| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, EVAN 1336 (AR15-16661) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART , TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT REMOVED MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF WOMENâS CLOTHING, THE PROPERTY TOTALING $32.81, 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, HAVING A PREVIOUS CONVICTION OF A THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(B). ON 100115, DETECTIVE RUBY (0562) AND I WERE WORKING A RETAIL THEFT BLITZ AT WALMART, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS. WE WERE ADVISED BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MS ASHLEY BLISSETT, THAT SHE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS CONTESSA KOPP, SELECT SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS AND CONCEAL THEM INSIDE HER PURSE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED US THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN ABANDONED HER SHOPPING CART, PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WITH NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE INSIDE HER PURSE, AND EXITED THE STORE. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT, DETECTIVE RUBY, AND I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE THE STORE AND ASKED IF WE COULD SPEAK WITH HER FOR A MOMENT. DETECTIVE RUBY AND I, ALONG WITH THE COMPLAINANT, ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD TAKEN ANY ITEMS FROM THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD AND OPENED HER PURSE SHOWING US SEVERAL ITEMS OF WOMENâS CLOTHING. AT THAT TIME, WE ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE MINDED GOING INSIDE TO SPEAK WITH US IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE WOULD. WHILE IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, DETECTIVE RUBY ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE COULD LOOK INSIDE HER PURSE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT WAS OKAY. INSIDE THE DEFENDANTâS PURSE WERE THREE ITEMS OF CLOTHING, WHICH THE COMPLAINANT REMOVED THE ITEMS FROM THE DEFENDANTâS PURSE AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE INDEED WALMART ITEMS. THE ITEMS WERE THREE MISCELLANEOUS WOMENâS CLOTHING ITEMS TOTALING $32.81 BEFORE TAX. DETECTIVE RUBY THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED MIRANDA CARD, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH DETECTIVE RUBY AND ME. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD PAID FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN HER PURSE AND THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WAS HOMELESS, HAD NO CLEAN CLOTHES, AND SHE HAD STOLEN THE CLOTHING ITEMS TO WEAR. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS AND SHE STATED NO THAT SHE HAD PLACED THEM IN HER PURSE AND STOLE THEM. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW SHE GOT TO WALMART AND SHE STATED HER HUSBAND, MR BRIAN KOPP, AND SHE HAD DRIVEN TO WALMART IN A MAROON PONTIAC, BEARING LICENSE PLATE I870RX. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY AND WAS STEALING FROM WALMART. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HER HUSBAND, MR KOPP, HAD A VERY BAD DRUG PROBLEM AND WAS ABUSING PAIN MEDICATION. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESS. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF PETIT THEFT WITH A PREVIOUS CONVICTION OF THEFT. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. PER THE COMPLAINANT THE DEFENDANT WAS TRESPASSED FROM WALMART. A TRESPASS FORM WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT, ALONG WITH A PRINTED RECEIPT OF THE STOLEN ITEMS, WHICH WERE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO PROVIDED A COPY OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
