| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SUDLOW, JAMES 0759 (AR12-2391) (12-146020) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF LARGE PACKAGE OF AA BATTERIES, TO WIT: 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 STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 081612, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 4500 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN REFERENCE TO A PREVIOUS RETAIL THEFT INCIDENT, WHERE THE SUSPECT HAD RETURNED TO THE STORE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER/COMPLAINANT, MR JAMES EHART, WHO STATED THAT ON 081512, A WHITE FEMALE HAD ENTERED THE STORE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS BARBARA BREWSTER. THE DEFENDANT HAD WALKED DOWN THE BATTERY AISLE WITH A SHOPPING CART AND THE COMPLAINANT OBSERVED HER PICKING UP A LARGE PACKAGE OF AA ENERGIZER BATTERIES AND THEN CONCEALED IT IN HER BLACK PURSE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THE BATTERIES. HE WATCHED THE DEFENDANT GET INTO A BLACK FOUR DOOR CHEVROLET VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA TAG AZXW52. THE COMPLAINANT THEN SHOWED ME SECURITY FOOTAGE WHERE I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT CONCEAL THE BATTERIES IN HER BLACK PURSE AND WALK OUT OF THE STORE WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THEM. AS THE DEFENDANT WAS WALKING OUT OF THE STORE ON 081612, I STOPPED HER AND QUESTIONED HER ABOUT YESTERDAY’S INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT FIRST STATED THAT SHE DID NOT COME TO SWEETBAY AT ALL YESTERDAY AND THAT WE MUST HAVE THE WRONG PERSON. I ADVISED HER AT THAT WE HAD THE VIDEO FOOTAGE PROVING OTHERWISE, AND AT THAT TIME SHE FOLLOWED ME BACK INSIDE THE STORE. WHILE QUESTIONING THE DEFENDANT IN THE STORE, SHE STATED THAT SHE LEFT HER RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS YESTERDAY AND WENT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, BUT COULD NOT ADVISE IF SHE STOPPED THERE. I THEN SHOWED THE DEFENDANT SECURITY FOOTAGE, AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED YES THAT IS ME. I STOLE THE BATTERIES FOR FLASHLIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THEIR BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. |
