| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DIXON, MEREDYTH 0108 (AR13-4166) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 1.5 PILLS XANAX, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A), DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: THREE DVDâS, AND TWO BABY PACIFIERS ($41.37), BY 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 LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.015. ON 011713 AT APPROXIMATELY 1804 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER WHO WAS ALREADY IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER COURTNEY HENRY, WHO ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS HEDIYE ORTALAN, DISPLAY SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN the INFANT SECTION OF THE STORE. HE STATED HE COULD SEE THROUGH FLOOR SURVEILLANCE WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD SELECTED SEVERAL ITEMS, SUCH AS A BABY PACIFIER AND CLOTHING FOR A BABY. THE DEFENDANT THEN CONTINUED TO WALK THROUGH THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE SELECTED SEVERAL DVDâS. THE DEFENDANT THEN WALKED INTO the GROCERY SECTION OF THE STORE AND CONCEALED ALL ITEMS INSIDE HER PURSE AND THEN WALKED TO THE CASH REGISTER WHERE SHE PAID FOR SOME OF HER ITEMS, BUT DID NOT PAY FOR the ITEMS that WERE HIDDEN INSIDE HER PURSE PASSING ALL POINTES OF SALE. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER HENRY STATED HE THEN MADE CONTACT with HER, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ESCORTED HER BACK TO the LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH the LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER COURTNEY HENRY, I THEN SPOKE WITH the DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO GIVING HER A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION. SHE REFUSED TO SIGN IT STATING SHE DID NOT know IF SHE COULD MAKE IT TO COURT AND TO TAKE HER TO JAIL. AS I GATHERED THE DEFENDANTâS PERSONAL BELONGINGS SHE STATED THAT SHE HAS XANAX INSIDE HER PURSE THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER AND THAT she HAD GOTTEN IT FROM ANOTHER PERSON. SHE ALSO STATED she HAD SEVERAL WEAPONS inSIDE heR PURSE, SUCH AS A KNIFE, RAZOR BLADES AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS. SHE ALSO THEN STATED SHE HAD other PILLS THAT she DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFâS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED with POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND RETAIL PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL DRUGS WERE COLLECTED AND LATER PLACED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
