told the New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe saw it,\u201d Sharpe told the outlet. \u201cShe didn\u2019t have to say anything. We were like, oh OK, this is happening, like, now.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was arrested on Thursday evening after cops saw two people on a rooftop at a public housing complex in Sheepshead Bay with a controlled substance \u201cin plain view,\u201d according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n
During a search, cops allegedly found Randazzo in \u201cpossession of a controlled substance\u201d and cuffed her on drug possession and trespassing charges, police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time of arrest and when they arrived at the stationhouse, Ms. Randazzo was wearing baggy clothes, did not inform officers she was pregnant, did not indicate any disabilities and declined medical attention,\u201d an NYPD spokesperson told The Post.<\/p>\n
Randazzo later complained she was experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms and told officers she was pregnant. She was taken to a hospital at 3:30 a.m. on Friday and later discharged. From there, cops brought her to the courthouse, police added. <\/p>\n
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Attorney Wynton Sharpe said doctors had not realized Randazzo was so close to giving birth when she was released from a hospital before her arraignment. Yuriy T \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
Sharpe told The Times that doctors had not realized Randazzo was so close to giving birth when they released her. <\/p>\n
His client wound up delivering a \u201cbouncing baby boy\u201d right in the courtroom. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a joyful and sad situation, given the circumstances,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n
The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services \u2014 which each had attorneys in the courtroom for other arraignments \u2014 claimed Randazzo was shackled and handcuffed during the delivery without \u201cadequate medical care, privacy, or dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShe deserved care, compassion, safety, and dignity. Instead, she was subjected to trauma
and humiliation in full public view,\u201d the joint statement said, adding they are demanding a full-scale investigation of the incident. <\/p>\n
But Sharpe denied that Randazzo was handcuffed and shackled while giving birth. <\/p>\n
Al Baker, a spokesperson for the Office of Court Administration, also told the Times that her wrists were cuffed behind her back as she waited for her case to be called \u2014 and that officers swept in to remove Randazzo\u2019s restraints once her water broke.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team of uniformed UCS officers acted with swift professionalism to ensure the safety and sanctity of life for all individuals in Court on Friday, personifying the everyday virtues of their sworn service,\u201d Baker said in a statement to The Post. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted both mother and baby are well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Sharpe told the Times he expects Randazzo\u2019s charges to be dismissed. He did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pregnant woman shockingly delivered a baby boy in the middle of a packed Brooklyn courtroom while waiting…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":804352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,44431,1121,356,1230,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,11164,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-804351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-births","tag-brooklyn","tag-courts","tag-drugs","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-pregnancy","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116593814884232147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Samantha Randazzo, 33, delivered a baby boy on a Brooklyn courtroom bench during an arraignment on a drug possession charge. Google maps<\/p>\n