| Date of birth: | Mar 30, 1965 |
| Hair: | Blonde or strawberry |
| Eyes: | Green |
| Supervision type: | PROBATION FELONY |
| Supervision begin date: | Mar 19, 2008 |
| Scheduled termination date: | Jan 22, 2012 |
| Inmate status: | ACTIVE |
| DC number: | D30606 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, ROBERT 0505 (AR16-20889/16-123039) ON 090716, I RESPONDED TO WALMART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. WHILE EN ROUTE, I WAS ADVISED BY DEPUTY CASALVIERI (1265) THAT HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, AND SHE WAS CURRENTLY DETAINED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA, WHO WAS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR WALMART. HE ADVISED HE OBSERVED A FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS DOROTHY COTTEN, COME INTO THE STORE, SELECT SEVERAL 24 PACKS OF BATTERIES AND CONCEAL THEM IN HER PURSE. HE THEN OBSERVED HER PASS ALL POINTS OF PURCHASE WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. HE WAS ABLE TO NOTIFY DEPUTY CASALVIERI, WHO WAS ON SCENE, IN REFERENCE TO AN UNRELATED CASE, WHO MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY CASALVIERI, WHO ADVISED HE HAD ALREADY READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING. HE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE HAD STOLEN THE BATTERIES WITH THE INTENT TO RETURN THEM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN WALMART GIFT CARDS IN ORDER TO GET GAS MONEY TO GET TO THE BUS STATION TO GO TO GEORGIA FOR HER MOTHER'S FUNERAL. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE HAD GIVEN TWO PACKS OF BATTERIES TO HER FRIEND/WITNESS, MS LAURA REIFF. SHE ASKED THE WITNESS TO RETURN THE ITEMS. AT NO TIME DID THE WITNESS KNOW THAT THE ITEMS HAD BEEN STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THERE WERE TWO OTHER PACKS OF BATTERIES AND TWO PACKS OF PENS THAT SHE HAD ALSO TAKEN FROM WALMART AND HID IN THE WITNESS'S VEHICLE. IN ALL, THE DEFENDANT HAD TAKEN THREE 24 PACKS OF DURACELL DOUBLE A BATTERIES VALUED AT $13.97 A PIECE, ONE 24 PACK OF ENERGIZER DOUBLE A BATTERIES VALUED AT $13.97 AND TWO 12 PACKS OF BLACK INK PENS VALUED AT $14.44 EACH FOR A TOTAL VALUE OF $84.76. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR CITATION, NUMBER 14534, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 092216, AT 1300 HOURS. SHE WAS THEN RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM THE WALMART IN INVERNESS. THE WITNESS WAS CONTACTED AND RETRIEVED THE STOLEN ITEMS THAT WERE STILL IN HER VEHICLE. ALL ITEMS WERE RETURNED TO WALMART AND A PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH A DIGITAL VIDEO DISC CONTAINING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE INCIDENT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE, AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS ALONG WITH THE CITATION. |
| Inmate name: | DOROTHY LISA COTTEN |
| Arrest number: | 20889 |
| Arrest date: | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Booking location: | Miami-Dade County, FL |
| Code: | 812.014(3)(A) |
| Charge description: | PETIT THEFT (VALUE LESS THAN $100) |
