| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLARK, CORRY 0711 (AR14-11112) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: SIX T-SHIRTS, 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A). ON 070914, AT APPROXIMATELY 1248 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE LOCATED AT 2851 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR CHAD WHITLER, WHO IS THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE. HE ADVISED THAT ON 070914, HE WAS CONDUCTING STORE SURVEILLANCE VIA CLOSED circuit TELEVISION WHEN HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT SELECT SEVEN ITEMS OF CLOTHING THROUGHOUT THE STORE. HE THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT ENTER A FITTING ROOM STALL WITH THE SELECTED ITEMS. ONCE THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE FITTING ROOM, SHE HAD ONE PIECE OF CLOTHING ITEM WITH SIX EMPTY HANGERS. SHE THEN PLACED THEM BACK ONTO A CLOTHING FIXTURE. THE ITEMS WERE WRAPPED IN HER PURSE AND ONE WAS WRAPPED UNDERNEATH HER PANTS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF FINAL SALE WITH NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. ONCE OUTSIDE in the PARKING LOT, MR WHITLER CONFRONTED THE DEFENDANT ADVISING HER THAT HE WAS LOSS PREVENTION AND ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HE ADVISED ONCE INSIDE THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, FIVE ITEMS OF CLOTHING WERE REMOVED FROM HER PURSE AND THE DEFENDANT REMOVED ONE ITEM FROM THE FRONT OF HER PANTS AND HANDED IT OVER TO HIM. MR WHITLER PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND A BEALLS RECEIPT WITH A TOTAL BALANCE OF $91.23 FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN AND RECOVERED. HE ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF A THE SURVEILLANCE DVD. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE RECOVERED CLOTHING ITEMS; SEE MY CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN'S REPORT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS READ MIRANDA VIA A PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, AT which TIME, SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. IMMEDIATELY SHE APPEARED UPSET AND BEGAN CRYING. I ASKED HER WHAT HAD occurred, AT WHICH TIME, SHE RESPONDED WITH, "I MADE A BAD CHOICE THAT I WISH I COULD TAKE BACK." SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO ADVISE THAT SHE WAS ON A LUNCH BREAK FROM WORK AND THAT AS SHE WAS INITIALLY JUST BROWSING. SHE DECIDED TO SELECT CLOTHING ITEMS THAT SHE LIKED AND PROCEEDED INTO THE CHANGING ROOM WITH THE INTENTIONS TO TAKE WHAT SHE WANTED WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE PLACED FIVE OF THE SHIRTS INTO HER PURSE AND TUCKED ONE INTO THE FRONT OF HER PANTS. SHE THEN PROCEEDED OUT OF THE FITTING ROOM, PLACED THE ONE SHIRT WITH A THE EMPTY HANGERS ONTO A RACK, AND LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED with BIPOLAR AND FEELS THAT MAY HAVE ALTERED HER STATE OF MIND WHILE STEALING THESE ITEMS. I ASKED IF SHE HAD EVER BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE AND SHE ADVISED APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AGO SHE WAS ARRESTED AT WALMART IN PINELLAS PARK FLORIDA FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT AND WAS PLACED ON PTI. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT. SHE WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS BEHIND HER BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED), SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. AT THE REQUEST OF MR WHITLER, THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM BEALLS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
