{"id":89295,"date":"2025-12-19T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89295\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:37:12","slug":"alleged-grinch-in-queen-shirt-nabbed-for-stealing-toys-meant-for-family-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/89295\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged ‘Grinch’ in ‘Queen’ shirt nabbed for stealing toys meant for family in need"},"content":{"rendered":"

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Her shirt said “Queen,” but her actions were more like the Grinch. <\/p>\n

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies arrested 64-year-old Cecilia Josephine Milano Thursday after tips from the public led to her identification. Milano is accused of stealing a donation box <\/a>filled with toys from a Jensen Beach restaurant on Dec. 12 \u2014 gifts intended for a local family in need.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, security footage shows Milano dragging the large donation box out of the restaurant last Friday night. When questioned by a patron, she claimed she was taking the toys to a donation center. Sheriff John Budensiek says that never happened, and Milano was never authorized by any organization to handle the donations.<\/p>\n

See also: Person of interest identified in targeted homicide, arson investigation in Fort Pierce<\/a><\/p>\n

“She alludes to, “I\u2019m taking it to the fairgrounds now.” The (Martin County) fairgrounds is currently doing a Christmas drive for one of our other non-profits (United Way Holiday Project) right now,\u201d said Sheriff Budensiek on Dec. 16. “We tried to make sure that she was not actually working for a non-profit. She is not working for United Way, which she referenced, and she’s not working for Rina.”<\/p>\n

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Her shirt said \u2018Queen,\u2019 but deputies say she stole Christmas cheer. A 64-year-old woman is accused of dragging away a donation box filled with toys meant for a struggling family in Jensen Beach. (MCSO)<\/p>\n

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The toys were part of a holiday drive to support a family facing hardship, according to the sheriff’s office. Milano was booked into the Martin County Jail on a $2,500 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JENSEN BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Her shirt said “Queen,” but her actions were more like the Grinch. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-89295","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\/89295","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=89295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}