| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, EVAN 1336 (AR15-14195) (CASE 15-32390) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART, TO WIT: RUBBER BANDS, DUCT TAPE, ONE BB AIR GUN, AND SAFETY GLASSES, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $61.16, 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 HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $100.00 OR LESS, THUS THE OFFENDER COMMITS PETIT THEFT OF THE FIRST DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE AS PROVIDED IN F.S.S.: 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A) ON 031115, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, TO THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL I SPOKE TO THE COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA WHO IS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR WAL-MART. HE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT, MS CASSANDRA SELF, HAD ATTEMPTED TO STEAL RUBBER BANDS, DUCT TAPE, A BB AIR GUN, AND SAFETY GLASSES, TOTALING $61.16. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED ME HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT AT APPROXIMATELY 1236 HOURS, IN THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT ACTING SUSPICIOUS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED HE FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT AROUND THE STORE UNTIL THE DEFENDANT REACHED THE SELF CHECKOUT AISLE AT 1246 HOURS. WHILE AT THE SELF CHECKOUT AISLE THE COMPLAINANT OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PUT A BB AIR GUN IN A BAG OF GROCERIES SHE HAD ALREADY PAID FOR, AND ALSO TO TAKE A BAG OF PAID GROCERIES AND PLACE IT ON TOP OF RUBBER BANDS, DUCT TAPE, AND SAFETY GLASSES, IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE ITEMS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN PAID FOR THE BAGGED ITEMS; HOWEVER, DID NOT PAY FOR THE RUBBER BANDS, DUCT TAPE, BB AIR GUN, AND SAFETY GLASSES. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE, WALKED INTO THE VESTIBULE, AND ATTEMPTED TO WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF WAL-MART, WHERE SHE WAS APPREHENDED. I THEN VIEWED THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND CONFIRMED WHAT THE COMPLAINANT HAD TOLD ME WAS, INDEED, TRUE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA AT 1234 HOURS, AND ASKED HER IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE DID. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD STOLEN THE RUBBER BANDS, DUCT TAPE, BB AIR GUN, AND THE SAFETY GLASSES. THE DEFENDANT STATED, YES, SHE HAD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY SHE HAD STOLEN THE ITEMS, AND THE DEFENDANT STATED IT WAS A ââDUMBââ MISTAKE AND SHE DOES NOT REALLY KNOW WHY. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE USES ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS OR HAS PROBLEMS WITH MONEY, AND THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF WORK; HOWEVER, DOES NOT USE ANY DRUGS. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW SHE GOT TO THE STORE, AND SHE ADVISED SHE CAME TO THE STORE WITH HER TWO FRIENDS; MS DOMINIQUE ANN PLATT AND MR CODY CLAYDOR, AND THAT DOMINIQUE DROVE THEM THERE. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHEN SHE AND HER TWO FRIENDS CAME TO THE STORE SHE DID NOT PLAN ON STEALING ANYTHING; HOWEVER, MADE A MISTAKE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND THE BACK, AND PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I TURNED IN A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE COMPLAINANT, ALONG WITH A RECEIPT TOTALING $61.16 OF STOLEN MERCHANDISE, OVER TO RECORDS. A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CD PROVIDED TO ME BY THE COMPLAINANT, WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
