| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (12-135471) (AR12-2156) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: CLOTHING, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $136.00 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/HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015. ON 072912 AT APPROXIMATELY 2118 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCH TO BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE LOCATED AT 2851 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO SHOPLIFTING IN PROGRESS. WHILE EN ROUTE, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR CHAD WHITTLER, HAD SUCCESSFULLY DETAINED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS. HOWEVER, STATED THAT TWO OTHER SUSPECTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOPLIFTING HAD FLED THE SCENE IN A 1999 SILVER JEEP CHEROKEE BEARING FLORIDA TAG 3736JG. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER CHAD WHITTLER INSIDE BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE FIRST SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, MS ALICIA WATERBURY. MR WHITTLER ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN CONDUCTING IN-STORE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF SUSPICIOUS SUBJECTS WHO WERE REMOVING CLOTHING FROM THE HANGERS AND STAGING THE CLOTHING IN A CONCEALED AREA WHERE DEFENDANT WATERBURY WAS SEEN PLACING THE REMOVED CLOTHING INSIDE OF HER MAROON LEATHER PURSE. OFFICER WHITTLER STATED HE OBSERVED THE SUSPECTS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHERE SUSPECT WATERBURY PLACED THE ITEMS IN HER PURSE AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE STORE AFTER PASSING ALL POINTS OF FINAL SALE AND NOT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR SAID ITEMS, EXITED BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE THROUGH THE FRONT ENTRANCE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH BOTH SUBJECTS/DEFENDANTS, MS ALICIA WATERBURY AND MR ALONZO RUIZ. BOTH SUSPECTS WERE IN THE COMPANY OF ANOTHER BLACK FEMALE/SUSPECT BY the NAME OF MS CRYSTAL LEGGETT. OFFICER WHITTLER THEN ANNOUNCED HIMSELF AS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE SEVERAL TIMES, TO WHICH ALL THREE SUSPECTS PROCEEDED INTO THE PARKING LOT, AT WHICH TIME OFFICER WHITTLER WAS ABLE TO PHYSICALLY GRAB A HOLD OF SUSPECT WATERBURY AND TEMPORARILY DETAIN HER. OFFICER WHITTLER STATED THERE WAS A BRIEF PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN HIMSELF, SUSPECT WATERBURY AND SUSPECT LEGGETT. OFFICER WHITTLER WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF SUSPECT WATERBURY, HOWEVER, SUSPECT RUIZ MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO HIS JEEP CHEROKEE, WHICH WAS PARKED IN the PARKING LOT AND FLED NORTHBOUND ON CROFT AVENUE. DEPUTY CROSNOE BEGAN "BOLO"ING the AREA FOR the VEHICLE WHICH WAS LATER FOUND AT 4080 DAWSON DRIVE. DEPUTY CROSNOE REQUESTED MR ALONZO RUIZ, WHO WAS PRESENT WITH THE VEHICLE TO RETURN TO BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE WHERE DEPUTY CROSNOE FOLLOWED HIM BACK. UPON ARRIVAL OF SUSPECT RUIZ TO BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE, OFFICER WHITTLER WAS ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. I THEN READ SUSPECT RUIZ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PRE-PRINTED AGENCY APPROVED MIRANDA CARD. SUSPECT RUIZ ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND ADVISED HE would SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. SUSPECT RUIZ ADMITTED TO PARTICIPATING IN the SHOPLIFTING BY REMOVING ARTICLES OF CLOTHING FROM THE HANGERS AND AFTER HE DID SO, SUSPECT WATERBURY CAME BEHIND HIM AND PLACED THE ITEMS INTO her PURSE. I THEN SPOKE WITH SUSPECT WATERBURY WHO I ALSO READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PRE-PRINTED AGENCY APPROVED MIRANDA CARD. SUSPECT WATERBURY ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND ADVISED SHE would SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. I QUESTIONED SUSPECT WATERBURY IF HER MAROON LEATHER PURSE BELONGED TO HER, TO WHICH SHE STATED, YES. THIS PURSE CONTAINED SIX ITEMS OF CLOTHING ALL HAVING THE PRICE TAG STILL ATTACHED. AFTER ADMITTING THE PURSE WAS HERS THAT CONTAINED THE CLOTHING, OFFICER WHITTLER THEN REMOVED THE CLOTHING FROM THE SUSPECTâS PURSE IN MY PRESENCE. OFFICER WHITTLER THEN TOTALED THE VALUE OF THE CLOTHING FOR A TOTAL OF $136.00. ALL ITEMS WERE RECOVERED and RETURNED TO BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE. CONTACT WAS LATER MADE WITH SUSPECT LEGGETT WHO WAS INTERVIEWED AND QUESTIONED AND LATER RELEASED ON SCENE WITHOUT INCIDENT DUE TO NOT HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OR ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SHOPLIFTING. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS PROVIDED BY OFFICER WHITTLER AND THE MANAGER ON DUTY, MS JENNIFER NELSON. A COPY OF THE IN-STORE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WHICH CONTAINED THE SUSPECTSâ ACTIONS OF SHOPLIFTING, WAS LATER COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. DEFENDANT WATERBURY AND DEFENDANT RUIZ WERE SEARCHED FOR ANY ILLEGAL CONTRABAND OR WEAPONS AND WERE THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND THEIR BACKS, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF PATROL VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT ONEâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT TWOâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE ONEâS VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE IN THE BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE PARKING LOT. |
