| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: AGUILERA, EMANUEL 1238 (AR13-6187) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: MERCHANDISE VALUED AT $362.00, 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 $300.00 OR MORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). ON 062213 AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WALMART, LOCATED AT 1936 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY, LECANTO, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR BRIAN ELAM, HE STATED THAT TODAY (062213) HE OBSERVED A WHITE MALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR FREDERICK DANIEL SWANSON JR (DANIEL), IN THE INDOOR GARDEN CENTER DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR. THE COMPLAINANT LATER OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT GOING TO THE CRAFTS DEPARTMENT WHERE HE BEGAN TO OPEN MERCHANDISE BOXES AND THEN CONTINUED TO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT THEN WAS OBSERVED BY THE COMPLAINANT TO BE IN POSSESSION OF WALMART STORE BAGS, WHICH HE USED TO PLACE THE STOREâS MERCHANDISE THAT HE HAD COLLECTED FROM THE STORE IN THESE BAGS. THE COMPLAINANT THEN FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT TO THE REGISTERS, WHERE HE SLIPPED BY AN EMPTY REGISTER AND STOPPED AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE WHERE THE DEFENDANT THEN WAITED FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES THEN THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED WALKING PAST ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR. THE COMPLAINANT APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS LOSS PREVENTION AND ESCORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND CALLED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHOSE STORY CORROBORATED COMPLAINANTâS STORY. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS FROM NEW JERSEY AND THERE HE WAS ALLOWED TO WALK PAST ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY MONEY ON HIM TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY $70.00 CASH. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW HE PLANNED ON PAYING FOR $362.00 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE WITH ONLY $70.00, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO GET HIS CREDIT CARD FROM HIS VEHICLE. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND A RECEIPT OF THE MERCHANDISE THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN BY THE DEFENDANT VALUED AT $362.00 (VICTIM KEPT POSSESSION OF ALL STOLEN/RECOVERED ITEMS), WHICH WERE LATER BOTH TURNED OVER TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT WILL BE PROVIDING A COPY OF THE SECURITY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, WHICH HE ADVISED SHOULD BE READY FOR PICKUP TOMORROW (062313). I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FELONY RETAIL THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, WHERE HE WAS SEARCHED AND THEN PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
