Camera catches Florida woman enter stranger’s home to allegedly abduct baby
A Florida woman was caught on a doorbell camera trying to trick her way into a stranger’s home to abduct a baby — one of two attempted abductions that night, according to police and local reports.
Hannah Braun, 28, had left two young kids alone in her own home as she wandered into two properties in St. Petersburg early Tuesday, police told WFLA.
“It’s me, Momma — Hannah,” Braun called out, seemingly swaying as she tried the handle on one of the houses, footage caught on a Ring doorbell camera shows.
She is then seen entering the home after a child opened the door. Inside, she allegedly tried to snatch a nine-month-old baby from her 12-year-old sister’s arms before the mom heard and chased her away.
“She’s standing in my living room, talking about, ‘I’m just here to get the baby. I’m trying to protect the baby,’” the child’s mother, who only gave the name Amber, told the station.
“A random person can come to your house and literally take your child out of your house?” she said, describing how the ordeal left her scared to live in the area.
Just moments earlier, Braun had been in another nearby home and allegedly tried to snatch a 1-year-old, the child’s grandmother claimed.
“She said she was taking care of babies here. … She wanted this baby,” Thelma Reynolds told WFLA.
After Braun was arrested, police found two scared kids — both under the age of 5 — at her home, with one telling officers she “lost her mommy,” police said in a report, according to the outlet.
Police did not elaborate on what her relationship is to the two children.
Authorities also did not say if drink or drugs was a factor, nor reveal a possible motive for the attempted abductions.
Braun is being held on $145,000 bond on charges of attempted kidnapping, burglary with assault or battery, child abuse, and two counts of neglect of a child without great bodily harm, records show.
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Photo Credit: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office