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Teen pleads not guilty to abandoning baby in Wis.

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old Appleton girl is pleading not guilty to child abandonment and child neglect after being charged with leaving her newborn daughter behind a Kimberly church in May. The Post-Crescent reports Nadia Zahirudin entered her plea on Wednesday in Outagamie County court. She told investigators that she hid her pregnancy from her friends and family — ...

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Teen pleads not guilty to abandoning baby

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Fox Valley teenager has pleaded not guilty to abandoning his newborn daughter near a trash container behind a church. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin LaMarche and the baby’s mother, 17-year-old Nadia Zahirudin, are charged with felony child abandonment. Their baby was found in May behind Fox Valley Christian Fellowship. The child survived and was taken to a hospital. ...

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Teens in court on baby abandonment charges

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin teenagers have appeared in court on charges they abandoned their newborn baby outside a church in Kimberly. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin LaMarche and 17-year-old Nadia Zahirudin are both charged in Outagamie County court with child abandonment and child neglect. WLUK-TV reports during LaMarche’s court appearance Thursday a $10,000 signature bond was set and his preliminary hearing ...

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Teens charged with abandoning newborn

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The teenage parents of a newborn abandoned in Kimberly were charged Wednesday with child abandonment and child neglect. Eighteen-year-old Benjamin LaMarche and 17-year-old Nadia Zahirudin have been ordered to appear in court June 9. They are not in custody. Police reports say Zahirdun told investigators she gave birth to the baby girl in her bathtub. WLUK-TV ...

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