How Could You? Hall of Shame-Stephanie Bigbee Davis UPDATED
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From Orlando, Florida Stephanie Bigbee-Davis, 22, aka Stephanie Fleming, “pleaded no contest in Circuit Court in Daytona Beach to a charge of being a principal to the sale of an infant.” She claimed in a November interview that she was trying to find an adoptive family for her son. Her 2 year sentence will run concurrently with her sentence for organized fraud.
Her mother, Patti Bigbee and Bigbee’s boyfriend allegedly arranged the sale of the child. Patti made contact with her adult daughter, whom she placed for adoption as a child, and allegedly asked for $30,000 for the child. Stephanie was allegedly supposed to receive $9,000. The adult adoptee contacted police instead leading to the November 5, 2010 arrest.
[Orlando Sentinel 3/2/11 by Susan Jacobson]
Update: The backstory of this case can be found at CBS Crimesider. Stephanie was to use her share of the money for a car and to ” pay court costs and fines in another criminal case.”
“Fleming and her mother, 45-year-old Patty Bigbee, had allegedly agreed on a price for the 8-week-old and were going to split the proceeds.”
“Agents said Bigbee met with a couple and originally planned to sell the infant for $75,000, but was negotiated down to $30,000.”
Additionally it explains that Patti connected with her daughter, the adult adoptee who called the cops, on Facebook.
Stephanie Bigbee Fleming: Police Arrest Mom for Role in Attempted Sale of 2-Month-Old
[CBS News Crimesider 11/10/10 by Caroline Black]
Update 2: “Patty Bigbee, a former Hazelwood resident who allegedly tried to sell her grandson, pled “no contest” in a Florida court.”
“A former Hazelwood resident, who in 2008 won $1 million in the Missouri lottery, has pleaded “no contest” to charges of selling her infant grandchild in Florida.
Patty Bigbee entered her plea last week in Volusia County in Florida. The 46-year-old, who moved to Holly Hill, FL with her boyfriend after winning her cash, has a sentencing scheduled for August 11.
Court records show Bigbee, who was broke just two years after winning her million, entered her plea to two counts of illegal sale of a child and using a cellphone to commit a crime, KSDK reported.”
“According to the FLDE charging affidavit, Bigbee concocted a plan to sell her 8-week-old grandson to a Florida couple who happened to be her estranged daughter, Danielle Skiver.
While Skiver initially refused contact with Bigbee because of the stories she’d heard from her adoptive parents, the FLDE charging affidavit states she eventually began communicating with Bigbee. Skiver told police that she mentioned her desire to have more children during their Facebook conversations. That was when Bigbee told her about the baby who needed a new home.
According to the FLDE charging affidavit, Bigbee told Skiver that her daughter, Bigbee-Fleming, had abandoned her son, and Bigbee didn’t want to raise him. Bigbee then offered Skiver the opportunity to adopt the baby.
Skiver and her husband, Guy, who she married in 2006, agreed to adopt her nephew. During a phone call to the MJ Morning Show, Skiver said that considering events in her own life, she had always believed strongly in adoption.
Skiver said there had been no discussion of money, but then Bigbee sent her a message on Facebook telling her there would be a fee, the FLDE charging affidavit states.”
“In fact, Bigbee initially told Skiver that Bigbee-Fleming wanted $75,000, according to the FLDE charging affidavit. At that time, Skiver called Tampa Bay police, who got the FDLE involved. After Skiver continued negotiating with Bigbee along with police support, Bigbee told Skiver that Bigbee-Fleming wanted $60,000 and would “go no lower,” the FLDE charging affidavit states. Bigbee eventually, she relented and reduced the price again to $50,000.
At that point, Bigbee threatened to seek another buyer, but eventually agreed to sell her grandson for $30,000. She said Bigbee-Fleming reportedly wanted the money to buy a car and to pay for her probation and court fines, according to the FLDE charging affidavit.”
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“Skiver and her husband, Guy, released a statement to ABC News expressing their relief that the situation will soon come to an end now that Bigbee has finally made a plea.
“We are very pleased that Patty finally made the right choice to admit her guilt,” the statement read.
“We will be speaking at her sentencing on August 11 and hope that justice prevails and that she serves all 10 years that she is facing.
“We all love (the baby) very much, and we see him as much as allowed and pray that one day he will join our family. We are not allowed to speak on any court proceedings.”
Florida foster care officials now have the baby, and Skiver is working with authorities to attempt to legally adopt him.”
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[Hazelwood Patch 6/29/11 by Angela Atkinson and Candace Jarrett]
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