North Carolina law, state correction spokeswoman Pamela Walker said. Under terms of her probation, she wasn't allowed to leave the state.
Department of Correction officials there tried repeatedly to contact her after finding out investigators wanted to question her in the 1987 abduction of Carlina White.
White is now 23 and has been living under the name Nejdra Nance in Connecticut and in the Atlanta area.
Nance said that reuniting with her family was like a dream. "I'm so happy," she said. "At the same time, it's a funny feeling because -everything is brand new."
Sonova Smith, who lives near Pettway in North Carolina, said Pettway mentioned that she had a daughter.
"She was friendly. She was kind. She loved her son," Smith said. "We talked about our boys often. She talked about family. So, it's just really been surprising."
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