| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REID, JUSTIN 0706 (13-171017) (AR13-8329) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: 1 PAIR SHOES, HANDBAG, BATH RUG, AND CONTAINER OF CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS, 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 121313 AT APPROXIMATELY 1205 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCH TO 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, CRYSTAL RIVER, BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL PETIT THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JEREMIAH PRICE, WHO STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS, HE OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS DIANNE GALLI, VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION SELECT SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THEIR MERCHANDISE SELECTION. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED MS GALLI SELECT A PAIR OF BLACK IN COLOR BOOTS, REMOVE THEM FROM THE BOX AND PLACE THEM IN HER SHOPPING CART. HE SAID THE DEFENDANT THEN PLACED THE EMPTY BOX BACK ONTO THE SHELF AND WALKED TO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THE STORE. HE SAID HE THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT SELECT A FLOOR BATH RUG AND A LADIES BLUE IN COLOR HANDBAG AND PLACED THEM IN HER CART. HE SAID HE THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT OPEN AN EMPTY BAG THAT SHE ENTERED THE STORE WITH, PLACING ALL THE ITEMS SHE SELECTED FROM THE SHELF INTO THE BAG. THE DEFENDANT THEN PICKED UP THE BAG WITH THE MERCHANDISE AND WALKED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE, PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE AND EXITED THE STORE THROUGH THE FRONT EXIT WITH NO ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. HE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT OUTSIDE OF THE STORE, RETURNED WITH HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS DIANNE GALLI, WHO STATED THAT SHE DID NOT PLAN ON STEALING ANY OF THE ITEMS AND DOES NOT KNOW WHY SHE DID IT. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAS NEVER STOLEN BEFORE AND THAT SHE WAS SORRY THAT IT HAPPENED. MS GALLI DID HAVE IN HER POSSESSION $95.00 CASH TO INCLUDE FOUR $20.00 BILLS, ONE $10.00 BILL AND ONE $5.00 BILL. SHE STATED THAT SHE ALSO HAD A BANK DEBIT CARD IN HER PURSE WHICH HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS THAT SHE STOLE. ALL OF THE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND RETURNED TO THE BEALLâS DEPARTMENT STORE. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, A RECEIPT PRINT OUT LISTING ALL OF THE ITEMS AND THEIR PRICES AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE RECOVERED WHICH WERE ALL LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A DVD OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWING THE DEFENDANT COLLECTING THE ITEMS AND WALKING PAST THE POINT OF SALE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HER BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
