EISH! The baby's grandmother brokered the deal
A Florida woman has been charged with trying to sell her infant son in order to pay for a new car, US police say.
The baby's grandmother brokered the deal and initially demanded $75,000 but agreed to cut the price to $30,000 when told the prospective buyer could not get a bank loan.
The mother of the eight-week-old boy, Stephanie Bigbee Fleming, aged 22, was to receive $9,000 of the proceeds.
"Fleming planned to purchase a new vehicle from the money received," authorities said.
Fleming also needed money to pay court costs for an unrelated probation violation, the arrest documents said.
Fleming was arrested on Tuesday this week. The grandmother, Patty Bigbee, aged 45, was arrested last week with her boyfriend Lawrence Works, who is 42. All three have been charged with the illegal sale of a child.
The arrest report said Bigbee offered to sell the baby to a female relative in October, explaining she had been caring for her grandchild but "was not mother material".
The relative alerted police and worked with them during the 'negotiations'.
Bigbee and Works were arrested when they collected a $30,000 cashier's check and handed over the baby to an undercover agent in a Daytona Beach parking lot, police said.
The baby is now in state custody.
Mom sells baby to buy car
EISH! The baby's grandmother brokered the deal
A Florida woman has been charged with trying to sell her infant son in order to pay for a new car, US police say.
The baby's grandmother brokered the deal and initially demanded $75,000 but agreed to cut the price to $30,000 when told the prospective buyer could not get a bank loan.
The mother of the eight-week-old boy, Stephanie Bigbee Fleming, aged 22, was to receive $9,000 of the proceeds.
"Fleming planned to purchase a new vehicle from the money received," authorities said.
Fleming also needed money to pay court costs for an unrelated probation violation, the arrest documents said.
Fleming was arrested on Tuesday this week. The grandmother, Patty Bigbee, aged 45, was arrested last week with her boyfriend Lawrence Works, who is 42. All three have been charged with the illegal sale of a child.
The arrest report said Bigbee offered to sell the baby to a female relative in October, explaining she had been caring for her grandchild but "was not mother material".
The relative alerted police and worked with them during the 'negotiations'.
Bigbee and Works were arrested when they collected a $30,000 cashier's check and handed over the baby to an undercover agent in a Daytona Beach parking lot, police said.
The baby is now in state custody.
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