| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REYNOLDS, CONNARY 1267 (AR15-16778) (15-133545) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: ONE FICTION BOOK, TWO COMPOSITION BOOKS, TWO TWIX CANDY BARS, FIVE BIC LIGHTERS, TWO BRACELETS, ONE SET OF EARPHONES, ONE AUXILIARY CABLE, ONE "GID" DECORATION, ONE PACK OF YUGIO CARDS, BENADRYL, WHOPPERS CANDY, EIGHT GATORADES AND ONE 2 LITER MT DEW, 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 101115 AT APPROXIMATELY 1658 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 1936 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY, WHICH IS THE LECANTO WAL-MART, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, THE ASSET PROTECTION MANAGER, MR PATRICK HENRY, WHO ADVISED ON TODAY'S DATE, HE OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MALE, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE STORE. HE OBSERVED THE SUBJECT SELECT SEVERAL ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STORE IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND BEGAN CONCEALING SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS IN A BACKPACK, WHICH HE WAS PUSHING IN A CART. MR HENRY STATED THE SUBJECT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE SELF CHECKOUT AND PAID FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE CART BUT NOT FOR THE ITEMS WHICH MR HENRY OBSERVED HIM SELECT AND CONCEAL IN THE BACKPACK. HE STATED SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE CART ALSO DID NOT GET PAID FOR; HOWEVER, THE SUBJECT DID ATTEMPT TO APPEAR AS IF HE WAS PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. MR HENRY STATED THE SUBJECT THEN EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SELL AND NOT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS IN THE CART. MR HENRY STATED HE THEN CONFRONTED THE INDIVIDUAL AND BROUGHT HIM INTO THE ASSET PROTECTION OFFICE AND IDENTIFIED THE SUBJECT AS MR CHRISTOPHER BERRY JR. MR HENRY THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. I OBSERVED THE ITEMS STOLEN TO BE ONE FICTION BOOK, TWO COMPOSITION BOOKS, TWO TWIX CANDY BARS, FIVE BIC LIGHTERS, TWO BRACELETS, ONE SET OF EARPHONES, ONE AUXILIARY CABLE, ONE "GID" DECORATION, ONE PACK OF YUGIO CARDS, BENADRYL, WHOPPERS CANDY, EIGHT GATORADES AND ONE 2 LITER MT DEW, FOR A TOTAL OF $84.60. MR HENRY DID PROVIDE ME WITH A WAL-MART TRAINING RECEIPT SHOWING THE VALUE OF EACH ITEM TAKEN AND ALSO THE SUBTOTAL. THIS RECEIPT WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. MR HENRY ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A DIGITAL VIDEO DISC (DVD) CONTAINING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE SUBJECT SELECTING ITEMS AND PAYING FOR SOME BUT NOT OTHERS IN THE SELF CHECKOUT AND EXITING THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SELL WITHOUT PURCHASING SOME OF THE ITEMS. THE DVD WAS LATER TURNED INTO EVIDENCE BY ME. MR HENRY HAD THE ITEMS IN A CART, WHICH I PHOTOGRAPHED, SEE MY CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR CHRISTOPHER BERRY JR, WHERE I READ HIM HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD. MR BERRY ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME. MR BERRY STATED HE MADE A MISTAKE AND THAT HE WAS TRYING TO RETURN TO SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY HE TOOK SOME OF THE ITEMS AND TRIED TO WALK OUT THE STORE WITH THEM. I ASKED MR BERRY IF HE HAD SHOPLIFTED BEFORE, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD FROM DOLLAR GENERAL IN BEVERLY HILLS; HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT ARRESTED AND HE WAS JUST TRESPASSED. MR BERRY COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. MR BERRY WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGES WITH ONE COUNT OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY AT THIS TIME. |
