It wasn’t enough for 43-year-old Amalia Tabata Pereira to marry 20-year-old Pirates prospect Jose Tabata, she allegedly tried to kidnap a baby:
Sandra Cruz-Francisco was taken from her mother, Rosa Sirilo-Francisco, about 3 p.m. Monday by a woman her family only knew as ‘Janet,’ Plant City police said. The mother had taken her baby for a checkup at the Plant City Health Department, where she met Janet, who said she was an immigration official, Sirilo-Francisco told the Tampa Tribune. The woman told Sirilo-Francisco that there were officers at her home waiting to deport her and the child’s father to Mexico.
Janet offered to help, but said she had to take the baby.
The two women drove with the infant to a farm where the child’s father works and Janet told him the same story, and the mother later handed the child over.
Plant City police Capt. Darrell Wilson couldn’t confirm the mother’s account of events.
“We believe that may have been the story, but we haven’t spoken with the suspect,” he said.
Investigators now believe Janet and Pereira are likely the same person. Wilson said Pereira has a criminal record that includes theft and fraud convictions and that police did not have a hometown for her because she has several aliases.
Thank goodness they recovered the child safely. It’s also a good thing for Tabata, as this woman may be the kind that would have stolen everything he earned.


“It’s a good thing for Tabata…”
You’re assuming that he’ll ditch the crazy woman after this. That assumption may be optimistic. Tabata already had the poor judgment to marry her.
I’m not blaming him. mind you. Everyone is dumb when they’re 20.
This broad is nuts, Tabata’s health is at as mush risk as his wallet.