| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0632 (AR15-15581)(15-86208) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(9). ON 070115, AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 HOURS, I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A WITNESS, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA, WHO IS AN ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATE, AT THE INVERNESS WAL-MART. MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEGAN FOLLOWING A WHITE MALE THROUGHOUT THE STORE WHO BEGAN DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY. DURING THIS TIME I KEPT IN CONTACT WITH MR COMPOSTELLA BY CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND HE WAS GIVING ME UPDATES ON THE SITUATION. MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED THAT THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE STORE WITH A BACKPACK AND WAS PUTTING ITEMS INSIDE OF THE BAG, MOSTLY FROM THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT. I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF WAL-MART UNTIL I WAS ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS EXITING THE STORE. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT HAD GONE TO A SELF CHECKOUT STATION AND THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXIT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE SUSPECT WAS EXITING THROUGH THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXIT, AT WHICH TIME I MADE A CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER WITH HIM IN THE PARKING LOT. I IDENTIFIED MYSELF AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS IDENTIFICATION, HE PROVIDED ME WITH HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. HE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS ALWAYS BEING HARASSED BY THE POLICE. I ASKED THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR HUNTER STANLEY, IF HE HAD A RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS HE WAS CARRYING, WHICH HE SAID YES AS HE HELD UP HIS HAND, WHICH HAD A RECEIPT IN IT. I ASKED IF I COULD SEE THE RECEIPT AND MR STANLEY HANDED IT TO ME. UPON LOOKING AT THE RECEIPT IT ONLY SHOWED THAT HE HAD PURCHASED A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES FOR $7.99. I ASKED MR STANLEY IF HE HAD A RECEIPT FOR THE OTHER ITEMS HE WAS CARRYING, WHICH WAS A HIKING BAG AND A HARD CASE STORAGE CONTAINER AND HE SAID NO, HE DID NOT. HE SPONTANEOUSLY UTTERED âTHIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAD STOLE ANYTHING.â I THEN ASKED âSO THESE ITEMS ARE STOLENâ AND HE STATED YES. I LOOKED INSIDE OF THE BACKPACK AND SAW THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC ITEMS INSIDE OF IT, WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PACKAGING. I PLACED MR STANLEY IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED HIM IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I TOOK HIM TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND ALLOWED HIM TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE. I READ HIM HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, HE ADVISED HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME. I ASKED HIM IF WHEN HE WENT TO THE STORE WERE HIS INTENTIONS TO STEAL THESE ITEMS, HE SAID YES. HE SAID THAT A FRIEND OF HIS WAS ASKING FOR SPECIFIC ITEMS AND THAT THE FRIEND WOULD BUY THEM FROM HIM. HE ADVISED THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD STOLEN ANYTHING AND HE WAS ONLY DOING THIS TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. I TOOK MR STANLEY IN TO THE PROPERTY ASSET PROTECTION OFFICE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH MR COMPOSTELLA. MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING FLOOR SURVEILLANCE AND OBSERVED MR STANLEY TO SELECT SEVERAL ELECTRONIC ITEMS AND CONCEAL THEM IN HIS BAG. HE ADVISED THAT MR STANLEY PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE AND DID NOT ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. AS MR COMPOSTELLA BEGAN GOING THROUGH THE ITEMS TO FIND AN EXACT AMOUNT THAT MR STANLEY HAD TAKEN FROM THE STORE, MR STANLEY BEGAN SAYING HOW SORRY HE WAS AND THAT HE WOULD PAY FOR THE ITEMS. I COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED OVER TO WAL-MART. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE ITEMS STOLEN WAS $551.23. MR COMPOSTELLA PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT; ALL OF THESE WERE TURNED IN TO THE APPROPRIATE DIVISIONS. MR STANLEY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
