| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PEIRCE, JESSICA 0746 (AR15-14198) (CASE 15-32397) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLâS OUTLET IN CRYSTAL RIVER, TO WIT: A PAIR OF SNEAKERS, COLOGNE, AND A BLACK BI-FOLD WALLET, BY 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 $100.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 031115, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 420 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A PETIT THEFT ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JIM STEVENSON. MR STEVENSON ADVISED THAT AN UNKNOWN WHITE MALE, WHO IS APPROXIMATELY IN HIS MID 20âS WITH BROWN HAIR, AND WEARING A RED SHIRT WITH BLACK SNEAKERS AND RED AND BLACK AND PLAID SHORTS, LEFT THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITH A SMALL BOTTLE OF COLOGNE, BLACK SNEAKERS AND A BLACK LEATHER WALLET. THE TOTAL COST OF THE STOLEN ITEMS WAS APPROXIMATELY $50.00. MR STEVENSON ADVISED HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT HAVE AN ANKLE MONITORING DEVICE AND HAD OBSERVED THE MALE GO THROUGH THE MENâS DEPARTMENT AND BEGIN SELECTING DIFFERENT COLOGNES. HE THEN MADE HIS WAY INTO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT AND BEGAN TRYING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT PAIRS OF SHOES. HE ADVISED THE MALE CONCEALED ONE OF THE BOTTLES OF COLOGNE IN HIS RIGHT FRONT POCKET, AND ALSO ADVISED THAT WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS TRYING ON THE SNEAKERS, HE LEFT A BRAND NEW PAIR ON AND WAS CARRYING A SECOND BRAND NEW PAIR ALONG WITH THE ONES HE ENTERED THE STORE WITH. THE DEFENDANT PUT HIS SHOES HE HAD BEEN WEARING WHEN HE ENTERED THE STORE, UNDERNEATH A FIXTURE IN THE STORE. MR STEVENSON ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THEN WENT TO THE REGISTER AND MADE A PURCHASE INCLUDING A SECOND PAIR OF SHOES, SHORTS AND THE ADDITIONAL COLOGNE HE HAD SELECTED. HE THEN EXITED THE STORE MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE SHOES ON HIS FEET OR THE COLOGNE IN HIS POCKET. MR STEVENSON ADVISED AS SOON AS HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF, THE DEFENDANT TOOK OFF RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE DETAINED. MR STEVENSON ADVISED THEY LEFT IN A GOLD CHEVROLET MALIBU, BEARING A POSSIBLE FLORIDA TAG OF DCWN26, HEADED IN UNKNOWN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. MR STEVENSON SHOWED ME THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE SUSPECT THROUGHOUT THE STORE. IT WAS CLEARLY OBSERVED THAT THE DEFENDANT CONCEALED A BOTTLE OF COLOGNE IN HIS RIGHT FRONT POCKET AND SWITCHED HIS SHOES FOR A BRAND NEW PAIR AND WALKED OUT OF THE STORE WITH THEM ON HIS FEET. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO OBSERVED ON VIDEO PURCHASING THE OTHER SAID ITEMS WITHOUT PURCHASING THE COLOGNE IN HIS POCKET AND THE SHOES ON HIS FEET. DEPUTY TODD HOLLOWAY WAS CONTACTED AND WAS SHOWN THE STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME AS MR CHARLEY BARCLAY III. THE DEFENDANT IS, IN FACT, ON GPS MONITORING AND WAS TRACKED USING THAT DEVICE TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER/HOMOSASSA AREA. DEPUTY HOLLOWAY FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE UNTIL ANOTHER UNIT COULD ARRIVE ON SCENE. ULTIMATELY THE VEHICLE PULLED INTO THE KWIK KING GAS STATION AT 3761 WEST HOMOSASSA TRAIL, WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS DETAINED AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT FROM BEALLâS OUTLET AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY HOLLOWAY. WHILE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY DEPUTY TODD HOLLOWAY AND I CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA BY DEPUTY HOLLOWAY FROM THE PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US AND WAIVED HIS RIGHTS AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO STEALING THE SHOES, WALLET AND COLOGNE. HE ALSO STATED HE DID MAKE A PURCHASE OF A PAIR OF SHORTS, A PAIR OF SHOES AND A BOTTLE OF COLOGNE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE LEFT THE ITEMS AT A FRIENDâS HOUSE AND ADVISED HE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE WHILE COMMITTING THE OFFENSE AND HE HAD JUST USED PRIOR TO COMING TO BEALLâS OUTLET. HE ADMITTED IT WAS WRONG AND SAID HE MADE A STUPID DECISION. DEPUTY TODD HOLLOWAY IS MEETING THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, MS KRYSTAL ROSENBAUM, TO RETRIEVE THE SNEAKERS WHICH HAD BEEN STOLEN. THE WALLET AND COLOGNE WERE ALREADY RECOVERED AS THEY WERE IN THE DEFENDANTâS POSSESSION UPON ARREST. DEPUTY HOLLOWAY WILL BE RETURNING ALL OF THE STOLEN ITEMS TO BEALLâS OUTLET. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN THE COLOGNE AND WILL BE UPLOADED INTO QTEL FOR FURTHER REVIEW. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS COMPLETED BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER JIM STEVENSON WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE GPS TRACKING SHEET CONSISTING OF FIVE PAGES WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE GPS TRACKING SHEET DOES CONFIRM THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS INSIDE THE BEALLâS OUTLET DEPARTMENT STORE MATCHING THE TIMES INDICATED ON THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WILL BE RETRIEVED ON 031215 FROM MR STEVENSON, AS HE NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME TO RECORD THE FOOTAGE TO A CD THE DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT AND HIS BOND IS BEING PLACED AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
