100+ cases of baby formula recovered from Vallejo woman after fraud EBT user arrested: sheriff
Jan 13, 2025
(KRON) -- A Vallejo woman was arrested last Friday for several fraudulent EBT card transactions, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) announced on social media Monday. Deputies recovered about 115 baby formula containers that were kept inside Target plastic bags.
Authorities did not state where exactly the baby formula was stolen. According to SCSO, a traffic stop was conducted around 12:25 p.m. on Jan. 10 in Santa Rosa. The deputy at the scene recognized the suspect as someone wanted for EBT fraud across Northern California.
She is known to be involved in multiple thefts of, specifically, baby formula and had two outstanding felony warrants for retail theft, the sheriff's office said. The suspect's warrants were from San Joaquin County and Placer County.
During the traffic stop, a deputy asked the woman for her driver's license, but she provided a fake Romanian passport instead, according to SCSO. She was arrested at the scene.
Photos posted by SCSO (below) show the amount of baby formula deputies recovered. One 12.4 oz container of Similac retails for around $20 at Target.
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Authorities later executed a search warrant at her residence in the block the 1900 Redwood Drive in Vallejo. That's where detectives located the baby formula, along with suspected stolen alcohol.
The suspect was booked into Sonoma County Jail for the following charges:
Possess deceptive government identification
Providing a false name to law enforcement
Identity theft
Organized retail theft with the intent to sell, exchange, or return
Burglary
SCSO is still investigating more possible thefts the suspect may be involved in.