{"id":126420,"date":"2026-01-09T09:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126420\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T09:09:34","slug":"costco-shoplifting-couple-stash-multiple-bottles-of-liquor-sacramento-deputies-say-amid-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/126420\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco shoplifting couple stash multiple bottles of liquor, Sacramento deputies say amid arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 Two people were arrested after attempting to steal several bottles of liquor from a Costco store on Thursday afternoon, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<br \/>\u2022 Video Above: Most commonly reported crimes in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/871948902266566\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deputies said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deputies said<\/a> Steven Green, 48, and Genitha Batiste, 45, entered a South Sacramento Costco together and concealed multiple bottles of liquor inside a bag. They reportedly bypassed all points of sale and exited the store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/police-arrest-veterinarian-northern-california-062017322.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police arrest veterinarian in Northern California, allegedly abused 17 dogs in home;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Police arrest veterinarian in Northern California, allegedly abused 17 dogs in home <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When loss prevention officers confronted them, Green became verbally aggressive, causing employees to fear for their safety, according to SCSO. Both suspects fled in a vehicle, but were found nearby. The suspects were pulled over, arrested, and booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for alleged theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SCSO said the alcohol was recovered from their vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 Two people were arrested after attempting to steal several bottles of liquor from a Costco store&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[65535,2363,65534,121,123,122,14683,65533],"class_list":["post-126420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-bottles-of-liquor","tag-costco","tag-genitha-batiste","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-scso","tag-steven-green"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}