| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM TODD 0463 (AR16-20065) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: AT LEAST $592.62 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE, CARRYING AWAY THE SAID 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 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 062816, I RESPONDED TO THE INVERNESS WALMART, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, WHO ADVISED THAT ON 062116, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PUSH A SHOPPING CART FULL OF ITEMS OUT OF THE STORE THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE SHE PAID FOR. HE INITIALLY DID NOT PURSUE HER AS HE DID NOT SEE HER PLACE THE ITEMS IN THE SHOPPING CART. MR COMPOSTELLA THEN ADVISED THAT HE REVIEWED THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND WAS ABLE TO PROVE THAT THE DEFENDANT SELECTED AT LEAST $592.62 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE WHERE SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE SELF CHECKOUT AND ONLY PAID FOR $15.56. I THEN REVIEWED THE VIDEO TAPE, WHICH MATCHED WHAT MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED. ON 062916, I CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT AT HER RESIDENCE. I ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT. INITIALLY SHE DENIED STEALING ANYTHING, BUT ONCE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY DURING A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO STEALING THE ITEMS. SHE ALSO ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD DONE THIS SAME THING AT THE LECANTO WALMART, BUT NEVER AS MUCH AS SHE STOLE FROM THE INVERNESS WALMART. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHAT SHE WAS DOING WITH THE MERCHANDISE. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD A HOME CRAFT BUSINESS THAT SHE MADE ITEMS OUT OF IT TO SELL. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HELD ON A TOTAL BOND OF $2,000.00 PER THE SCHEDULE. |
