BRPD: Woman repeatedly snuck into children’s hospital, told boyfriend other family’s baby was hers [Video]

BATON ROUGE – A woman was arrested for attempted kidnapping after police said she repeatedly snuck into Our Lady of the Lake’s children hospital, told her boyfriend that another family’s baby was hers.

Dinesty Selmon, 21, was arrested for seven counts of unauthorized entry of a place of business and one count attempted kidnapping. Both are felonies.

According to an affidavit, Selmon fraudulently obtained a “Parent/Caregiver” badge when she did not have a child in the hospital. She was seen wearing the badge on the second floor of the hospital, which is restricted to parents and caregivers with children, or guests of those people, undergoing surgery.

Police say Selmon rang the doorbell of the PICU after visiting hours and told the staff she was there to visit, but she was not recognized as one of the patients’ parents and was told visiting hours were over. A short time later, she followed behind a …