Abandoned Baby's Dad on the Run, May Face Rape Charges

It is unclear how Rodas met the 14-year-old, but Fernando Mateo, the spokesman for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, said that Rodas somehow got her out of a Maryland detention center.

Siavichay may also be facing legal complications. The waitress, who had helped care for the baby for almost five months, is in the country illegally. She works 12 hour days to support her own 4-year-old child back home in Ecuador, and could now be deported.

Sailema, who is the only one of the three in the country legally, says he agreed to drop off Daniella at a firehouse to make sure she wouldn't be abandoned, and while he admits his lying was wrong, he pleaded that he was only trying to keep the baby safe.

"This is a case of good people doing what they thought was the right thing with absolutely no attention of breaking any laws," said Sailema's lawyer, Kevin Faga. "It's my firm belief they had nothing but the best interest of the baby at heart."

Mateo called Sailema a "hero" for safely taking the baby to the firehouse and said he urged Queens District Attorney Richard Brown to drop charges against Sailema and Siachivay.

Brown's spokeswoman Helen Peterson declined to comment as to whether the charges would be dropped against the two.