New Mexico mom accused of throwing baby in dumpster placed on strict house arrest
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Alexis Avila, the 18-year-old New Mexico woman accused of throwing her newborn son into a dumpster and driving off last week, has been placed on house arrest and ordered to wear a GPS monitor as she awaits her day in court, court records show.
Hobbs police said she told them she didn’t know she was pregnant and "panicked." Surveillance video taken outside a New Mexico store shows the moments a teen mom tossed her unwanted newborn into a dumpster. (Joe Imbriale/Rig Outfitters) The video shows a woman pulling up in a white car around 2 p.m. MT Friday, unceremoniously tossing a black bag from the backseat into the dumpster and driving off. (Joe Imbriale/Rig Outfitters) More than five hours later, the cameras show a group of people fishing through the dumpster and pulling the baby out. (Joe Imbriale/Rig Outfitters) Alexis Avila, 18, is expected to be arraigned Jan. 12 at Lea County District Court in Lovington, New Mexico, after allegedly abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster. (Hobbs Police)
Avila has been out on $10,000 bond. Her bail conditions, imposed Wednesday, require her to remain at home except for some exemptions, like going to work, school or doctor appointments.
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