| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RODRIGUEZ, VERONICA 0494 (08100903) did knowingly, willfully and feloniously be in the actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: KLONOPIN, in violation of Florida Statutes 893.13(6)(a) and 893.03(C)(D) AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, SUPER WAL-MART TO WIT: THREE PAIRS OF G-STRING UNDERWEAR ($25.32), ONE THREE PACK PAIR OF G-STRING UNDERWEAR ($5.94), ONE GREEN BRA ($8.88), JOURNAL ($3.47), GREEN HOODIE JACKET ($20.00) AND THREE DIGITAL VIDEO DISCS (DVD) MOVIES ($19.96, $19.96 AND $13.00), SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $123.53 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) and 812.014(2)(E). ON 102408, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT with LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR TIMOTHY MCINTOSH, WHO STATED HE WAS NOTIFIED BY AN ASSOCIATE THAT THE DEFENDANT, MS CECILIA KARAFFA, HAD SOME DVD'S IN HER HAND AND WAS ACTING SUSPICIOUS. HE STATED HE BEGAN TO DO SURVEILLANCE ON THE DEFENDANT and SHE BEGAN WALKING AROUND THE STORE, REMOVING WRAPPERS FROM the DVDS. HE STATED AS she REMOVED THE WRAPPERS, SHE THEN PLACED THE DVD'S IN HER PURSE. HE THEN STATED THE DEFENDANT HEADED TOWARDS the GARDEN CENTER, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, FAILING TO PAY FOR HER MERCHANDISE AND EXITED the FACILITY. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ASKED HER TO COME BACK INSIDE aT which TIME HE CONTACTED thIS AGENCY. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE ASKED THE DEFENDANT TWICE IF SHE HAD ANY OTHER ITEMS AND the DEFENDANT THEN REMOVED UNDERWEAR, A BRA and ALL OTHER STOLEN MERCHANDISE FROM HER PURSE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED the DEFENDANT SITTING in the CHAIR, CRYING APOLOGIZING AND STATING SHE WAS SORRY. I ASKED THE COMPLAINANT WHAT HAD OCCURRED, TO WHICH HE WROTE OUT A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND PROVIDED ME WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, FOR WHICH A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WAS SHE BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SHOP LIFTING AT WHICH TIME, I ASKED the DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN HER PURSE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT BELONGED TO WAL-MART. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY PRESCRIPTIONS OR PILLS INSIDE HER PURSE AND SHE STATED NO. I ADVISED HER I would BE SEARCHING THROUGH HER PURSE AND IF ANYTHING WAS LOCATED SHE would BE CHARGED with IT. SHE STATED TO GO RIGHT AHEAD. I THEN LOCATED FIVE SMALL BROWN PILLS ON THE OUTSIDE POCKET OF HER PURSE. I THEN ASKED HER WHAT THEY WERE, TO WHICH SHE STATED, "KLONOPIN". I ASKED HER WHERE SHE GOT THEM FROM AND IF they WERE PRESCRIBED TO HER AND SHE STATED NO, SHE HAD BEEN STRESSED, GOT THEM FROM A FRIEND AND HAD BEEN TAKING THEM. I THEN ALSO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION. I PROVIDED THE COMPLAINANT WITH AN AGENCY CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED) PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. contact was made with poison control and after being given a DESCRIPTION of the pills, they confirmed they were in fact klonopin. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT'S MOTHER REFERENCE PICKING UP HER FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AT DAY CARE. the KLONOPIN WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE, AND ALL PAPERWORK WAS TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
