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Thieves Target Baby Formula To Make Quick Cash

Siblings in Sonora, California, find themselves behind bars after walking out of a Sonora grocery store with lifted cans of baby formula totaling $200. A clerk at the lower SaveMart on Stockton Street in Sonora reported the theft including a description of the thieves and their vehicle to Sonora Police Dispatch.

On Monday night, when officers arrived at the store’s parking lot, they spotted a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu that matched the description. Nearby were brother and sister, 26-year-old Christina Andre and 29-year-old Joseph Zumwalt, both of Sonora. Police Chief Turu VanderWiel recounts, “They made out with several cans of formula. We did catch them in possession of the formula outside the store. They also had can that were not SaveMart and officers were able to determine they came from a store in Oakdale.” Those cans were also worth… MyMotherLode.com

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