| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: JOHNSON, DALE 0178 (aR13-8215) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: MISCELLANEOUS HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TOTALING $116.84, 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(2)(E); ON 120413, I RESPONDED TO THE INVERNESS WAL-MART, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN CONDUCTING FLOOR SURVEILLANCE, AND HAD OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS debra ROSE GeHRKe, SELECTING ITEMS AND PLACING THEM IN REUSABLE BLUE WALMART BAGS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT the DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE, AND PAID FOR SOME OF THE MERCHANDISE, BUT NOT ALL, IN A SELF CHECKOUT KIOSK. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE STORE, PASSING ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE, WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE REMAINING UNPAID ITEMS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, AND ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, WHERE HE THEN CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE, THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS NOT PAID FOR WAS $116.84, BEFORE TAX, WHICH WERE RETURNED TO THE STORE. HE PROVIDED ME WITH A RECEIPT TOTALING THE ITEMS AND A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ON DVD, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT, I ASKED HER TO PROVIDE ME WITH HER IDENTIFICATION, WHICH SHE DID. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS AND SHOPS AT the STORE FREQUENTLY, AND HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN TO PAY BEFORE. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD A CHAOTIC DAY, AND HAD SIMPLY FORGOTTEN TO PAY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKEd, AND SECURED IN the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT, WITH HER BOND SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
