| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, JASON 0583 (AR10115781) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIX SUPERMARKET, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT HAD PASSED ALL POINTS OF PURCHASE AND HAD LEFT THE STORE WITH MULTIPLE ITEMS, ONLY ONE ITEM WAS ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS RICOTTA CHEESE WITH THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $2.75, 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 STATUTE 812.014(3)(A). ON 071110 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF 1000 HIGHWAY 44 EAST IN REFERENCE TO BACK UP DEPUTY LAUGHLIN ON A TRAFFIC STOP, WHERE DEPUTY LAUGHLIN HAD ALREADY ADVISED ME THAT THE SUBJECT ON THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS MY SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, IN REFERENCE TO RETAIL THEFT. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS HOLLY ELLINGTON, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED UNDER ARREST BY DEPUTY LAUGHLIN, FOR AN UNRELATED WARRANT. THE DEFENDANT DID MATCH THE SUSPECT IN MY RETAIL THEFT THAT I SAW ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM THE STORE ON 070610. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM A PRE-PRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO ME IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT WENT ON TO SAY THAT ON THAT DATE SHE DID IN FACT SHOP AT THE PUBLIX SUPERMARKET LOCATED AT 2685 NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD IN HERNANDO ON 070610 AND THAT WHILE SHE WAS THERE, SHE DID OBTAIN MULTIPLE GROCERIES TO MAKE LASAGNA AND SHE DID STATE THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS SORRENTO RICOTTA CHEESE. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT ON THAT DATE SHE DID WALK OUT THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE SUPERMARKET, PASSING ALL POINTS OF PURCHASE, AND THAT SHE DID NOT PAY FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN HER CART AND THAT SHE DID GO TO HER VEHICLE, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT, AND PLACE THESE ITEMS IN HER VEHICLE AND THAT SHE THEN RETURNED BACK IN THE STORE TO PURCHASE SOME CEREAL THAT IS WHEN SHE WAS MET BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHERE SHE THEN ADVISED THE COMPLAINANT THAT SHE DID NOT REALIZE SHE DID NOT PAY FOR THE ITEMS AND THAT WHILE SHE WAS SPEAKING TO THE COMPLAINANT HE ADVISED HER THAT HE HAD ALREADY NOTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE STORE FOR THE SECOND TIME AND LEFT IN HER VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT SHE DID IN FACT SEE THIS DEPUTY IN THE PARKING LOT, ATTEMPTING TO CATCH UP TO HER WITH HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN ON AND THAT SHE ALSO SAW THIS DEPUTY ON HIGHWAY 486 STILL ATTEMPTING TO CATCH UP TO HER WITH HIS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ON WHILE SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET AWAY, DRIVING THROUGH THE WALGREENS PARKING LOT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED WHY SHE DID NOT STAY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHERE SHE ADVISED SHE WAS AFRAID THAT SHE WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR NOT PAYING FOR THE SAID ITEMS. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED BY THIS DEPUTY THAT SHE WAS ALSO BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF RETAIL THEFT. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY LAUGHLIN. UPON ARRIVAL THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT ROR DUE TO HER COOPERATION IN THIS CASE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
