| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, EVAN 1336 (AR14-12978) (CASE 14-162968) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART, TO WIT: CAR SPEAKERS, AND A BOSTITCH LITHIUM DRILL, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $233.92 WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $100.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $300.00, THUS THE OFFENDER COMMITS PETIT THEFT OF THE FIRST DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE AS PROVIDED IN FSS: 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(2)(E) ON 112914, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, TO THE INVERNESS WAL-MART, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL I SPOKE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER KENNETH CHEW, WHO STATED MR CRAIG MORTON, THE DEFENDANT, HAD STOLEN $233.92 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT ENTERED THE STORE AT 1024 HOURS, AND BEGAN TO WALK THE STORE PUSHING A SHOPPING CART. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WENT TO THE HARDWARE DEPARTMENT AND SELECTED A BOSTITCH LITHIUM DRILL WORTH $169.00 AND PLACED IT IN HIS SHOPPING CART. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT AT 1031 HOURS, PLACED A BOX OF DICKER SPEAKERS WORTH $64.92, IN HIS SHOPPING CART. the COMPLAInANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT ALSO GRABBED A COUPLE PACKS OF PENS AND PLACED THEM IN HIS SHOPPING CART. THE COMPLAINANT STATED AT 1052 HOURS, HE STOOD IN THE SELF CHECKOUT AREA AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PLACE A PACK OF PENS UNDERNEATH BOTH THE DRILL AND THE SPEAKERS, WHEN SCANNING THEM, IN ORDER FOR IT TO LOOK LIKE HE WAS SCANNING THE ITEMS. THE COMPLAINANT THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT PAID $3.99 FOR ALL THE ITEMS IN HIS SHOPPING CART and PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE, AND BEGAN TO PUSH THE CART OUT OF THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE DRILL OR THE SPEAKERS. IN THE VESTibule of the store COMPLAINANT ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STOP AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD STOLEN THE DRILL AND SPEAKERS, AND THE DEFENDANT STAtED, YES, HE HAD. THE COMPLAINANT ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND ADVISED HIM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS BEING CALLED. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND THAT HE WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE AND NEEDED MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS. I WATCHED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE THEFT, AND CONFIRMED WHAT THE COMPLAINANT HAD TOLD ME WAS TRUE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA AT 1131 HOURS, AND THE DEFENDANT STATED HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID STEAL THE ITEMS BUT DOES NOT USE DRUGS AND HAS HAD TROUBLE FINDING WORK. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED HE WAS STEALING THE ITEMS TO PAWN FOR CHRISTMAS MONEY. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST. he was HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND THE BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILiTY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. A WRitTEN STATEMENT FrOM THE COMPLAINANT AND THE RECEIPT TOTALING $233.92 BEFORE TAX OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. ALSO, A COPY OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS TURNED OVER TO EVIDENCE. |
