| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (AR15-16558) ON 092415, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WALGREENS LOCATED AT 9427 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD AT HIGHWAY 19 AND HIGHWAY 98, IN REFERENCE TO PETIT RETAIL THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE STORE MANAGER/COMPLAINANT, MR THANG PHAN, WHO ADVISED THAT AN UNKNOWN WHITE FEMALE HAD ENTERED THE STORE, REMOVED SEVERAL ITEMS, PLACED THEM IN HER PURSE AND THEN EXITED THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE FEMALE AND ASKED HER IF HE COULD LOOK INSIDE HER PURSE. THE FEMALE STATED ââNOââ AND PROCEEDED TO AN OLDER MODEL GREEN TOYOTA AVALON. HE ADVISED THAT ONE OF THE WALGREENS EMPLOYEES, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE PHOTO DESK ALERTED THE COMPLAINANT TO THE UNKNOWN WHITE FEMALE AND HER SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT WHEN THE FEMALE LEFT THE STORE WAS WHEN HE CONTACTED 911. THIS DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS, MS LISA GIANNASCOLI, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAD NOTICED AN UNKNOWN WHITE FEMALE IN THE COSMETIC SECTION, WHO WAS REMOVING ITEMS AND WALKING AROUND THE STORE WITH THEM AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN THERE WERE NO ITEMS TO BE SEEN. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT THE FEMALE CAME OVER TO THE PHOTOGRAPH DESK AND ORDERED A PRINTOUT OF SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND WHILE SHE WAS STANDING THERE THE FEMALE ADVISED THE WITNESS THAT SHE HAD TO GO BACK TO HER VEHICLE TO GET SOME MONEY. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE WHITE FEMALE LEFT HER PURSE SITTING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE DESK. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT SHE LOOKED OVER INTO THE PURSE AND COULD SEE A SELF-TANNER, JERGENâS NATURAL GLOW, WHICH THEY SELL IN THE COSMETIC SECTION FOR $2.79. SHE ALSO SAW A BOTTLE OF OGX HAIR CONDITIONER, WHICH SELLS IN THE COSMETIC SECTION FOR $6.99. SHE ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT CAME BACK AND ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE FEMALE THEN WALKED OUT OF THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS IN HER PURSE. THAT WAS WHEN THE COMPLAINANT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE FEMALE SUBJECT. THIS DEPUTY WENT BACK TO VIEW THE VIDEO FROM THE INCIDENT AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 HOURS, YOU COULD SEE THE UNKNOWN WHITE FEMALE REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE END AISLE AND PLACING THEM INTO HER PURSE. A COPY OF THIS VIDEO WAS MADE BY THE COMPLAINANT AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A NAME FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION AND THE WHITE FEMALEâS NAME WAS MS AMANDA PROVOST. DEPUTY VIGGIANO HAD LOCATED MS PROVOST, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, ON A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE AREA OF GROSS AVENUE. HE ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE VEHICLE DESCRIBED BY THE COMPLAINANT. AFTER OBTAINING THE VIDEO EVIDENCE AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE VICTIM AND WITNESS, I PROCEEDED TO THE AREA OF GROSS AVENUE WHERE DEPUTY VIGGIANO MADE THE TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING FROM A PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD OBSERVED HER ON VIDEO REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE COSMETIC AREA AND PLACING THEM IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT SHE DID TAKE ITEMS FROM THE COSMETIC SECTION OF WALGREENS, PLACE THEM IN HER PURSE AND WALKED OUT OF THE STORE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE THOSE ITEMS WERE LOCATED AT AND SHE STATED ââTHERE RIGHT HEREââ, PULLED OUT A BAG AND REMOVED A PAIR OF MESH BATH AND SHOWER GLOVES, A BOTTLE OF HAIR CONDITIONER AND A TUBE OF JERGENâS NATURAL GLOW. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TWO OF THOSE ITEMS, THE HAIR CONDITIONER AND THE TUBE OF NATURAL GLOW WERE TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT THE WITNESS OBSERVED IN THE DEFENDANTâS BAG PRIOR TO HER LEAVING THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT GAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT SWORN BY HER TO BE A TRUE STATEMENT AND SIGNED IT. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION NUMBER 21005, WITH A COURT DATE OF 102215 AT 1300 HOURS. THE STOLEN/RECOVERED ITEMS WERE RETURNED TO WALGREENS. THE STATEMENTS WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS AND THE VIDEO WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
