| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MOORE, ANDREW 0619 (AR11120392) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 042011, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 223 EAST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO SHOPLIFTERS IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR ROY CUNNINGHAM (COMPLAINANT), WHO STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED TWO WHITE FEMALES SELECT NUMEROUS ITEMS AND GO INTO THE FITTING ROOM . AT THAT TIME, HE FOLLOWED THE SUBJECTS TO THE FITTING ROOM AND OBSERVED DEFENDANT ONE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS NICOLE CRAMPTON, THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE OPENING OF THE FITTING ROOM. HE STATED HE COULD SEE HER FEET MOVING UP AND DOWN AS IF SHE WAS PUTTING ON ITEMS. HE STATED SHE THEN PUT ON TWO PAIRS OF JEANS AND A PAIR OF SHORTS AND THEN PUT ON HER OWN BLACK PANTS. SHE THEN EXITED THE FITTING ROOM AND HEADED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE AND EXITED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, AT WHICH TIME, HE STOPPED HER AND TOOK HER INSIDE. UPON RETURNING INSIDE THE STORE, HE WAS MET BY DEFENDANT TWO, MS DESIREE HERREN. HE DID NOT OBSERVE HER PUT ANYTHING ON BUT SHE WAS WALKING PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE, AT WHICH TIME, HE STOPPED HER AND ASKED HER TO COME BACK. UPON SPEAKING WITH MS CRAMPTON, SHE WAS ASKED WHAT HAPPENED BY THIS DEPUTY AND SHE STATED "I AM WEARING THE CLOTHES THAT HE SAID I TOOK." I THEN REQUESTED MS CRAMPTON TO RESPOND TO THE FITTING ROOM ALONG WITH THE STORE MANAGER, MS MICHELLE MANGAN, TO REMOVE THE STOLEN ITEMS. MS CRAMPTON THEN REMOVED TWO PAIRS OF PANTIES, ONE BRA, ONE PAIR OF EARRINGS, TWO PAIRS OF JEANS, AND ONE PAIR OF SHORTS WHICH EQUALED A TOTAL VALUE OF $66.92. I ALSO REQUESTED THAT MS HERREN DO THE SAME. SHE HAD ON A PAIR OF SHORTS, A TOP, AND THREE PAIRS OF PANTIES. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT MS HERREN PROVIDED A BUTTON-UP PINK SHIRT WHICH SHE CONCEALED IN HER PURSE. THESE ITEMS TOTALED $39.94. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE ADVISED THEY WERE BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, WERE HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THEIR BACKS, AND WERE PLACED IN MY PATROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, I ASKED THE DEFENDANTS WHOSE PURSES WERE WHOSE. MS HERREN ADVISED HERS WAS THE CAMOUFLAGE BAG AND MS CRAMPTON STATED HERS WAS THE BLACK ZIP-UP PURSE. UPON LOOKING INSIDE MS CRAMPTON'S PURSE TO INSURE SHE WAS NOT BRINGING ILLEGAL CONTRABAND INTO THE DETENTION FACILITY, THERE WAS A RED L&M CIGARETTE BOX. UPON OPENING THE CIGARETTE BOX, I SMELLED AN ODOR WITH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I KNEW TO BE CANNABIS. I LOCATED INSIDE THE CIGARETTE BOX A SMALL SMOKED JOINT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CANNABIS LEFT INSIDE. THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .4 GRAMS. IT WAS COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. MS CRAMPTON'S BOND WAS SET AT $750.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. MS HERREN'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE CLOTHING ITEMS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE COMPLAINANT WHO ALSO SIGNED A PROPERTY RECEIPT WITH A COPY PROVIDED TO HIM. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE ENTERED INTO THE TRESPASS LOG BY TELETYPE OPERATOR 0486. *NOT-EXEMPT* "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” |
