| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLAUDE, RICHARD 0602 (AR16-20651)(16-114725) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: WAL-MART OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO PAY FOR SEVERAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, INCLUDING TWO 32 INCH TELEVISION SETS AND WALKED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR SAID MERCHANDISE 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. ON 082116, AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO ASSIST LOOKING OUT FOR A VEHICLE WITH A MALE AND FEMALE OCCUPANT THAT JUST FLED FROM WAL-MART (1936 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY IN LECANTO) WITH THE INTENT OF STEALING PROPERTY AND AVOIDING ALL POINTS OF SALE. THE VEHICLE DESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN TO ME AS A GRAY HYUNDAI, LICENSE PLATE NUMBER GESC91. WHILE EN ROUTE DISPATCH GAVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE WITNESS IN AN UNKNOWN COLOR VEHICLE PURSING THE ALLEGED SUSPECTS AND ENDED UP ON 5125 WEST CARAWAY PLACE. DISPATCH ADVISED THE FEMALE PASSENGER EXITED THE SAID VEHICLE WITH THE MALE SUSPECT AND CONTINUED TO FLEE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE WITNESS, LATER IDENTIFIED AS, CAITLEN ZAAGMAN, CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE SUSPECTS IN HER VEHICLE AS THE FEMALE SUSPECT WAS WALKING OUT ONTO WEST SOUTHERN STREET. I RESPONDED TO THAT LOCATION AT WEST SOUTHERN STREET AND SOUTH KILBRIDE POINT WHERE I LOCATED THE SUSPECT AND THE WITNESS. I ASKED THE WITNESS TO STANDBY TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH SHE DID. THE WITNESS STATED SHE WITNESSED A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER AND A FEMALE ATTEMPTING TO WALK OUT OF THE WAL-MART FRONT ENTRANCE WITH A SHOPPING CART FULL OF ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE SUSPECT FLED FROM THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER TO THE DESCRIBED VEHICLE AND SHE FOLLOWED THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE SAID LOCATION WHERE I LOCATED THEM. AFTER SHE PREPARED THE WRITTEN STATEMENT I RELEASED HER FROM THE SCENE. AT THIS POINT I APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, MS JENNY GRIFFITHS, AND ASKED HER HAD HAPPENED. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG AND WAS JUST TRYING TO GO TO HER VEHICLE AND OBTAIN HER DEBIT CARD BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE IT. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE DID NOT REALIZE SHE HAD WALKED OUT TO THE MAIN LOBBY, WHERE A MALE THEN CAME UP BEHIND HER AND GRABBED HER BEHIND THE WAIST. SHE STATED SHE PANICKED AND STARTED FIGHTING WITH HIM BECAUSE SHE DID NOT KNOW WHO HE WAS. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE FLED FROM HIM FEARING FOR HER SAFETY. AT THAT POINT I READ HER MIRANDA AND I ASKED HER WHY SHE PUSHED THE SHOPPING CART SO FAR PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE JUST WAS NOT THINKING BUT THAT SHE WAS NOT INTENDING TO STEAL. I ASKED HER IF SHE REALIZED SHE WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY SOMEONE AND SHE SAID NO. AT THAT POINT SHE REFUSED TO ANSWER ANYMORE QUESTIONS. AT 1900 HOURS, WHILE AT THE SAME SAID LOCATION, DEPUTY HORTON (0614) ARRIVED WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR PATRICK HENRY, IN THE REAR OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE. THE COMPLAINANT WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AWAY WHERE HE IDENTIFIED THE SUBJECT THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE THEFT AT WAL-MART THAT JUST OCCURRED. THE DEFENDANT WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, NOT IN HANDCUFFS, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM MY VEHICLE. AT THAT POINT I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND PLACED HER IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. LATER WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY DEPUTY HORTON GAVE ME A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS PREPARED BY THE COMPLAINANT, SEE HIS SUPPLEMENT FOR DETAILS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WAS A VIDEO OF THE WHOLE INCIDENT AND IT WOULD BE RETRIEVED AT A LATER DATE; I DID NOT WITNESS THIS VIDEO. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT AND SHE WAS ISSUED A $2,000.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL STATEMENTS WERE COLLECTED AND FORWARDED TO RECORDS ALONG WITH STORE RECEIPTS OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN THE THEFT. ALL ITEMS WERE RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO WAL-MART. AT THIS TIME THIS CASE WILL BE CLOSED, ONE ARREST. |
