Woman Gives Birth During Black Friday Sale; Leaves Baby, Buys Big Screen TV
A Milwaukee woman is makingÂ headlines across the country this morning as it is beingÂ reported thatÂ phone-center supervisor Tiffany Briggs, 19, gave birthÂ at her local Wal-Mart during the Black Friday midnight sale, and the left her baby in a bathroom sink.Briggs was on break from her overnight shift at the nearby call center, and stopped by the Wal-Mart supercenter to get a new 50â³ TV that was rolled-back to the low, low price of $218.Â Briggs said that she was racing through the store to beat the other customers to the deal, when she felt a sudden pain in her lower back. The next events were straightÂ out of an episode of the TLC Series I Didnât Know I Was Pregnant.âI didnât know I was pregnant,â said Briggs. âI went up to the cash lanesÂ with my TVÂ and got this massiveÂ pain down inÂ my vajayjayÂ area, and asked my friend Tyler, who works at the store, to watch my TV so I could use the bathroom, âcause it was an emergency. I knew if I just left the TV, some asshole would come and snatch the cart right away, âcause there werenât that many available. Anyway, I ran through the crowd and when I got to the stall,Â the next thing I knew a little tiny baby girl popped right out and I was all âWait, what?!â I didnât feel any pain after the first part, but damn it was a mess down there.âAfter cleaning up, BriggsÂ texted her best friend Mallory and told her what happened. âI didnât know what to do and I was soÂ scared so she [Mallory] Googled what to do when you have a baby without no doctor. She told me what the internet said, and I tied the cord with one of my hair extensionsÂ and washed her up in the sink with some antibacterial soap and paper towels.âMallory first suggested that BriggsÂ call child protective services and report a âlost-and-foundâ baby. âI definitely canât affordÂ a baby and I knew my mom would probably kick me out of the house if she found out, but then Mallory said she would call an ambulance and told me get out of there real quick and pretend nothing happened.âTiffany went back to the front lanes, paid for her TVÂ and left, just as an ambulance arrived. 15 minutes later, police showed upÂ at herÂ workplace and placed TiffanyÂ under arrest, charging her with child abandonment and neglect.âItâs not my fault,â said Tiffany duringÂ an interview from Milwaukee County Jail. âI didnât know I was pregnant and how could they prove if the baby was mine anyway? You have to get some DNA to prove it, and I didnât even have any.âBriggs faces up to 5 years in jail. The newborn has been taken in by CPS.