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Sgt. Lee Jones of the New York Police Department confirmed to Business Insider that two teenage girls had originally been detained for shoplifting.
"It was discovered that one of the females had what we believe to be a fetus [in her bag]," Jones said, adding that one of the girls is now being evaluated at a hospital.
NBC New York $4 that the girl is 17 years old and told police that she had a miscarriage. The baby didn't have any signs of trauma.
Eyewitness News $4 were approached by security guards because they were "acting suspiciously."