| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BERGEN, JOHN 0515 (AR08101412) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALL'S DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE BEALL'S DEPARTMENT STORE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015. ON 012508 I WAS DISPATCHED TO BEALL'S DEPARTMENT STORE AT 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR MICHAEL RICHARDS. HE ADVISED THE defendant, MS DEBORAH SERRANO, HAD ENTERED the STORE AND WALKED AROUND THE STORE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES, SELECTING ITEMS FROM THE SHELVES AND CONCEALING THEM IN HER BAG. SHE ALSO SELECTED A CANVAS BAG AND PLACED ITEMS INSIDE THAT BAG, AS WELL. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE HE HAD VIDEOS OF THE INCIDENT, WHICH HE DID SHOW ME AND WHERE I DID OBSERVE THE defendant REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE SHELVES AND PLACING THEM IN BAGS. AFTER A SHORT TIME, SHE THEN LEFT THE DEPARTMENT STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS AND WAS APPREHENDED BY MR RICHARDS. THE defendant, MS SERRANO WAS PLACED IN CUSTODY AND WE THEN RECOVERED THE ITEMS FROM THE BAGS, WHICH INCLUDED THREE CHILDREN'S T-SHIRTS, FIVE MEN'S T-SHIRTS, FIVE WOMEN'S T-SHIRTS, TWO JEWELRY PENDANT SETS, ONE PAIR OF WOMEN'S SHOES (SIZE 6), AND ONE CANVASS BAG WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $426.90. THE ITEMS WERE LOGGED ONTO A PROPERTY RECEIPT, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND THE ITEMS WERE TURNED OVER TO BEALL'S DEPARTMENT STORE. MR RICHARDS PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND A COPY OF THE VIDEO, WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. I PROVIDED THE COMPLAINANT WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER. MS SERRANO WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE-LOCKED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED WHILE EN ROUTE TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE defendant MADE SEVERAL SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS WHERE SHE EXPRESSED REMORSE FOR HER ACTIONS AND STATED SHE HAD never DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. *not-exempt* |
