| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MUTTER, REBECCA 0681 (12-154266) (AR12-2512) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, FLORAL CITY BAGEL DELI AND MORE, TO WIT: TIP JAR, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $35.00 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 STATUTE 812.015. ON 082812 I WAS DISPATCH TO FLORAL CITY BAGEL DELI AND MORE AT 6689 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE IN FLORAL CITY IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. WHILE EN ROUTE, I MADE TELEPHONE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MS BRENDA GOLDEN, WHO ADVISED ME THAT A MALE SUBJECT WITH DARK SHIRT AND CURLY HAIR, HAD ENTERED THE STORE AND STATED THAT IT WAS HOT AND ASKED FOR A CUP OF WATER. THE SUBJECT LEFT A SHORT TIME LATER AND SHE NOTICED the RESTAURANT TIP JAR WHICH WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE CASH REGISTER WAS NOW MISSING. SHE BELIEVED IT TO BE THAT SUBJECT. SHE ADVISED THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, MR EUGENE GOLDEN, AND A CUSTOMER WENT TO LOOK FOR the SUBJECT. SHE STATED THAT they FOUND HIM AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND GOBBLER DRIVE. WHEN THEY CONFRONTED HIM, THEY ADVISED THAT HE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME AND GAVE THEM SOME MONEY BACK, HOWEVER, SHE ADVISED IT WAS NOT ALL THERE. SHE ADVISED THERE WAS ANOTHER FEMALE SUBJECT WHO OBSERVED THE CONFRONTATION, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS AMANDA HIGGINBOTHAM, WHO WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK AT FLORAL CITY FOODS AND STATED THAT SHE KNEW WHO THE SUBJECT WAS. I RESPONDED TO FLORAL CITY FOODS and MADE CONTACT WITH MS HIGGINBOTHAM, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN LEAVING TO GO TO WORK AND THAT SHE SAW HER OLD BOSS, MR EUGENE GOLDEN, FROM THE FLORAL CITY BAGEL AND DELI AND A CUSTOMER AT THE CORNER OF GOBBLER COURT AND PENDANT POINT TALKING TO THE DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR CARRINGTON THOMPSON, WHO HAD BEEN ON A BICYCLE AND HAD WRECKED IT AND AS HE GOT UP HE STARTED SWINGING HIS ARMS TOWARDS MR GOLDEN. SHE ADVISED MR GOLDEN DID SWING BACK IN SELF DEFENSE. SHE ADVISED THAT IS WHEN THE DEFENDANT CONFESSED TO WHAT HE HAD DONE and THAT IS when SHE REALIZED THAT SHE KNEW THE DEFENDANT. SHE ADVISED THAT HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER AND HIS FATHERâS NAME IS BEN. TO MAKE SURE, SHE ASKED IF HE WAS BENâS SON, TO WHICH HE SAID âYES MAAMâ AND HE THEN OFFERED TO GIVE BACK WHAT HE HAD LEFT OF the MONEY HE HAD STOLEN FROM THE DELI. HE ALSO TOLD HER THAT HE WAS TRYING TO GET TO INDIANA. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MS HIGGINBOTHAM AND THE COMPLAINANT, MS GOLDEN, I BELIEVED THAT THE SUSPECT WAS KNOWN TO ME AS MR CARRINGTON THOMPSON FROM AN UNRELATED CALL FOR SERVICE THAT SAME DAY AT HIS RESIDENCE OF 8101 EAST GOBBLER COURT IN FLORAL CITY. I ALSO RECALLED FROM THAT CALL FOR SERVICE THAT HIS FATHERâS NAME IS BEN. HE HAD TOLD ME DURING THAT CALL THAT HE HAD NO MONEY AND WAS TRYING TO GET TO INDIANA. DEPUTY DOWLING AND I RESPONDED TO THE AREA WHERE THE SUSPECT HAD LAST BEEN SEEN. I SPOKE TO A RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ADVISED THAT the SUSPECT MAY BE AT A RESIDENCE ON PENDANT. I THEN RESPONDED TO 5681 SOUTH PENDANT POINT IN FLORAL CITY LOT A AND MADE CONTACT WITH A RESIDENT THERE AND ADVISED HIM WHO I WAS LOOKING FOR. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD GO INTO THE RESIDENCE AND CHECK. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE SUSPECT EXITED THAT RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK AND DOUBLE LOCKED. WHILE PLACING THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST, THE DEFENDANT STATED HE THOUGHT THE MATTER HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND IT WAS OVER. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. the DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. THE DEFENDANT STATED that HE HAS NO MONEY AND WHEN HE WENT INTO THE BAGEL STORE, HE SAW THE TIP JAR ON THE COUNTER WITH MONEY STICKING OUT OF THE TOP. HE THEN DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT AS HE WAS TRYING TO GO TO INDIANA. HE SAID HE HAD PUT THE MONEY IN HIS SOCK ONCE HE WAS OUTSIDE WITH THE TIP JAR. HE THEN LEFT HEADING NORTH AND WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT THE INCIDENT. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE BICYCLE HE WAS RIDING AND STATED AFTER HE HAD FALLEN; ONE OF the SUBJECTS BEGAN PUNCHING HIM. HE STATED THAT HE NEVER SWUNG AT the SUBJECT. HE STATED HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD GIVE THEM BACK THE MONEY and REMOVED ALL THE MONEY HE HAD TAKEN FROM HIS SOCK. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY DOWLINGâS PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. WHILE DEPUTY DOWLING TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT, I RESPONDED BACK TO THE BAGEL SHOP, MADE CONTACT WITH MR AND MS GOLDEN AND MS HIGGINBOTHAM WHO PROVIDED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. MS GOLDEN ALSO ADVISED THAT THE AMOUNT RETURNED WAS ONLY $15.92. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY TO COMPLETE the ARREST. |
