| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MORAN, GREG 1246 (AR16-20626) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF CIRCLE K, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT REMOVED FOUR PACKS OF GRANDMAâS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES AND TWO PACKS OF DOVE WHOLE CHOCOLATE COVERED CRANBERRIES, THE PROPERTY TOTALING $10.94, 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 $100.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A). ON 081816, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CIRCLE K LOCATED AT 3275 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN LECANTO, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT JUST OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MS JENNIFER HOOVER, WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE AT CIRCLE K. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY TOWERY, ENTERED THE STORE TO PURCHASE A POLAR POP (FOUNTAIN DRINK) AND THEN EXITED THE STORE TO TALK TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT THEN RE-ENTERED THE STORE AND STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO USE THE BATHROOM. THE COMPLAINANT STATED AS THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE STORE HE STOPPED AT THE RACK, WHICH IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE CASH REGISTER WHERE THE GRANDMA COOKIES ARE LOCATED. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT GRABBED FIVE PACKS OF GRANDMAâS COOKIES AND PUT FOUR PACKS IN HIS POCKET. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT RACK, WHERE HE GRABBED TWO PACKS OF DOVE WHOLE CHOCOLATE COVERED CRANBERRIES AND PLACED THEM IN HIS POCKET ALSO. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT PAID FOR ONE PACK OF GRANDMAâS COOKIES AND THEN EXITED THE STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE FOUR PACKS OF GRANDMAâS PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES AND TWO PACKS OF DOVE WHOLE CHOCOLATE COVERED CRANBERRIES THAT WERE IN HIS POCKET. THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE STORE WITH HIS RIDE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE WHOLE TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE STORE HE WAS ACTING SUSPICIOUS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD THE INCIDENT ON THE CAMERA SYSTEM, AT WHICH TIME SHE PLAYED IT FOR ME. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PLACE THE MERCHANDISE IN HIS POCKET AND EXIT THE STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT CIRCLE K FIRMLY BELIEVES IN PROSECUTING SHOPLIFTERS AND SHE WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES. THE COMPLAINANT WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED SHE WOULD CONTACT THIS AGENCY WHEN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP. THE COMPLAINANT COMPLETED A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. DEPUTY MERRITT (0757) WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE DEFENDANT. I ADVISED DEPUTY MERRITT THAT I HAD PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF THE DEFENDANT FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. DEPUTY MERRITT THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING; SEE DEPUTY MERRITTâS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, AT WHICH TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT CIRCLE K, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE PAID FOR ONE PACK OF THE GRANDMAâS COOKIES, BUT STATED THAT HE STOLE THE REST OF THE MERCHANDISE AND PLACED THE ITEMS IN HIS POCKET BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MORE MONEY AND HIS FRIEND WOULD NOT PURCHASE IT FOR HIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE EMPLOYEES AT CIRCLE K ALWAYS GIVE HIM FOUNTAIN SODAS SO HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. \t |
