| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STANTON, JOE 0260 (AR11123142) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF TJ MAXX , TO WIT: LADIES AND CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, 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); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY, while committing or after committing theft of property, resist the reasonable effort of a merchant OR merchant's employee, to recover the property WHICH THE merchant OR merchant's employee had probable cause to believe the individual had concealed or removed from its place of display or elsewhere, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(6). ON 101311 AT APPROXIMATELY 1511 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO TJ MAXX LOCATED AT 2675 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT WITH A SHOPLIFTER RESISTING. WHILE EN ROUTE, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE SHOPLIFTER, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS CASSANDRA NICOLE ANDERSON (DEFENDANT), HAD GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER AND FLED EASTBOUND. JUST PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE SUBJECT HAD FLED INTO A WOODED AREA LATER IDENTIFIED TO BE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SOUTH FITZPATRICK AVENUE AND EAST HESTER STREET IN INVERNESS. UPON MY ARRIVAL AT APPROXIMATELY 1518 HOURS, DEPUTY DEARDEN AND CANINE TYSON HAD ALREADY DEPLOYED AND BEGAN SEARCHING AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER LOCATED DEFENDANT ANDERSON WHO WAS LYING FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND TRYING TO CONCEAL HERSELF. I PROCEEDED TO THE LOCATION WHERE DEPUTY DEARDEN WAS AND TOOK DEFENDANT ANDERSON INTO CUSTODY. I ASKED DEFENDANT ANDERSON HER NAME, AT WHICH TIME, SHE DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I THEN ESCORTED HER TO MY VEHICLE AFTER HER HANDCUFFS WERE SECURED AND DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK, WHERE DETECTIVE LIOTTA HAD RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDED TO PROVIDE HER NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. I PLACED DEFENDANT ANDERSON IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WHO WAS ALSO A WITNESS TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, WHO HAD MADE HIS WAY TO OUR LOCATION. THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, IDENTIFIED AS MR DANIEL STOEL STATED THAT ON 101311 AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 HOURS, HE WAS WORKING AT TJ MAXX AS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WHEN HE OBSERVED DEFENDANT ANDERSON VIA CLOSED circuit TELEVISION IN THE STORE WITH A FLAT PURSE. MR STOEL STATED THAT DEFENDANT ANDERSON SELECTED THREE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING ITEMS AND REMOVED THEM FROM THE HANGER, AT WHICH TIME, DEFENDANT ANDERSON WALKED INTO A BLIND SPOT AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT THE ITEMS WERE GONE AND HER PURSE LOOKED LARGER. HE STATED THAT THEN DEFENDANT ANDERSON SELECTED SEVEN LADIES CLOTHING ITEMS AND REMOVED THE HANGERS, AT WHICH TIME, SHE THEN WENT TO THE MEN'S DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE PUT HER PURSE ON THE GROUND AND CONCEALED THE ITEMS INSIDE. MR STOEL STATED THAT DEFENDANT ANDERSON THEN WALKED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE AND EXITED THE STORE. ONCE OUTSIDE MR STOEL APPROACHED DEFENDANT ANDERSON AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS TJ MAXX LOSS PREVENTION, AT WHICH TIME, HE GRABBED THE PURSE AND STATED THAT DEFENDANT ANDERSON REFUSED TO COME INTO THE STORE AND TRIED TO PULL THE PURSE AWAY FROM HIM FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE SHE LET GO AND FLED ON FOOT AND TRIED TO HIDE IN THE AREA WHERE DEFENDANT ANDERSON WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPREHENDED. I OBSERVED THE CLOTHING ITEMS WHICH WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF WOMEN'S CLOTHING AS WELL AS SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN'S OUTFITS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN BY DEFENDANT ANDERSON WAS $154.91. THESE ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AND RETURNED BACK TO LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER MR STOEL. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND A COPY WAS PROVIDED TO HIM. I ALSO OBTAINED A WRITTEN statement FROM MR STOEL, which WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS LATER PHOTOGRAPHED. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT ANDERSON WHO WAS STILL SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, I INFORMED HER THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT. I THEN READ DEFENDANT ANDERSON MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD, AT WHICH TIME, SHE WAIVED HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I ASKED HER IF ALL THE CLOTHING ITEMS THAT WERE RECOVERED FROM THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WAS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE ITEMS SHE HAD STOLEN AND SHE SAID YES. I ASKED DEFENDANT ANDERSON WHY SHE HAD STOLEN THE ITEMS AND SHE STATED THAT SHE MADE A BAD CHOICE. DEFENDANT ANDERSON HAD NO OTHER EXPLANATION AS TO WHY SHE TOOK THE ITEMS. I DID LEARN IN SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT ANDERSON THAT SHE HAD RECENTLY LOST HER JOB AND HAD BEEN HOMELESS. DEFENDANT ANDERSON WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS TURNED OVER TO THEIR STAFF. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
