| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR13-4052) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: FOUR ARTICLES OF CLOTHING AND A HOUSE TELEPHONE, BY 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 LESS THAN $300.00, WITH ACTUAL VALUE BEING $88.91, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 010812, I RESPONDED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, TO THE WAL MART SUPERCENTER TO A RETAIL THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA, WHO ADVISED ME THAT WHILE DOING FLOOR SURVEILLANCE HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT. HE STATED HE CONTINUED TO WATCH HER AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT SELECT A HOUSE PHONE AND THEN PROCEED TO THE CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. MR COMPOSTELLA THEN WATCHED AS THE DEFENDANT PLACED SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS, ALONG WITH THE PHONE INTO A LARGE BLACK PURSE. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND PAID FOR AN ITEM IDENTIFIED AS A GAS CARD; HOWEVER, DID NOT PAY FOR ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS MENTIONED ABOVE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE STORE BY PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ADDITIONAL MERCHANDISE. SHE WAS THEN CONFRONTED BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER JOE COMPOSTELLA WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ASKED HER TO STEP INTO HIS OFFICE TO AWAIT LAW ENFORCEMENTâS ARRIVAL. I DID READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT, MS AMBER MOYER, STATED SHE CURRENTLY HAS NO DECENT CLOTHES TO WEAR AND HER HOUSE PHONE IS BROKEN. SHE ALSO STATED SHE IS OUT OF WORK AND HAS NO MONEY. THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT TO HER ACTIONS AND KEPT STATING SHE WAS âSTUPIDâ. SHE ALSO ADMITTED TO HAVING BEEN ARRESTED FOR A SIMILAR CHARGE APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO AT THE SAME WALMART. I DID OBSERVE THE ITEMS THE DEFENDANT STOLE FROM WALMART WHICH INCLUDED A PAIR OF SHORTS AND A PAIR OF PANTS, A LADYâS T-SHIRT, HOODIE JACKET AND A PORTABLE HOUSE PHONE. OF THE ITEMS WERE DAMAGED AND WERE RELEASED BACK TO WALMART. AT THAT TIME I OBTAINED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM JOE COMPOSTELLA ALONG WITH RECEIPTS FOR THE ITEMS THE DEFENDANT STOLE, AND BOTH WILL BE PLACED INTO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
