| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REYNOLDS, CONNARY 1267 (AR13-8387) (13-172942) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: MISCELLANEOUS CLOTHING AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TOTALING $119.28, BY 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 121713 AT APPROXIMATELY 1721 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE WAL-MART LOCATED AT 1936 N LECANTO HIGHWAY IN REFERENCE TO SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR PATRICK HENRY. HE ADVISED THAT ON TODAYâS DATE HE OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR CALEB HUGGINS, EXHIBITING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE SPORTING GOODS AISLE OF THE STORE. THROUGH FLOOR SURVEILLANCE, MR HENRY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT CONCEAL A BOTTLE OF OFF BUG SPRAY IN HIS WAL-MART BAG AND ALSO SELECT AND PUT ON A PAIR OF CAMOUFLAGE PANTS. MR HENRY THEN CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS PUSHING A CART FULL OF GOODS AND PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY THROUGH THE GARDEN SECTION OF THE STORE. MR HENRY STATED ONCE IN THE PARKING LOT, HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF TO THE DEFENDANT, ESCORTED HIM TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, AT WHICH TIME HE CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. THE COMPLAINANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. I OBSERVED THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE DEFENDANT IN THE SPORTING GOODS AISLE, WHICH HE WAS WEARING THE CAMOUFLAGE PANTS, A CAMOUFLAGE JACKET AND A CAMOUFLAGE HAT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT WEARING ANY OF THESE ITEMS PRIOR TO ENTERING THE STORE. WHILE IN THE SPORTING GOODS AISLE THE DEFENDANT ALSO SELECTED A PAIR OF CAMOUFLAGE GLOVES AND PUT THEM IN THE CART THAT HE WAS PUSHING, WHICH CONTAINED SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GARDEN SECTION OF THE STORE, EXITING THE STORE, PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY. A COPY OF THE WAL-MART SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED INTO EVIDENCE AND A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND A COPY PROVIDED TO WAL-MART LOSS PREVENTION. I OBSERVED IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE A WAL-MART CART CONTAINING ONE GIFT SET OF AXE PHOENIX SHAMPOO, VALUED AT $9.88; ONE BOTTLE OF OFF BUG SPRAY, VALUED AT $5.48; TWO PAIR OF HUNTING GLOVES, VALUED AT $2.97 EACH; ONE FIVE POCKET CAMOUFLAGE PAIR OF PANTS, VALUED AT $19.97; A MENâS CAMOUFLAGE JACKET, VALUED $44.97; TWO ROLLS OF CAMOUFLAGE TAPE, VALUED AT $4.97 EACH; ONE ROLL OF CAMOUFLAGE TAPE, VALUED AT $3.37; AND ONE CAMOUFLAGE HAT, VALUED AT $12.97. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THESE ITEMS WAS $119.28. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER HENRY PROVIDED ME WITH A TRAINING RECEIPT SHOWING THE ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN AND RECOVERED. ALSO, IN THE SHOPPING CART WAS A WAL-MART BAG CONTAINING THREE ITEMS THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PAID FOR EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE A RECEIPT IN THE BAG SHOWING PROOF OF PAYMENT FOR THOSE THREE ITEMS ONLY. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SHOPPING CART, WHICH CONTAINED THE STOLEN AND RECOVERED GOODS WAS TAKEN, SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT (CST). I THEN SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO I READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPRINT AGENCY ISSUED CARD. I ASKED HIM IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID. ALSO IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WOULD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TODAY, TO WHICH HE STATED HE HAD TRIED ON THE CAMOUFLAGE CLOTHING, PLACED SEVERAL ITEMS IN HIS SHOPPING CART, WENT TO THE REGISTER, PAID FOR THREE OF THE ITEMS; HOWEVER, FORGOT TO PAY FOR THE OTHER ITEMS AND THE CLOTHES HE HAD ON AND LEFT THE STORE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW HE COULD PAY FOR THREE ITEMS AND FORGET TO PAY FOR THE REST, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW AND THAT HE WAS TIRED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD TAKEN THE TAGS OFF OF THE ITEMS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED HE DID. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE MADE A MISTAKE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED âMAYBE I DID, I MAY HAVE FUCKED UPâ. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE STOLE ANYTHING, TO WHICH HE REPLIED âJUST THE TWO THINGS MAYBE. I WAS TRYING TO GET IT FOR MY SON.â THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT STATED âWE WENT INTO THE STORE AND TOOK SOME THING BUT WERE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT.â THE SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT. HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED), SEARCHED AND THEN SECURED IN TH REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANTâS ITEMS HE HAD PURCHASED WERE LEFT WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE PER HIS REQUEST FOR PICKUP LATER BY A FAMILY MEMBER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH RETAIL THEFT, BOND SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THIS TIME BY THIS DEPUTY.\t |
