{"id":104686,"date":"2026-01-03T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104686\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:16:07","slug":"cookie-the-conures-caper-cut-short-by-stuart-detectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/104686\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie the conure&#8217;s caper cut short by Stuart detectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Stuart detectives have closed the book on another pet theft \u2014 this time involving a feathered friend named Cookie.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Stuart Police Department, Cookie, a black-capped conure, was stolen from a Pet Supermarket in Stuart in late November.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/gun-washes-ashore-at-pepper-park-beach-prompting-partial-evacuation-fort-pierce-florida-n-highway-a1a-st-lucie-county-sheriffs-office-bomb-disposal-team-january-3-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Artillery weapon washes ashore at Pepper Park Beach, prompting partial evacuation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Detectives say they quickly followed leads, gathered evidence, and pieced together the case, which led them to an 18-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect was arrested, and Cookie was safely reunited with his rightful owner on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The bust comes just weeks after Stuart detectives tracked down a $2,900 Pomeranian dognapper in north Florida.<\/p>\n<p>+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Stuart detectives have closed the book on another pet theft \u2014 this time involving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-104686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}