| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR11120024) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: SEARS STORE IN THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL, OF THE VALUE OF $300.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $5000.00, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE SEARS 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 MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM THE SEARS STORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 031711, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A GRAND THEFT FROM THE SEARS STORE LOCATED AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL. SEARS LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THAT AN EMPLOYEE (CO-DEFENDANT) MR JOHN PALMER, HAD BEEN STEALING FROM THE SEARS STORE, ALONG WITH OTHER CO-DEFENDANTS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. SEARS ESTIMATED THE TOTAL LOSS VALUE TO BE BETWEEN $20,000.00 AND $40,000.00. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THREE CO-DEFENDANTS WHO ALL ADMITTED TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND CONFIRMED THEY HAD BEEN STEALING FROM THE STORE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. ON 033111 CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE FINAL CO-DEFENDANT, CLIFFORD SCHOENBERGER. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED HIS MIRANDA VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD WHICH HE WAIVED AND AGREED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF FIVE DATES FURNISHED TO THIS WRITER BY SEARS, AND ON THESE DATES, SEARS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED THEFTS AT THEIR STORE. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED ON 011911 HE MADE A PURCHASE OF $29.99 AT SEARS, OF WHICH HE ONLY PAID APPROXIMATELY $3.00 FOR THE PURCHASE AND WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE STORE WITH THE UNPAID MERCHANDISE. ON 020211, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE STOLE BED SHEETS, PIPE CUTTERS AND A BAR AND CHAIN LUBE WITH A TOTAL OF $111.87. HE ADVISED THAT HE PAID LESS THAN $3.00 AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF THESE ITEMS WERE $111.87. AGAIN, THE DEFENDANT WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING THE TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED THAT ON 020911, HE WENT TO SEARS AND PAID LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS FOR A TRIMMER, BLOWER ATTACHMENT AND FLOOR JACK WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $219.98, AGAIN PAYING LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS AND ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT ON 031611 HE PURCHASED A TRIMMER ATTACHMENT AND POTS AND PANS, AGAIN ONLY PAYING LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS FOR THE ITEMS WITH A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $218.99. AGAIN, HE WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE STORE WITH THE MERCHANDISE THAT WAS NOT PAID FOR. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT ON 030911 HE WENT TO SEARS TO PURCHASE A SHOP VACUUM AND PAID LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE VALUE OF $169.99. THE DEFENDANT AGAIN LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING THE FULL PURCHASE PRICE. THE FIVE DATES LISTED ABOVE WERE FURNISHED BY SEARS LOSS PREVENTION AND ONLY REFLECT THE THEFTS COMMITTED BY DEFENDANT SCHOENENBERGER FROM JANUARY OF 2011 TO THIS DATE. SEARS IS CONTINUING THEIR RESEARCH IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE ADDITIONAL THEFTS BY THE DEFENDANT AS FAR BACK AS ONE YEAR. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AND ESTIMATES HE STOLE APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00 WORTH OF PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT ($300.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00) AND DUE TO HIS MEDICAL CONDITION, HIS BOND WAS SET AT ROR. "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.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
