| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (AR16-20350) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THE DEFENDANT TOOK MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: $432.70, 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 HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(2)(C)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A METHAMPHETAMINE GLASS PIPE AND A USED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 072216, I WAS AT THE INVERNESS WALMART WHEN LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, ADVISED A FEMALE SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN SHEETS AND A BEDSPREAD WITHOUT A RECEIPT. HE FURTHER ADVISED SHE WAS INITIALLY DENIED THE RETURN. HE ADVISED HE REVIEWED THE VIDEO FROM THE TIME THE FEMALE SUBJECT ENTERED THE STORE, WHERE SHE ENTERED EMPTY-HANDED, AND THEN WENT TO THE LINEN AISLE AND SELECTED THE ITEMS FROM A SHELF. WHEN SHE DID THIS, SHE WALKED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK WHERE SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO RETURN THE ITEMS. THE FEMALE, NOW KNOWN AS THE DEFENDANT, MS MARLENE SCHOFFIELD, WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FOR THE RETURN. THE ONLY IDENTIFICATION SHE HAD WAS A PASSPORT. DEFENDANT SCHOFFIELD THEN LEFT THE SHOPPING CART WITH THE ITEMS IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA AND THEN STARTED TO SELECT VARIOUS ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STORE. SHE WAS THEN OBSERVED TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CONCEAL THE ITEMS SHE HAD SELECTED. AS WE CONTINUED TO WATCH HER, DETECTIVE LUDLOW (0214) ADVISED HE BELIEVED SHE WAS WORKING WITH A SECOND FEMALE SUBJECT, NOW KNOWN AS DEFENDANT, MS JANINE POLIDORI. WE CONTINUED SURVEILLANCE ON BOTH SUBJECTS. DEFENDANT SCHOFFIELD WAS ADVISED BY STORE PERSONAL THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GRANT HER A RETURN ON THE SHEETS AND BEDSPREAD IN THE AMOUNT OF $189.31. ONCE SHE WAS GIVEN THE REFUND, SHE WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. SHE WAS THEN LED TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND DURING POST MIRANDA QUESTIONING, SHE ADVISED SHE WAS THERE WITH HER SISTER AND THEY WERE BOTH STEALING IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. I THEN LOCATED THE SISTER/DEFENDANT, MS JANINE POLIDORI, WHO WAS NOW RETURNING ITEMS AT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ITEMS SHE WAS RETURNING WERE STOLEN, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH HER. I IDENTIFIED MYSELF AND ASKED HER TO ACCOMPANY ME TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. INITIALLY, SHE STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW WHY I WANTED HER TO GO THERE, WHICH I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD RETURNED ANY ITEMS THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER. SHE STATED YES. ONCE IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE, A SEARCH OF HER HANDBAG REVEALED SEVERAL ITEMS CONCEALED BUT SINCE WE ESCORTED HER THERE, SHE WAS NOT CHARGED FOR THE ITEMS AT THAT TIME. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE READ THEIR MIRANDA WARNING. DEFENDANT SCHOFFIELD WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY STOLEN ITEMS IN HER VEHICLE, WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID. SHE THEN LED US TO HER VEHICLE WHERE WE DISCOVERED $134.74 WORTH OF STOLEN MERCHANDISE. DEFENDANT POLIDORI WAS ALSO ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY STOLEN MERCHANDISE IN HER VEHICLE. SHE STATED SHE DID NOT BUT WE COULD LOOK. SHE THEN ADVISED SHE HAD SOME DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN HER VEHICLE BUT NO STOLEN ITEMS. SHE LED US TO HER VEHICLE AND SITTING ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT WAS A BLACK ZIPPERED CASE THAT CONTAINED A METHAMPHETAMINE GLASS PIPE AND A USED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE. SHE STATED THESE BELONGED TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND SHE WAS JUST HOLDING ON TO THEM BUT UNDERSTOOD SHE WOULD BE CHARGED FOR THEM. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ONCE THERE, A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE INTERVIEW, BOTH DEFENDANTS ADMITTED GOING TO VARIOUS WALMART STORES IN THE COUNTY STEALING ITEMS. THEY FURTHER ADMITTED THAT THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER AT TIMES. ON TODAY'S DATE, THEY WARNED EACH OTHER ABOUT BEING WATCHED BY LOSS PREVENTION. A TOTAL OF $432.70 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE WAS STOLEN BY THE DEFENDANTS. MERCHANDISE WORTH $134.74 WAS RECOVERED OUT OF DEFENDANT SCHOFFIELD'S VEHICLE. DEFENDANT POLIDORI WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00 FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
