JENSEN BEACH — A Port St. Lucie couple were accused Saturday of using their child’s stroller to help them shoplift clothing, according to a report released Tuesday.

Valencia Christine Ivy, 18, and Michael Jenkins Jr., 20, both of the 5600 block of Northwest Macedo Boulevard, have been charged with retail theft.

The report states security at Sears in the Treasure Coast Square mall saw the couple taking items from clothing racks and stuffing them in the bottom of their child’s stroller.

Security confronted the couple when they tried to leave without paying and recovered $246 worth of merchandise from the stroller, the report says.

Deputies issued Ivy and Jenkins notices to appear and released them at the scene.

Tags: mall, Port St. Lucie, shoplift, stroller

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