A suspected teen shoplifter was busted Thursday after she was found to be carrying a dead fetus in a plastic bag while swiping lingerie at a midtown Victoria’s Secret, cops said. 
 
 The horrifying discovery at the Herald Square store occurred after a security guard spotted the 17-year-old girl and a pal snatching sexy undergarments off the rack and called police. 
 
 Officers responded to what seemed like a routine property crime. But as they corralled the two girls, store security guards noted a strong odor and made the gruesome find. 
 
 Tiona Rodriguez from her Facebook page was taken to Bellevue Hospital for evaluation. 
 
 One of the teens, Tiona Rodriguez, told police she suffered a miscarriage the day before. Rodriguez, already the mother of a young, healthy son, was taken to Bellevue Hospital. 
 
 A police source said she was at least 61/2 months pregnant when she went into labor. But another source said Rodriguez was “nearly full-term.” 
 
 The home of Tiona Rodriguez, who was carrying a fetus while shoplifting at Victoria's Secret, was inspected by police. (Ken Murray/New York Daily News ) 
 
 “She said she didn’t know what to do,” the source said. 
 
 On Wednesday night, Rodriguez posted on her Facebook page, complaining: “These Cramps, SON.” She also noted that she was excited about a job interview she had Wednesday at Chipotle. 
 
 Police continue searching for evidence at Tiona Rodriguez's apartment building. (Ken Murray) 
 
 Police set up a command center Thursday night at the Glendale, Queens, home of Rodriguez’s friend, Francis Estevez. Detectives believe she may have had the male fetus there, sources said. 
 
 After paramedics arrived at the Victoria’s Secret flagship store Thursday, Rodriguez, who was wearing sneakers and sweatpants, was taken out in a wheelchair. Hours later, officials from the medical examiner’s office removed the fetus. Cops swarmed the 50,000-square-foot store on Broadway at W. 34th St., conducting an investigation even as customers, most of them oblivious to the disturbing find, continued shopping. 
 
 The shocking story grabbed immediate headlines. (WABC 7) 
 
 “She’s a good girl. I can’t believe she would do that,” said Zami Ford, 17, a neighbor of Rodriguez’s in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. “Who the hell would do that? That’s sickening.” 
 
 Ford said he didn’t even realize Rodriguez was pregnant. He said Rodriguez lives with her mother and son, who is about 2 years old. 
 
 The Herald Square Victoria's Secret, where a security guard discovered ostensible human child remains in a suspected shoplifter's bag. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) 
 
 “She goes to school. She does what she has to do. She’s no problem,” Ford said. “We grew up together. I’ve known her since she was little. She was probably nervous and didn’t know what to do. She would never hurt anyone.” 
 
 An autopsy will be conducted to confirm Rodriguez’s story, sources said. 
 
 NYPD detectives carries the evidence bag onto the streets of Manhattan. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) 
 
 The drama unfolded just after 1 p.m. in the middle of one of the city’s busiest shopping districts. The Victoria’s Secret security guard confronted Rodriguez and Estevez, also 17, after he suspected they were stealing. He took them into a back room and called police. 
 
 As the teens were being cuffed by cops, store security guards discovered the fetus while searching their bags, sources said. The fetus was discovered in a black plastic bag and appeared to have been hastily wrapped in clothes. The plastic bag was in the bottom of another bag and covered with the stolen undergarments, a source said. 
 
 Tiona Rodriguez's Facebook post about 'cramps.' 
 
 While Rodriguez was being examined at Bellevue Hospital, her friend, Estevez, was taken to the Midtown South Precinct stationhouse for questioning. 
 
 Both Rodriguez and Estevez were charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Customers at Victoria’s Secret were stunned to learn a fetus was found in the store. But most pitied Rodriguez. 
 
 “She said she didn’t know what to do,” the source said about the 17-year-old Tiona Rodriguez. 
 
 “That’s horrible,” said shopper Yvonne Sonera, 44, a Bronx mom. “She must be going through a big depression. She must have been wondering how she was going to get rid of it.” 
 
 As part of the investigation, cops went to Rodriguez’s home in the Marcy Houses, apparently to search her room for any evidence of the tragic birth. 
 
 Pedestrians walked by the store unaware of the horrible discovery. (Schwartz, Michael, Freelance) 
 
 “She had to have hidden that pregnancy for a while,” said neighbor Lydia Perez, 50. “I saw her outside here the other day with her family, and her baby. You would never know there were any problems.” 
 
 With Rocco Parascandola 
 
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 A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters searched two teenage girls as they left a Manhattan lingerie shop Thursday afternoon, and discovered one of them was carrying what appeared to be a fetus in her bag, police said. 
 
 Both girls are 17. One was hospitalized and the other was being questioned at a police precinct, authorities said. The medical examiner's office was performing an autopsy on the apparent human remains found inside the bag. 
 
 The girls were shopping at a Victoria's Secret lingerie store in midtown Manhattan, said police, who were called to the scene. Authorities are trying to determine if one girl gave birth in the store, or if she had been carrying the remains with her. She apparently told detectives she delivered a day earlier, but didn't know what to do with the remains, police said. It wasn't clear whether the fetus was alive or dead when delivered. 
 
 Victoria's Secret is owned by Columbus, Ohio-based Limited Brands. A spokeswoman for the company referred calls to the NYPD. 
 
 Police are also investigating whether the girls had actually stolen anything from the store. It wasn't clear whether they will face criminal charges. 
 
 The store remained open for business and was filled with customers from around world. An NYPD crime scene unit spent a few hours gathering evidence inside the store before leaving shortly before 5 p.m. A single marked police car remained at the front entrance that faces Herald Square at 34th Street.
– A security guard on the lookout for shoplifters at a Manhattan Victoria's Secret ended up making the most gruesome of finds yesterday afternoon: what appeared to be a fetus in a plastic bag, police say. The New York Daily News reports that the guard spotted two 17-year-old girls swiping underwear and called police; a strong odor was observed, and the remains were found. Tiona Rodriguez reportedly told police she had had a miscarriage the previous day, but didn't know what to do with the remains; she was hospitalized. It wasn't clear whether the fetus was alive or dead when delivered. One source tells the Daily News Rodriguez was 6.5 months along, but another describes her as "nearly full-term." The medical examiner's office is performing an autopsy on the apparent human remains, reports the AP, and the girls have been charged with petit larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Police are searching both their homes. The Daily News adds that Rodriguez made this Facebook post on Wednesday: "These Cramps, SON."