| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUNTER, JEFFERY 0411 (AR08103767) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES, TO-WIT: MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE AND CASH, OF A VALUE OF $300.00 OR MORE BY FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD OR BY UNLAWFULLY USING A CREDIT CARD THREE (3) OR MORE TIMES WITHIN A SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD, TO-WIT: DISCOVER CREDIT CARD, ISSUED TO THE VICTIM, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SAID CARDHOLDER, WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD THE SAID CARDHOLDER, THE ISSUER, OR A PERSON OR ORGANIZATION PROVIDING THE SAID MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 817.61 AND 817.67(2). ON 061608, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE REGIONS AREA SUBSTATION IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO THE FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, WHO ADVISED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN AT THE SUPER WAL-MART IN INVERNESS ON THE 16TH AND MADE A PURCHASE AT APPROXIMATELY 0840 HOURS. HE ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS ON the 16TH HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM HIS CREDIT CARD COMPANY (DISCOVER) QUESTIONING NUMEROUS PURCHASES THAT HAD BEEN MADE ON HIS CARD THAT DAY. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HIS WIFE CHECKED HER PURSE AND FOUND HER DISCOVER CARD WAS MISSING. THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT FIVE FRAUDULENT PURCHASES HAD BEEN MADE ON THEIR CREDIT CARD. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED HE AND HIS WIFE THEN RESPONDED TO THE SUPER WAL-MART WHERE THEY MADE CONTACT WITH MANAGEMENT WHO TOLD THEM BASED ON THEIR EVIDENCE IT APPEARED The SUSPECT (MS DENISE GRACE) WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF WAL-MART'S AND HAD BEEN THEIR CASHIER EARLIER thAT DAY. MANAGEMENT THEN ADVISED THEM TO MAKE CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. I OBTAINED A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE COMPLAINANT. I PROVIDED THEM WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD WITH THE CASE NUMBER AND THEN RESPONDED TO THE SUPER WAL-MART WHERE I made CONTACT WITH MANAGEMENT AND LOSS PREVENTION. I WAS SHOWN A COPY OF A SURVEILLANCE TAPE SHOWING THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT MAKING PURCHASES WITH THE COMPLAINANT'S MISSING DISCOVER CREDIT CARD. LOSS PREVENTION PROVIDED A COPY OF FIVE SEPARATE RECEIPTS TOTALING $444.09. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, EACH OF THESE TRANSACTIONS THE DEFENDANT HAD RECEIVED CASH BACK IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWED, WHICH WAS $60.00. CASH BACK TOTALED $300.00. COPIES OF THESE RECEIPTS WERE LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS, ALONG WITH COPIES OF THE SIGNED FORMS FOR EACH OF THE TRANSACTIONS. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS FINISHING A WRITTEN STATEMENT FOR WAL-MART. SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PRE PRINTED CARD AND STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. SHE STATED THE COMPLAINANT'S WIFE HAD LEFT HER DISCOVER CARD AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER AND WHEN SHE REALIZED THEY WERE GONE SHE PLACED THE CREDIT CARD IN HER POCKET. LATER ON HER BREAK SHE USED THE CREDIT CARD SEVERAL TIMES OBTAINING MERCHANDISE AND CASH BACK FRAUDULENTLY. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD USED THE CREDIT CARD and SHE STATED she DID NOT know BUT IT WAS MORE THAN TWICE. I ASKED HER WHERE THE MERCHANDISE AND THE CASH WERE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THE MERCHANDISE AND THE CASH WERE IN HER VEHICLE PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT. I ASKED HER WHERE THE COMPLAINANT'S CREDIT CARD WAS, TO WHICH SHE DID NOT KNOW. SHE ADVISED THAT WHEN IT HAD STOPPED WORKING SHE HAD LEFT IT AT ONE OF THE SELF CHECK OUT COUNTERS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THIS WAS HER SIXTH ATTEMPT TO USE THE CREDIT CARD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE WOULD ACCOMPANY ME TO HER VEHICLE TO RETRIEVE THE MERCHANDISE AND THE CASH, TO WHICH SHE COMPLIED. AFTER WE RETRIEVED the ITEMS and CASH, THE PROPERTY WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE OWNER. THE ONLY ITEMS NOT RECOVERED WAS AN ICED TEA AND A PACKAGE OF GUM. THE DEFENDANT TURNED OVER $280.00 IN CASH. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
