| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PHILLIPS, CASEY 0482 (AR08101337) WHO EVER COMMITS ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST THE STATE, WHETHER FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR, OR AIDS, ABETS, COUNSELS, HIRES, OR OTHERWISE PROCURES SUCH OFFENSE TO BE COMMITTED, AND SUCH OFFENSE IS COMMITTED OR IS ATTEMPTED TO BE COMMITTED, IS A PRINCIPAL IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND MAY BE CHARGED, CONVICTED, AND PUNISHED AS SUCH, WHETHER HE OR SHE IS OR IS NOT ACTUALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY PRESENT AT THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.011 ON 012108 AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 HOURS, THIS DEPUTY WAS DISPATCHED TO THE SUPER WAL-MART REFERENCE TWO WHITE MALES WHO WERE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE SUPER WAL-MART WITH BEER. DURING THIS DEPUTY'S RESPONSE TO SUPER WAL-MART, THE VEHICLE THAT PICKED UP SAID SUSPECTS DROVE IN FRONT OF THE STORE WHERE LOSS PREVENTION OBTAINED A TAG NUMBER. THIS WAS RELAYED THROUGH DISPATCH TO RESPONDING UNITS. A SHORT TIME LATER A VEHICLE MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CROFT AND HARLEY. THIS DEPUTY RESPONDED TO SUPER WAL-MART TO MAKE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION WHILE DEPUTY SLINGERLAND CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP ON THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THAT THE TWO WHITE MALES HAD BOTH ATTEMPTED TO WALK OUT OF THE STORE EACH CARRYING TWO 24 PACKS OF BEER, AND WERE CONFRONTED BY LOSS PREVENTION. BOTH RAN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. LOSS PREVENTION WATCHED THE BLACK VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED ON CROFT AVENUE, DRIVE OUT ONTO STATE ROAD 44 IN FRONT OF WAL-MART AND PICK UP ONE INDIVIDUAL, PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE BEING STOPPED. THIS DEPUTY, ALONG WITH WAL-MART'S LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE TRAFFIC STOP LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ITS TAG NUMBER WHICH HAD BEEN PROVIDED BY LOSS PREVENTION. UPON ARRIVING LOSS PREVENTION IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT AS ONE OF THE TWO THAT HAD ATTEMPTED TO DEPRIVE THEIR STORE OF MERCHANDISE, AND IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT AS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY SLINGERLAND ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AFTER READING MIRANDA TO THE DEFENDANT, SHE ADVISED THERE WAS NO BEER IN THE VEHICLE, AND GAVE CONSENT TO SEARCH, WHICH REVEALED 11 CASES OF BEER IN THE TRUNK. AT THIS TIME, WITH LOSS PREVENTION PRESENT, THEY ADVISED THEY WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT PICKING UP TWO OTHER SUSPECTS AND TRANSPORTING THEM FROM THE SCENE, AFTER THEY HAD FLED FROM WAL-MART STAFF. WHILE AT THE SCENE LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THE SECOND SUSPECT WAS NOT PRESENT. ALL TOTAL THERE WERE THREE MALES AND A FEMALE DRIVER, BUT A FORTH MALE, WHO ALSO ATTEMPTED TO DEPRIVE WAL-MART OF MERCHANDISE, WAS NOT PRESENT. AT THIS TIME THE SUSPECT ON SCENE WAS HANDCUFFED SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL CAR. ALSO, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEFENDANT BOBBIE JO BRYANT, WAS HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE, REFUSING TO BE SEAT BELTED, ADVISING SHE WAS OVER 15 YEARS OF AGE AND KNOWING THE LAW, DID NOT NEED TO BE SEAT BELTED IN. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE THEY WERE TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THIS DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION VIA TELEPHONE, WHERE VIDEO SHOWED THE DEFENDANT AND A SECOND SUSPECT EACH LEAVING WITH TWO CASES OF BEER PRIOR TO THE SECOND ATTEMPT WHERE THEY AGAIN TRIED TO LEAVE, EACH WITH TWO CASES OF BEER, WHICH WERE RECOVERED ON SCENE. ALL TOTAL, IN THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE USED TO DRIVE FROM THE SCENE, THERE WERE 11 CASES OF BEER, MATCHING THAT TAKEN BY THE DEFENDANT AND A SECOND SUSPECT, WHICH TOTALED $172.41. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
