| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SNEDEKER, TIMOTHY 1402 (AR 16-17938) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART\tTO WIT: MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $71.86 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 HIS 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 VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY, while committing or after committing theft of property, resist the reasonable effort of a merchant OR merchantâs employee, to recover the property WHICH THE merchant OR merchantâs employee had probable cause to believe the individual had concealed or removed from its place of display or elsewhere, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(6). ON 011416, AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA. HE ADVISED HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER FRANKE, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN the STORE. HE INFORMED ME HE CONTINUED FLOOR SURVEILLANCE AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT SELECT SEVERAL ITEMS AND CONCEAL THEM IN A TOOL BOX. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE SELF CHECKOUT AND PAID FOR THE TOOL BOX BUT NOT THE ITEMS CONCEALED IN the TOOL BOX. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS HE CONCEALED IN THE TOOL BOX. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED HE THEN STOPPED THE DEFENDANT, TOLD HIM WHO HE WAS, AND WHY HE WAS STOPPING HIM AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT THEN STARTED TO RESIST THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS WHO HAD TO PHYSICALLY RESTRAIN THE DEFENDANT UNTIL HE CALMED DOWN AND THEY ESCORTED HIM BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. THE COMPLAINANT THEN CONTACTED CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I OBSERVED THE VIDEO FOOTAGE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THE DEFENDANT PHYSICALLY RESISTING THREE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO DETAIN HIM. I THEN RECEIVED A RECEIPT WITH NUMEROUS ITEMS CONTAINING POKEâMON CARDS, CARD SLEEVES, A 401 STYLER, AND TWO TYPES OF OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $71.86. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 FOR PETIT THEFT AND $1,000.00 FOR RESISTING A MERCHANT FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
