WILLIAMSPORT-A woman sought for six months has been arrested on charges that she tried to sell her newborn daughter.

Keanaendigo M. James, 22, whose last known address was in Williamsport, was taken into custody Thursday following a traffic stop in Montoursville. James last year tried to sell her baby for $1,700, according to police records.

She was committed to the Lycoming County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail on charges of theft and dealing in infant children.

Montoursville police also charged her with driving without a license and operating a vehicle out of inspection.

James did not sell her daughter, who was born July 21, and the infant is safe with the biological father who took her from the hospital, Lycoming County chief Detective William Weber said.

According to the arrest affidavit, James on April 27, 2016, entered into an agreement that was notarized to give her daughter right after birth to the sister of the woman who paid the $1,700.

When the sister did not get the baby, the woman who paid the $1,700 filed a civil suit on Sept. 6 in the office of District Judge Allen P. Page III to get her money back.

At an Oct. 25 hearing, James admitted she owed the $1,700 and agreed to a judgment against her for that amount.

Page said he learned for the first time a baby was involved while was asking questions about the use of the $1,700. He immediately contacted the district attorney's office, he said.

That led to Weber's investigation. He said he spent the better part of November looking for James before filing the criminal charges in December.

James is a dancer in men's clubs and spent time in New Jersey in addition to Williamsport, Weber said.

She wanted to give up her baby "for the best interest of my unborn daughter," Weber said.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday.