| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REYNOLDS, CONNARY 1267 (AR 14-11569) (14-110401) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART, TO WIT: DID CONCEAL AND ATTEMPT TO EXIT THE STORE WITH SEVERAL ITEMS FROM WAL-MART, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITH NO ATTEMPT TO PAY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $23.03 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 HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) and 812.014(3)(a). ON 081114, AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 1936 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY IN LECANTO IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH ASSET PROTECTION OFFICER, MR JAMES ROWE, WHO ADVISED that TODAY HE WAS OBSERVING A WHITE FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS CANDICE CHRISTIAN, TO BE ACTING SUSPICIOUS IN THE HOME FURNISHINGS ISLE. HE STATED that UPON OBSERVING THIS PERSON ON THE SALES FLOOR, SHE SELECTED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE HOME FURNISHINGS SECTION, CONCEALING THEM IN HER PURSE AND THEN START TO WALK TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE. ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATE ROWE STATED HE DID NOT LOSE VISUAL SIGHT OF THE DEFENDANT AT ANY TIME AND OBSERVED HER TO PASS ALL POINTS OF SALE with NO ATTEMPT TO PAY AND PROCEED TO EXIT THE FRONT OF THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. HE STATED that ONCE SHE EXITED THE STORE HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATE AND LATER CONTACTED THIS AGENCY BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT DID NOT HAVE IDENTIFICATION. MR ROWE SHOWED ME SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WHICH SHOWED THE DEFENDANT WALKING OUT THE FRONT OF THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS WHEN SHE WAS CONFRONTED BY ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATE ONCE SHE GOT OUTSIDE. THE FOOTAGE ALSO SHOWED THE DEFENDANT BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO THE ASSET PROTECTION OFFICE WHERE SHE REMOVED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE HOME FURNISHINGS SECTION WHICH SHE HAD CONCEALED IN HER PURSE. MR ROWE PROVIDED ME with A COPY OF THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY MR ROWE AHD HE WAS PROVIDED A COPY. I OBSERVED THE ITEMS TO BE ONE PLUG IN CANDLE WARMER VALUED AT $10.00, TWO SMALL CONTAINERS OF CANDLE WAX VALUED AT $2.00 EACH, ONE SMALL CONTAINER OF CANDLE WAX VALUED AT $3.75, AND ONE FIVE PACK OF HOOK AND LOOP SANDING DISKS VALUED AT $3.97 WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS BEING $23.03. MR ROWE PROVIDED ME WITH A TRAINING RECEIPT SHOWING THE ITEMS TAKEN AND THE TOTAL VALUE. THE STOLEN/ RECOVERED ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED; SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DID. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TODAY TO WHICH SHE REPLIED "I GOT CAUGHT TAKING SOME ITEMS." I ASKED HER TO FURTHER ELABORATE TO WHICH SHE REPLIED "I STOLE THEM." I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAS EVER BEEN ARRESTED FOR RETAIL THEFT BEFORE TO WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED ONCE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT NOT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT SHE DID NOT PLAN TO PAY FOR ANY OF the ITEMS AFTER SHE CONCEALED THEM IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT CURRENTLY SHE DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE COUNTY AND HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO TAMPA AND ATTENDS HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK, SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. ONCE PLACED IN HANDCUFFS THE DEFENDANT BECAME EMOTIONAL AND KEPT SAYING I CANNOT GO TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, GIVE ME A TICKET IF SHE WOULD PAY FOR THE ITEMS RIGHT NOW. I REMINDED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE ADVISED ME EARLIER SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS AND IT DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR HER TO PAY FOR A CITATION NOW. THE DEFENDANT ASKED SEVERAL MORE TIMES TO NOT BE ARRESTED AND STATED "IT WAS AN IMPULSE." THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION; HOWEVER SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT RETAIL PETIT THEFT WHERE THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE COLLECTED SURVEILLANCE CD AND PROPERTY RECEIPT WERE LATER TURNED ITO EVIDENCE. THE TRAINING RECEIPT WAS TURNED INTO RECORDS. NO FURTHER ACTION BY THIS DEPUTY. |
