| Date of birth: | Mar 12, 1976 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: TITUS, JOSHUA 1243 (AR13-4387) (13-16698)âââââ DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: WALMART SUPER CENTER LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, ELECTRONICS AND CLOTHING 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(2)(C)(1); ON 020513, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WALMART SUPERCENTER LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, WHO STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE AND WHITE MALE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MS HEATHER BRONNENBERG AND MR JOSHUA BRONNENBERG, SELECT MULTIPLE ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STORE AND HAD PLACED ALL THE ITEMS INTO A SHOPPING CART. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE THEN OBSERVED THE SUBJECTS PLACE THE ITEMS INTO WALMART PLASTIC BAGS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE SUBJECTS/DEFENDANTS THEN PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE AND EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE THEY HAD PLACED INTO THE PLASTIC WALMART BAGS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE STOPPED BOTH THE SUBJECTS, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ADVISED THEM AS TO WHY HE HAD STOPPED THEM. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE ESCORTED BOTH THE SUBJECTS TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND CALLED THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE TOTAL VALUE OF ALL THE ITEMS CAME TO $818.03. I VIEWED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE AND WHITE MALE SUBJECT SUBJECTS PLACING MULTIPLE ITEMS INTO THE SHOPPING CART. I THEN OBSERVED BOTH SUBJECTS WALK PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANTS THEIR MIRANDA WARNING VIA AN AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. I ASKED EACH DEFENDANTâS IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME AND BOTH ADVISED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS AND DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK TO ME. I THEN PLACED BOTH DEFENDANTS UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT (RETAIL). THEY WERE HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED). ALL THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE COMPLAINANT. I THEN SECURED BOTH DEFENDANTS IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT, MS HEATHER BRONNENBERG, WAS RELEASED ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE (ROR), DUE TO FACT THAT THE DEFENDANTS HAD THREE CHILDREN AT HOME. |
| Inmate name: | HEATHER MARIE BRONNENBERG |
| Arrest number: | 4387 |
| Arrest date: | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.014(2)(C)(1) |
| Charge description: | Grand theft ($300 or more but less than $5,000) |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
