High Springs Arrest: Woman Charged with Tractor Supply Robbery

HIGH SPRINGS – A Homestead woman with a string of arrests across multiple states was taken into custody Friday after police say she attempted to exchange stolen merchandise at the Tractor Supply Company in High Springs before shoving a manager and fleeing the store with the items.

According to the High Springs Police Department, officers responded to the store at 20460 North U.S. Highway 441 just before 11 a.m. on Nov. 14, 2025, after employees reported that a customer, later identified as 28-year-old Fredshawn Maquell Jeanbaptiste, had attempted to pass off stolen goods as previously purchased items.

A responding officer wrote that Jeanbaptiste entered the store carrying “a large, empty purse-looking bag” and spent about 10 minutes placing merchandise into both the bag and her shopping cart. Police say she then approached the service counter and asked to exchange the items — valued at $644— for three higher-priced products worth $636, claiming she had bought the items earlier.

When employees asked for a receipt, Jeanbaptiste reportedly said she didn’t have one. Staff then asked for a rewards number to verify a purchase, but she was unable to provide one. Store personnel informed her they had surveillance video showing she had not brought the items into the store.

After viewing the footage, Jeanbaptiste allegedly began “yelling and screaming all throughout the store and making a scene, as well as disrupting the business and visibly frightening staff and customers,” according to the report.

Police say she returned to the counter and demanded the items back while continuing to yell. When told again that she had not brought the items into the store, she allegedly grabbed merchandise and resisted employees’ attempts to retrieve it. Jeanbaptiste was reportedly able to place several items into her cart and tried to push it out the door.

A manager attempted to stop her, but Jeanbaptiste allegedly shoved the employee and forced her way out of the store with the stolen goods.

Jeanbaptiste fled before officers arrived but was pulled over near the business. Police say the stolen merchandise was found in her vehicle.

She is charged with robbery by sudden snatching, simple battery, petit theft and resisting detention by a merchant. Her address is listed in Homestead.

While her full criminal history was not available, authorities noted that she has been arrested several times in 2025, including: April 16 in South Carolina for shoplifting, July 2 in Sarasota County for driving without a valid license and Aug. 7 in Pennsylvania for terroristic threats.

Judge Kristine Van Vorst set her bail at $90,000.

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