| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: BANG, ROBERT 1187 (16-171847) (AR16-21976) did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A SPEAKER SET VALUED AT $222.30, the property of WAL-MART SUPER CENTER, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART SUPERCENTER, TO WIT: SPEAKER SET, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $222.30 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 HIS/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 F.S.S.: 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(E) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART SUPERCENTER TO WIT: NINJA BLENDER, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $157.94 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 HIS/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 F.S.S.: 775.082 OR 775.083, AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(E) ON 121616, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR DUANE DAVIS JR, IN REFERENCE TO A PAST THEFT CASE FROM THE VICTIM, WAL-MART SUPERCENTER. ON 121216, THE DEFENDANT SELECTED A SPEAKER SET VALUED AT $222.30 AND RETURNED THE MERCHANDISE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PROVIDED WITH A WAL-MART GIFT CARD FOR THIS TRANSACTION. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITH HIS GIFT CARD FOR THE MERCHANDISE HE DID NOT BUY. ON 121316, THE DEFENDANT SELECTED A NINJA BLENDER VALUED AT $157.94 AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THIS ITEM FOR A GIFT CARD, WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. WHEN THE DEFENDANTâS RETURN WAS DENIED, THE DEFENDANT LEFT THE STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITH NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE BLENDER. BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS WERE ON VIDEO RECORDING AT WAL-MART, WHICH THE DEFENDANT AND I BOTH OBSERVED. POST MIRANDA, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER DOING ANYTHING THAT WAS ON THE VIDEO. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR TWO COUNTS OF PETIT THEFT AND ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HIS BACK, 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 $500.00 FOR EACH COUNT OF PETIT THEFT AND $5,000.00 FOR ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN IN PROPERTY, WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $6,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. NO FURTHER ACTION BY THIS DEPUTY. |
