| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CAREY, SAMUEL 0753 (12-7838) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WINN DIXIE, TO WIT: $566.49 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE, BY PUSHING THE CART CONTAINING THE MERCHANDISE, PAST THE DOOR AND ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE AFTER BEING TOLD TO STOP BY THE MANAGER, 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 GREATER THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). ON 103013, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WINN DIXIE, LOCATED AT 3792 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT ALREADY OCCURRED. DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT HAD LEFT IN A WHITE CHRYSLER VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 903MMY. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE STORE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE STORE MANAGER/ COMPLAINANT, MS ROHBACK, SHE ADVISED THAT ON 103013 AROUND 1720 HOURS, A WHITE FEMALE APPROXIMATELY 5â5â AND 250 POUNDS WAS INSIDE THE WINN DIXIE WITH A CART FULL OF GROCERIES. THE SUBJECT STOOD AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER ASKING QUESTIONS TO WITNESS, MS DECKER. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED WHEN ALL ASSOCIATES WERE BUSY, THE SUSPECT THEN PUSHED HER GROCERIES OUT THE DOOR. THE COMPLAINANT SAW THIS HAPPENING AND NOTICED ALL THE GROCERIES WERE NOT BAGGED. SHE REQUESTED THE SUSPECT TO STOP AND SHOW HER THE RECEIPT TO VERIFY THE GROCERIES HAD BEEN PURCHASED. THE SUSPECT ACKNOWLEDGED HER BY SAYING I GOT RECEIPTS, WAVED A RECEIPT UP IN THE AIR SHOWING IT TO THE COMPLAINANT AS SHE CONTINUED TO WALK OUT TO THE PARKING LOT. THE COMPLAINANT FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT TO A WHITE CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE, WHERE THE SUSPECT HANDED THE COMPLAINANT THE RECEIPT. THE COMPLAINANT OBSERVED THE RECEIPT WAS NOT FOR TODAYâS DATE AND WAS NOT FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS IN THE CART. SHE REQUESTED THE SUSPECT COME BACK IN THE STORE WITH THE MERCHANDISE, AT WHICH TIME, THE SUSPECT GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND DROVE AWAY, LEAVING THE MERCHANDISE IN THE SHOPPING CART IN THE PARKING LOT. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE SUSPECT ALSO LEFT HER PURSE IN SHOPPING CART, BUT ADVISED THE PURSE DID NOT CONTAIN ANY IDENTIFICATION OR DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE COMPLAINANT THEN RANG UP ALL THE GROCERY ITEMS, WHICH TOTALED $566.49. SHE FILLED OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, AS I SPOKE WITH THE WITNESS. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT CAME TO HER AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER ASKING IF SOMEONE THREE WEEKS AGO HAD TURNED IN A LOST WALLET. THE WITNESS LOOKED AROUND FOR THE WALLET AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE WALLET. THE SUSPECT THEN PURCHASED A SCRATCH OFF LOTTO TICKET FROM THE WITNESS AND STOOD AWAY FROM THE COUNTER AS SHE SCRATCHED OFF THE TICKET. THE WITNESS STATED THAT SHE THEN WALKED OVER TO REGISTER ONE, WHERE SHE WAS NEEDED TO ASSIST ON AN UNRELATED TRANSITION. SHE ADVISED SHE THEN OBSERVED THE SUSPECT PUSH THE GROCERIES IN A SHOPPING CART, OUT THE STORE AND PAST ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE. I THEN REQUESTED THE WITNESS FILL OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. AT THIS TIME, THE COMPLAINANT/ASSISTANT MANAGER, WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE EVENTS. I WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE A WHITE FEMALE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN TO ME BY THE COMPLAINANT TO BE STANDING BY THE PHARMACY COUNTER, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER AT 1720 HOURS. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE SUSPECT STAND AROUND, LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS WATCHING HER. SHE DID COMPLETE PURCHASE AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, HOWEVER DID NOT OFFER TO PAY FOR ANY ITEMS IN THE SHOPPING CART. AT 1728 HORUS, THE VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT LOOKING AROUND, SEEING IF ANYONE WAS WATCHING HER, WHERE SHE THEN PUSHES THE SHOPPING CART OUT THE FRONT DOOR. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT MADE NO ATTEMPT TO OFFER TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED, I COULD HAVE A BURNT COPY OF THE VIDEO FOOTAGE, HOWEVER IT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WOULD TAKE A WEEK.. I THEN PHOTOGRAPHED ALL THE ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN AND RECOVERED. I PROVIDED THE COMPLAINANT WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER. I REQUESTED FOR HER TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY WHEN THE VIDEO WAS AVAILABLE OR IF SHE HAD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CASE. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE. I WAS ABLE TO FIND THE VEHICLE AND THE REGISTERED OWNER IN THE âAEGISâ SYSTEM. I LOCATED THE OWNERâS TELEPHONE NUMBER AND CONTACTED THE REGISTERED OWNER, MS BRUNDON, WHERE I LEFT A MESSAGE ADVISING HER THAT HER VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN USED IN A FELONY RETAIL THEFT AND PROVIDED HER WITH MY INFORMATION, REQUESTING THAT SHE RETURN MY CALL. LATER ON IN THE SHIFT, DISPATCH RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE DEFENDANT, MS CRYSTLE LYNN DASHNAU, REQUESTING FOR ME TO CALL HER. I THEN CALLED THE DEFENDANT VIA A CALL BOX. SHE ADVISED ME THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO STOLE THE ITEMS AND THAT THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE VEHICLE HAD NOTING TO DO WITH THE CRIME AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE HAD BEEN HOMELESS UNTIL THE OWNER OF VEHICLEâS FAMILY HAD TAKEN HER IN AND ALLOWED HER TO STAY WITH THEM. SHE ADVISED SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS WRONG AND THAT SHE WAS EXTREMELY REMORSEFUL. I THEN REQUESTED THAT SHE MEET WITH ME AND SHE AGREED TO MEET WITH ME AT THE MOBILE GAS STATION AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 491 AND HIGHWAY 44. I RESPONDED TO THE MOBILE GAS STATION AND A SHORT TIME LATER THE DEFENDANT ARRIVED. I THEN TURNED ON MY IN DASH VEHICLE CAMERA TO RECORD THE INTERVIEW. BEFORE SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT, I ADVISED HER OF HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM AN AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING WAS WRONG THAT SHE HAD A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF JUDGMENT. SHE WAS HUNGRY AND HAS BEEN HOMELESS AND HAVING A RUN OF BAD LUCK. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE OWNER OF VEHICLE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SHE WAS DONG THAT THEY THOUGHT SHE HAD A FOOD STAMP CARD, TO PAY FOR THE GROCERIES. PER THE DEFENDANTâS REQUEST, ALL OF HER PROPERTY/BELONGINGS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. I THEN ADVISED DEFENDANT I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST , SHE WAS SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, FOR FELONY RETAIL THEFT, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS COOPERATIVE AND SHOWED SIGNS OF REMORSE FOR HER ACTIONS. ALL SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WERE SUBMITTED TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS. MY IN VEHICLE VIDEO WAS SUBMITTED TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. |
