| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TABB, LYNN 0418 (AR12124281) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: TWO FASHION NECKLACES (TOTALING $42.40), 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 $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 010712, I WAS DISPATCHED TO BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR THE STORE AND THE DEFENDANT, MS CHELSEA CARTER. HE ADVISED ME THAT AROUND 1550 HOURS HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT AND THE WITNESS IN THE STORE. HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TAKE TWO FASHION NECKLACES AND REMOVED THE TAGS AND THEN PLACED THEM IN HER LEFT, FRONT PANTS POCKET. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. HE MADE CONTACT WITH HER AND SHE AGREED TO FOLLOW HIM BACK INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION ROOM. AT THAT POINT HE RECOVERED THE TWO STOLEN NECKLACES FROM HER LEFT, FRONT PANTS POCKET. HE SHOWED ME THE DVD RECORDING OF THE INCIDENT THAT CORROBORATED HIS STATEMENT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. SHE ADVISED ME SHE HAD $40.00 IN CASH AND THAT SHE DID REMOVE THE TAGS FROM THE TWO NECKLACES AND CONCEAL THEM INSIDE HER LEFT, FRONT PANTS POCKET. SHE STATED SHE THEN LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. I THEN TALKED TO THE WITNESS, MS MELANIE SCOTT. SHE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS A FRIEND OF HERS WHO HAD JUST COME TO VISIT FROM OUT OF STATE. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID SEE HER WITH THE NECKLACES BUT THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THEM. MS SCOTT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD MADE A PURCHASE AT THE STORE PRIOR TO THE DEFENDANT LEAVING. MELANIE COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I THEN TOOK A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, WHICH WAS ALSO TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I RECEIVED A DVD OF THE INCIDENT, A PHOTO OF THE STOLEN NECKLACES AND A PROPERTY RECEIPT WHICH SHOWED THEIR TOTAL VALUE TO BE $42.40. THESE ITEMS WERE ALSO TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL AND TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT RETAIL PETIT THEFT AND HER TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE *NOT-EXEMPT* "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.” |
