| Probable cause affidavit: |
HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (AR15-16729) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY, while committing or after committing theft of property, resist the reasonable effort of a merchant OR merchantâs employee, to recover the property WHICH THE merchant OR merchantâs employee had probable cause to believe the individual had concealed or removed from its place of display or elsewhere, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(6). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THREE FAUCETS WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $166.91, 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 STATUTE 812.014(2)(E). ON 100715, A RETAIL THEFT AND RESISTING A MERCHANT incident (CASE NUMBER 15-131565) WAS REPORTED AT THE WAL-MART LOCATED AT 1936 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY. A DESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN OF A WHITE FEMALE WHO FLED THE SCENE IN A BLACK HUMMER BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE EMCM79, BY THE COMPLAINANT A FEW MINUTES LATER, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT SERGEANT FISCHER HAD THE VEHICLE STOPPED ON WEST HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SAME VEHICLE HAD BEEN USED IN MULTIPLE RETAIL THEFTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. I RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT ONE, MR WILLIAM DICKS. DURING A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW, HE ADVISED THAT HE DROVE DEFENDANT TWO, MS DENISE SCHIPPERS, TO THE WAL-MART SO THAT SHE COULD STEAL FROM THERE. DEFENDANT DICKS STATED that HE KNEW SHE GOT CAUGHT SINCE HE WATCHED THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS FOLLOW DEFENDANT SHIPPERS TO HIS VEHICLE. HE STATED that WHEN HE ASKED DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS WHAT WAS GOING ON, SHE REPLIED THAT SHE GOT CAUGHT AND TO DRIVE AWAY. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS HAD ALREADY BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE LECANTO WAL-MART. UPON ARRIVAL, THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR PATRICK HENRY, ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS ENTER THE STORE with AN EMPTY SHOPPING CART. DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS SELECTED THREE FAUCETS FOR $166.91 AND PROCEEDED TO THE CUSTOMER RETURN AREA, WHERE SHE WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THEN PUSHED the SHOPPING CART WITH THE THREE FAUCETS INSIDE PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE. THE COMPLAINANT APPROACHED DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER AND ATTEMPTED TO ESCORT DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS RESISTED HIS EFFORTS and AT ONE POINT, HE PHYSICALLY PICKED DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS UP IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT HER FROM LEAVING THE STORE. DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS KEPT RESISTING SO THE COMPLAINANT LET HER GO AND SHE FLED TO THE PARKING LOT, WHERE SHE ENTERED THE AFOREMENTIONED HUMMER VEHICLE. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE VEHICLEâS LICENSE PLATE NUMBER, WHICH HE GAVE TO DISPATCH. I REVIEWED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, WHERE YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE WHAT THE COMPLAINANT DESCRIBED TO ME. I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND CONDUCTED A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS. WHEN I EXPLAINED that I OBSERVED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND COULD CLEARLY SEE HER PASS ALL POINTS OF SALE WITH THE MERCHANDISE, SHE STATED ââI GUESS I STOLE THE ITEMS THEN, IF thatâs HOW YOU SEE ITââ. I ASKED HER ABOUT HER INVOLVEMENT IN CASE NUMBER 15-128182, WHICH IS A GRAND THEFT AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY CASE AT THE LOWES STORE LOCATED AT 2401 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. INITIALLY SHE DENIED THAT SHE TOOK ANYTHING FROM THAT STORE. I ADVISED HER THAT I OBSERVED THE VIDEO ON 092615, WHERE I COULD CLEARLY SEE HER ENTER THE STORE EMPTY HANDED, SELECT $342.38 IN MERCHANDISE AND PROCEED TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICES COUNTER, WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE REFUND OF $342.38. I ASKED HER HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD STOLEN FROM LOWES AND SHE STATED THAT SHE ONLY STOLE FROM THEM THE TWO TIMES THAT I MENTIONED. AT THIS TIME, I AM NOT SURE OF THE OTHER TIME SHE IS TALKING ABOUT, SINCE I ONLY MENTIONED ONE DATE, BUT I WILL CONTACT LOWES TO FOLLOW UP. I LOOKED AT DEFENDANT SCHIPPERâS LISTED RETURNS FOR LOWES FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WHERE SHE HAS THREE OTHER RETURNS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH. A FOLLOW-UP WILL DETERMINE IF THESE ITEMS WERE ALSO STOLEN. I ATTEMPTED TO CONDUCT A SECOND POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS AND SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO ADMIT HER GUILT ON A RECORDER. I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE ALREADY ADMITTED TO THE THEFTS TO ME AND AGAIN SHE STATED that SHE DID NOT WANT IT RECORDED. DEFENDANT SCHIPPERS WAS CHARGED WITH RETAIL PETIT THEFT WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00 AND RESISTING MERCHANT WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00, FOR A COMBINED BOND OF $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
