Blotter: Woman Arrested For Allegedly Dropping Baby Rather Than Handing the Child to Police

Editor's Note: Reported from the Los Alamitos Weekly Crime Summary for the most recent week reported.

A baby was nearly killed and her 20-year-old mother was arrested after she allegedly dropped the baby on the ground rather than hand the child over to police.

On July 27th, Los Alamitos Police responded to a report of a woman erratically swinging her baby at the 3600 block of Florista just before 6:30 p.m.

“When the first officer arrived she saw the mother, Natasha Lundy, 20, Santa Monica, swinging the 9-day old child precariously and she could be heard chanting uncontrollably,” Captain Bruce McAlpine said in a written statement. “The officer attempted to get the mother to hand over the child, but in response she held the baby away from her body and without warning dropped the baby to ground. Fortunately, the child fell onto grass rather than concrete.”

However, the baby suffered “life threatening trauma,” and was rushed to UCI Medical Center for treatment and evaluation by the Orange County Fire Authority.

Lundy was arrested on suspicion of assault and child abuse.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

• 7/25/11 – 7:48 AM – 4400 Farquhar – A report of garage door lock being pried open and property being removed without authorization at about 3:00 AM.

DUI

• 7/26/11 – 1:53 AM – 4300 Farquhar – Traffic stop.  A 52-yea-old woman from Seal Beach was arrested on suspicion of DUI, and a female, 50 years, of Whittier was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of an intoxicating substance and unable to care for herself.

THEFT

• 7/24/11 – 4:53 PM – 4000 Howard Ave. – A report of an unauthorized person taking property from an unlocked vehicle sometime overnight.  A second unlocked vehicle was found to have been entered but no property was taken.
• 7/25/11 – 10:22 PM – 4200 Farquhar – A report of an unauthorized person taking property from an unlocked vehicle sometime overnight.
• 7/26/11 – 10:53 AM – 4400 Corporate Center Dr. – A report of computer equipment being taken by an unauthorized person approximately two months ago.
• 7/26/11 – 1:07 PM – 4000 Howard Ave. – A report of an unauthorized person taking property from an unlocked vehicle sometime during the past three weeks.

 MISCELLANEOUS

• 7/25/11 – 9:45 AM – 11400 Snark – A welfare check and multi-disciplinary inspection of the property and interview of residents at the location.  A 28-year-old Los Alamitos man was arrested for a warrant.

• 7/24/11 – 10: 36 PM – 3800 Green – A report of a child custody violation.
• 7/26/11 – 2:24 PM – Howard and Bunkerhill – Traffic stop.  A 38-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested for warrants.
• 7/26/11 – 3:47 PM – Katella and Warland – Traffic stop.  A 23 year-old Long Beach man was arrested for warrants.
• 7/26/11 – 3:59 PM – 10800 Chestnut – A report of a co-worker making criminal threats to the victim while in a nearby city.
• 7/26/11 – 4:30 PM – 4700 Katella – A report of a customer attempting to settle a bill using counterfeit currency.  Further investigation located stolen property in a nearby room.  The investigation led to the discovery of an unreported residential burglary in a nearby city and the recovery of some of the property taken over the past month.  A 43 year-old Cypress man was arrested on suspicion of burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of fictitious currency. A30 year-old Santa Ynez woman was arrested for burglary and possession of stolen property.

• 7/28/11 – 2:16 PM – 10800 Noel – A report of a non-injury traffic collision and one of the involved parties fled the scene.