Woman, 36, Held After Baby Is Sold for $1,500
A woman who sold her infant son for $1,500 was arrested Saturday after family members discovered what she had done, police said.
Norma Herrera, 36, the mother of 10 children living in another country, apparently did not want the baby, who was born Aug. 30, said Pomona Police Cpl. Mike Keltner. Another woman, identified only as “Maria,” did, Keltner said.
Herrera allegedly assumed the identity and medical insurance of Maria when she gave birth at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, police said.
Officers found the child with Maria to be in “very good health,” Keltner said. The county Department of Children and Family Services will handle placement of the baby, he said.
“Maria indicated that she still wished to raise the child as her own,” Keltner said. No charges have been filed against her.
Herrera was booked on suspicion of unlawful sale of a child and held on $2,500 bail, Keltner said.
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