SANFORD, Fla. -- A Sanford woman accused of snatching a baby boy from a maternity ward could be out of jail by Monday. She appeared before a judge Saturday morning after police found her and the baby along I-4 near Lake Mary Friday afternoon.

Seminole County Judge Ralph Ericksson told 39-year-old Jennifer Latham that she would be fitted with a tracking bracelet and ordered her confined to her home once she is released from jail. Ericksson noted that Latham had no prior criminal history. He also gave her a court-appointed attorney.

Family and police said Latham duped family and friends into believing she was pregnant before trying to kidnap the child from Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Friday afternoon. Latham was held overnight without bond in the Seminole County jail.

Latham said nothing to Eyewitness News reporters as she was taken into the police department. Police said she would not talk to them without an attorney and was taken to the Seminole County jail.

Suspect Told Family Members She Was Pregnant

Latham is the mother of two and lives in Sanford with her sister and mother. Latham's sister, Penny Barnard, said Latham never talked about wanting any more children, but said one day Latham announced she was pregnant.

"Until she told [us] she was pregnant, she never talked about them," Barnard said. "She had her tubes tied and then all of sudden she was pregnant."

Barnard said her sister seemed fine. She said Latham had a boyfriend, but they broke up. Barnard told Eyewitness News Latham gained weight through the supposed pregnancy and the baby was due last week.

"We went shopping for clothes and never would have guessed this in a million years," said Barnard. "I guess she lost it because she wasn't pregnant. I don't know what she was thinking. I don't know how she was going to come home and say, 'Oh, here's my baby.'"

Hospital Alarms Set Off

Officials at Central Florida Regional Hospital alerted police of the apparent abduction at about 1:45 p.m. after hospital alarms indicated the child had been removed from the newborn unit, said Darrel Presley, deputy chief of the Sanford Police Department near Orlando.

Sanford police Chief Brian Tooley said witnesses reported Latham tried to take one child from the maternity area of the hospital but was confronted by that child's parents. They said Latham then took another child and bolted. She was dressed as a nurse.

"We got her on video changing into hospital scrubs," said Tooley.

"We believe at this point she had a large blue tote bag that she may have actually placed the child inside," said Sanford Deputy Chief Darrel Presley said. "And she just apparently walked out."

Police said the hospital's infant abduction alarms sounded immediately and hospital security began to pursue Latham. Police and the hospital would not elaborate on how the security systems work. The hospital issued a statement that said in part, "We have initiated our own internal review to identify opportunities for improvement."

Police Search For Vehicle

Latham was able to get into an SUV and drive away. Police immediately sealed off hospital entrances and began searching trunks and the inside of all vehicles.

Officers also put out an alert for a late-model, dark blue Chevy Blazer with a partial Florida license tag of X734H_. The last digit of the tag was unknown. Witnesses said that last digit could be "O", "P" or "Q" but they were not positive.

Lake Mary police stopped a vehicle matching the description about 3:00pm on I-4 near SR 434. The license tag of the stopped vehicle was X734XQ.

Child Is Safe And Sound

Police removed a baby from the blue Chevy Blazer. A Seminole County sheriff's deputy loaded the baby, still in a car seat, into the back of an ambulance to be evaluated. The child was then taken back to the hospital.

"I'm just happy I found the vehicle and was able to stop it and everything turned out well," said Lake Mary Police Sgt. Sgt. Joseph Gowen.

The child was reunited with his parents.

"It's a good day in the city of Sanford," said Sanford Police Chief Brian Tooley.