| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, TODD 0463 (AR 15-14762) (15-55488) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: CIRCLE K OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: FLORIDA LOTTERY TICKETS AND US CURRENCY 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 OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014. ON 042815, I RESPONDED TO CIRCLE K, LOCATED AT 5601 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE, FLORAL CITY, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL THE MANAGER, MS REBECCA CASSIANI, ADVISED THAT SHE HAD AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD STOLE LOTTERY TICKETS AS WELL AS THE PROCEEDS FROM WINNING LOTTERY TICKETS. MS CASSIANI ADVISED THAT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, MS WENDY ROOD, NOTICED A SHORTAGE OF $285.00 WORTH OF LOTTERY TICKETS, MS ROOD REVIEWED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND DETERMINED THE DEFENDANT, MR GEORGE CAHILL, STOLE THE LOTTERY TICKETS ON 022515 DURING HIS SHIFT. ON THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE THE DEFENDANT CAN BE OBSERVED TAKING LOTTERY TICKETS, SCRATCHING OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TICKET AND RUNNING THEM THROUGH THE MACHINE TO SEE IF THEY WERE WINNING TICKETS. DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, THE DEFENDANT STOLE $285.00 WORTH OF LOTTERY TICKETS AND COLLECTED $85.00 WORTH OF PROCEEDS FROM WINNINGS FOR AT TOTAL OF $375.00. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO COME TO THE BACK OFFICE. UPON THE DEFENDANT ENTERING THE OFFICE HE UTTERED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF ''THIS CANâT BE GOOD.'' I ASKED WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT, HE STATED HE KNEW HE WAS IN TROUBLE. I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID. I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAPPENED, HE INITIALLY STATED HE PAID FOR SOME OF THE LOTTERY TICKETS, BUT ADMITTED HE DID STEAL SOME. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT I HAD ALREADY VIEWED THE VIDEO AND I DID NOT OBSERVE HIM PAY FOR ANY OF THE TICKETS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW MUCH HE THOUGHT HE HAD TAKEN; HE ADVISED HE THOUGHT HE HAD TAKEN APPROXIMATELY $100.00 WORTH OF LOTTERY TICKETS. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. ONCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY HE WAS AGAIN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS TO WHICH HE AGREED TO SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. A POST MIRANDA DIGITAL INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO TAKING THE LOTTERY TICKETS. HE ADVISED HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS THAT MUCH, BUT HE WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THE TICKETS. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
