Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: byrd, jedidiah 0737 (ar15-15753) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: REMOVED $3,050.00 FROM CASH DEPOSITS, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO Her OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE NUMBER 812.014(2)C(1). ON 071615, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WALGREENS AT 104 SOUTH APOPKA IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A GRAND THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED WITH the SUSPECT ON SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT with WALGREENSâ ASSET PROTECTION MANAGER WAYNE YANICHICK. HE STATED THAT ON 071515 HE WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DISTRICT MANAGER FOR WALGREENS MS MARY ATCHISON, THE STORE WAS MISSING OVER $2,000.00 FROM DEPOSITS. HE STATED ON 071615 THAT HE REVIEWED THE CASH REPORT DEPOSIT SLIPS AND CORPORATE BANKING NOTICES OF SHORTAGES AND THE RECORDS INDICATED THAT ON 062215 THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF $900.00. HE FURTHER ADVISED SHORTAGES WERE NOTICED ON 062415 WITH a SHORTAGE OF $450.00, ON 062515 WITH A SHORTAGE OF $600.00, ON 062715 WITH A SHORTAGE OF $500.00, AND THEN ON 070315 WITH a SHORTAGE OF $600.00. HE ALSO NOTICED THE MISSING CASH DROPS WERE always THE LAST DROP OF THE DAY. MR YANICHICK SAID THAT ON 071615 HE INTERVIEWED THE defendant, MS ASHLY NICHOLE SUMLIN, WHO IS A ââSFL.ââ HE STATED UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT she ADMITTED TO TAKING the CASH DEPOSIT DROPS. SHE ADVISED She WAS BEHIND ON HER MORTGAGE AND THE BANK WAS GOING TO FORECLOSE ON the HOUSE. THE defendant SAID SHE would TAKE A PORTION OF THE LAST DROP OF THE DAY AND NOT PUT IT IN THE SAFE. SHE SAID SHE WOULD LEAVE IT ON the COUNTER NEXT TO THE SAFE and THEN TAKE IT UPON LEAVING THE STORE and THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA COULD NOT SEE HER BECAUSE OF the LOCATION OF THE SAFE. THE defendant TOLD HIM SHE HAD PAID $2,800.00 OF THE MONEY TO PAY HER MORTGAGE. HE SAID THAT HE made CONTACT with the STORE MANAGER, MS SUSAN RUSSELL, TO CONTACT the SHERIFFâS OFFICE AND THEY SAID TO PURSUE CHARGES AGAINST the DEFENDANT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE defendant, MS ASHLY SUMLIN. I READ THE defendant HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PRE PRINTED CARD. THE defendant STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS and AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE defendant STATED SHE HAS WORKED FOR the COMPANY SINCE 2007 AND SHE ENJOYS HER JOB. IN ADDITION, SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN AT HOME, BUT RECENTLY SHE HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY HER MORTGAGE AND had RECEIVED NOTICE HER HOUSE WAS GOING INTO FORECLOSURE. THE defendant ADMITTED TO THE ALLEGATIONS AND SHE SAID ON APPROXIMATELY FIVE DIFFERENT DATES, WHICH ARE SPECIFIED ABOVE, SHE WOULD TAKE MONEY AND NOT DEPOSIT IT INTO THE SAFE AND SHE REGRETS HER DECISION. she ADVISED SHE HAS NEVER DONE anything like this before, has never been in trouble, BUT had FaLlen ON HARD TIMEs. the defendant advised she would REPAY THE MONEY. the defendant FILled OUT A SWORN, WRITten STATEMeNt, WHICH will be TURNeD INtO REcORDS. the defendant used A WALGReensâ STatement FORM to write out her voluntary statement. wHEN I was SPeaking wItH mr YANICHICK, they WERE NOT ABLE TO GET VIDEO FOOTAGE BECause OF THE LOcATION OF THE SAFE. he did fill out a written statement form, which was later turned in to records. he also provided FIVE CASH REPORTS FROM THE CASH DROP DEPosits INTO SAFE THAT HAD DISCREPANCIES, which was turned in to records. I MADE CONtact with THE STORE MANAger, ms SUSAN RUSSELL, AND she SAID SHE HaD RECently BEEN CONTaCTED BY CORPorate OFFICE for WALGREENs IN REFERENCE to DISCREPANCIES ON MONEY THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED CASH REPORT AMOUNTs, which DID NOt MATCH the AMOUNT THAT WaS DEPOSITED INTO THE BANK. she SAID THAT SHE RECeived MUlTiple E-MAiLs FROM Corporate OFFice IN REFERENCE TO DISCREPANCIES, WHICH WAS NOt NORMAl. SHE HAS WORKed THeRE FOR OVER 20 YEARS and HaS NOT RECeived THAT MANY. these CASH REPorts WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS, AS WELL. I HaNdcuffed THE defendant (double locked) AND TRaNsported HER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETention facility for PROCESSing. the defendantâs BOND was SET AT $2,000.00, per the bond schedule. |