| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COOK, JASON 1333 (16-82113) (AR16-19908) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $178.97 WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $100.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $300.00, THUS THE OFFENDER COMMITS PETIT THEFT OF THE FIRST DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE AS PROVIDED IN FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(E). ON 061616 AT APPROXIMATELY 1628 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCH TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR STEVEN BUTLER, WHO PROVIDED ME WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH STATED HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS DONNA BELCASTRO, IN the SELF CHECKOUT LANE UNDER RINGING THE MERCHANDISE BY ONLY SCANNING CERTAIN ITEMS AND PLACING UNSCANNED ITEMS INTO WAL-MART GROCERY BAGS. THE DEFENDANT THEN PAID FOR APPROXIMATELY $30.00 IN GROCERIES AND ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE EAST EXIT OF THE BUILDING PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE. THE COMPLAINANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. I OBSERVED THE WAL-MART SECURITY FOOTAGE OF THE DEFENDANT UNDER RINGING THE ITEMS AND ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR $178.97 WORTH OF MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEPRIVE THE STORE OF THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 HOURS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DID. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO THE MERCHANDISE AND SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT WAL-MART SHE HAD NO INTENTION OF STEALING, HOWEVER, WHEN SHE WENT TO CHECK OUT, SHE DECIDED TO STEAL A MAJORITY OF THE MERCHANDISE IN HER CART. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE CURRENTLY HAD NO FOOD IN HER HOUSE. I INFORMED HER THERE WERE COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO OBTAIN FOOD FOR FREE. PER THE COMPLAINANT, THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN FROM WAL-MART IN PENNSYLVANIA APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS, SHE ADMITTED TO DOING SO AND STATED THAT THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME SHE HAS EVER STOLEN. the COMPLAINANT PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF the VIDEO SURVEILLANCE which WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE RECEIPT OF THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO RECORDS WITH THE WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE COMPLAINANT WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THE CASE NUMBER AND ADVISED TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO STEALING FROM WAL-MART ONE OTHER TIME IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
