{"id":198410,"date":"2026-03-19T22:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198410\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:35:07","slug":"2-adults-1-teen-arrested-in-martin-county-after-deputies-recover-8k-worth-of-baby-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198410\/","title":{"rendered":"2 adults, 1 teen arrested in Martin County after deputies recover $8K worth of baby formula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">Two adults and one teen who investigators say stole thousands of dollars worth of baby formula were arrested in Martin County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says Briannah Cooper, 15; Tanajah Mason, 18; and Amoni Pettway, 18, were working together to steal baby formula from multiple stores across South Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They were apprehended after deputies received reports on Tuesday of theft at stores in Martin County, and issued a &#8220;be on the lookout&#8221; for the suspects&#8217; rental car. Florida Highway Patrol pulled over the vehicle on I-95 south and deputies recovered 262 cans of baby formula, valued at $8,000.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During a news conference Thursday, Sheriff John Budensiek said the women traveled from Miami and then targeted a Publix on Bridge Road in Hobe Sound, clearing the shelves of baby formula before heading to a Publix south of Cove Road in Stuart to do the same thing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators learned the suspects were getting $1,000 per 100 cans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The women are facing initial charges of retail theft of more than $750, which is a felony. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But Sheriff Budensiek said more charges could be coming as they continue investigating who else was involved, and as baby formula thefts have become <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/region-martin-county\/stuart\/jacksonville-women-arrested-for-stealing-8-000-worth-of-baby-formula-in-martin-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">more common in Martin County<\/a> and across Florida. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two adults and one teen who investigators say stole thousands of dollars worth of baby formula were arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-198410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198410","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=198410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}