| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: GENTILE, JOSEPH 1362 (AR15-16959) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: ALPRAZOLAM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART SUPER CENTER, TO WIT: ELECTRONIC MERCHANDISE, 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); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY POSSESS, USE, OR ATTEMPT TO USE ANY ANTISHOPLIFTING OR INVENTORY CONTROL DEVICES COUNTERMEASURE WITHIN ANY PREMISES USED FOR THE RETAIL PURCHASE OR SALE OF ANY MERCHANDISE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(7). ON 102315 AT APPROXIMATELY 1335 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, THE WALMART SUPER CENTER, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR DANIEL RIOS. MR RIOS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MR DARREN SUNDQUIST, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT OF THE STORE. MR RIOS STATED THAT HE CONTINUED WATCHING THE DEFENDANT ON THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND OBSERVED HIM SELECT SEVERAL ELECTRONIC ITEMS. HE OBSERVED HIM OPENING THEM AND CONCEALING THEM ON HIS PERSON. AT LEAST ONE OF THE ELECTRONICS HAD A DEVICE ON IT TO SET OFF THE ALARM THAT THE DEFENDANT REMOVED FROM THE PACKAGING. MR RIOS THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PROCEED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE, EXITING THE STORE, CROSSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE THAT HE HAD CONCEALED ON HIS PERSON. MR RIOS THEN STOPPED THE DEFENDANT AND HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS LOSS PREVENTION. HE THEN ESCORTED THE DEFENDANT INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND NOTIFIED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY MORE ITEMS OR BELONGINGS IN HIS POCKETS. HE STATED THAT HE DID SO. I TOLD HIM TO EMPTY OUT HIS POCKETS ON THE BENCH IN THE OFFICE, AT which TIME, HE HAD EMPTIED HIS CELL PHONE, A PACK OF CIGARETTES, TISSUE PAPER, AND ALSO TWO PILL BOTTLES. ONE PILL BOTTLE HAD HIS NAME ON IT AND THE OTHER BELONGED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHICH WAS LATER RETURNED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND BY DETECTIVE HOLLOWAY (0463). I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE PILL BOTTLE WITH HIS NAME ON IT BELONGED TO HIM, AND HE STATED YES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT KIND OF PILLS WERE in the BOTTLE THAT WERE PRESCRIBED TO HIM. HE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE LORAZEPAM 0.5 MILLIGRAMS (MG), WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AND VERIFIED THROUGH PILL FINDER BY MYSELF. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THE OTHER THREE BLUE PILLS THAT WERE IN THE BOTTLE. HE ADVISED ME THAT THEY BELONGED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND. I ASKED HIM WHY THEY WERE MIXED IN WITH HIS PILLS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WAS JUST HOLDING THEM IN HIS PILL BOTTLE FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND. I LATER IDENTIFIED THE PILLS AS ALPRAZOLAM, WHICH WERE ONE MG, BLUE IN COLOR, AND FELL UNDER THE DRUG CLASS OF BENZODIAZEPINES, which WERE LABELED AS A SCHEDULE FOUR. THIS WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THROUGH PILL FINDER BY MYSELF. I NEXT TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO PLACE HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK AND TOLD HIM AT THAT TIME, THAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR RETAIL THEFT AND POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. I TRANSPORTED HIM TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE HE WAS PATTED DOWN FOR MY SAFETY AND THEN PLACED IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $4,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO COLLECT THE PILL BOTTLE WITH HIS PILLS AND ALSO THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. I ALSO COLLECTED A COPY OF THE VIDEO EVIDENCE, WHICH WERE BOTH TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. I ALSO COLLECTED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE COMPLAINANT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS, ALONG WITH A RECEIPT OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN AND RECOVERED. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE RECEIPT WAS A 16 GB MICRO SD CARD WHICH WAS $12.88. THE OTHER ITEM WAS A PAIR OF HEADPHONES WHICH WAS $39.88. THESE TWO ITEMS CAME TO A SUB TOTAL OF $52.76. NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME BY THIS DEPUTY. |
