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 Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said. The mother of the
eight-week-old boy, Stephanie Bigbee Fleming, 22, of Bradenton, Florida, was to
receive $9,000 of the proceeds, the FDLE said. "Fleming planned to
purchase a new vehicle from the money received," an FDLE spokeswoman said.
Fleming also needed money to pay court costs for an unrelated probation
violation, the arrest documents said. Fleming was arrested Tuesday. The grandmother,
Patty Bigbee, 45, was arrested last week with her boyfriend Lawrence Works, 42,
both of Holly Hill, Florida. All three were charged with the illegal sale of a
child, and Bigbee was also charged with communications fraud, the department
said.