| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LOVULLO, SARAH 0723 (AR12-3250) THE DEFENDANT, MR JEREMY WAYNE BILLUPS, WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION SEC/MET METAL RECYCLER. HIS PROBATION COMMENCED ON 052112, AND WILL EXPIRED ON 052016. THE DEFENDANT DID VIOLATE THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 948.06, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED A NEW LAW VIOLATION, OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. ON 102312, AT APPROXIMATELY 1728 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WAL-MART SUPERCENTER, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, WHO WAS THE COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA. HE ADVISED THAT ON 102012, HE HAD A THEFT OCCUR AT ANOTHER STORE, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN OCALA. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WERE A MALE AND FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE, DEFENDANT MR JEREMY WAYNE BILLUPS, AND DEFENDANT MS KAYLENE MARIE SMITH. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT DURING HIS INTERVIEW WITH THE TWO DEFENDANT, BOTH HAD STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN THE INVERNESS WAL-MART LATER THAT DAY ON 102012. DEFENDANT SMITH ADVISED THAT SHE HAD SELECTED A GUN SCABBARD AND A TENT, AND PLACED THE TWO ITEMS INTO A SHOPPING CART. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD PASSED ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING, AND HAD EXITED THE STORE WITH THESE TWO UNPAID ITEMS. DEFENDANT SMITH ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT BILLUPS WAS WAITING FOR HER IN THE STORE PARKING LOT IN A VEHICLE. DEFENDANT BILLUPS ADVISED THAT THEY HAD BOTH LOADED THE ITEMS INTO THEIR VEHICLE, AND THEN MOVED THE VEHICLE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT. DEFENDANT BILLUPS HAD THEN UNLOADED THE TWO ITEMS FROM THEIR VEHICLE, INTO ANOTHER SHOPPING CART, AND THEN ENTERED THE WAL-MART AGAIN. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD THEN PROCEEDED TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK, AND BROUGHT THE TWO UNPAID ITEMS TO THE COUNTER TO RETURN. DEFENDANT BILLUPS ADVISED THAT HE RECEIVED A GIFT CARD VALUED AT $221.42 FOR THE RETURN OF THE MERCHANDISE. HE STATED THAT LATER THAT SAME DAY, HE SOLD THE CARD TO HIS MOTHER FOR CASH. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE THEN RESPONDED TO THE INVERNESS WAL-MART A FEW DAYS LATER, TO REVIEW THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. HE ADVISED THAT UPON DOING SO, HE LOCATED DEFENDANT SMITH AS SHE SELECTED THE TWO ITEMS ON 102012, AND OBSERVED HER AS SHE EXITED THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR EITHER. AT THAT POINT, THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE COMPLAINANT THEN SHOWED THIS DEPUTY THE FOOTAGE OF THE WAL-MART SURVEILLANCE SECURITY CAMERAS. I OBSERVED DEFENDANT SMITH TO SELECT A TENT AND GUN SCABBARD, PLACE IT INTO A SHOPPING CART, AND EXIT THE STORE, HAVING PASSED ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR EITHER PIECE OF MERCHANDISE. AFTER DEFENDANT SMITH EXITED THE STORE, I OBSERVED HER TO MEET WITH DEFENDANT BILLUPS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE TWO BOTH THEN LOADED THE ITEMS INTO THEIR VEHICLE, AND MOVED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. DEFENDANT BILLUPS THEN UNLOADED THE MERCHANDISE, PLACED IT INTO ANOTHER SHOPPING CART, AND ENTERED THE STORE WITH THE UNPAID MERCHANDISE, REACHING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DESK. DEFENDANT BILLUPS THEN RETURNED THE MERCHANDISE AND RECEIVED A STORE GIFT CARD. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS DEPUTY WITH A HARD DVD COPY OF THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THIS INCIDENT. I COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT, WHICH WAS SIGNED, AND A COPY PROVIDED TO THE COMPLAINANT. I COLLECTED THE DVD, AND LATER TURNED IT IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO PROVIDED THIS DEPUTY WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT DETAILING HIS OBSERVATIONS. HE ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FOR THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS WHICH DEFENDANT BILLUPS HAD RETURNED FOR THE STORE GIFT CARD. THIS RECEIPT HAD DEFENDANT BILLUPS’ SIGNATURE AND DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER WRITTEN ON IT. THE COMPLAINANT WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD, BEARING MY NAME, IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THIS CASE NUMBER, AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION. I THEN RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE, AND CONDUCTED A D.A.V.I.D. QUERY FOR DEFENDANT BILLUPS’ INFORMATION. HIS ADDRESS WAS LISTED AS 2170 WEST DORAL COURT, CITRUS SPRINGS. DEPUTY WILSON (0707) THEN RESPONDED TO THIS LOCATION, AND MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT BILLUPS’ MOTHER. SHE ADVISED THAT HER SON WAS NOT AT HER RESIDENCE, AND THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT DEFENDANT BILLUPS AND DEFENDANT SMITH WERE AT 2991 EAST BRIGADOON COURT, INVERNESS, WHICH IS DEFENDANT BILLUPS’ GRANDMOTHER’S RESIDENCE. DEPUTY WILSON AND I THEN RESPONDED TO THE 2991 EAST BRIGADOON COURT ADDRESS, AND MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH DEFENDANTS. AFTER INTRODUCING MYSELF, I READ BOTH DEFENDANTS THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA A PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD. I ASKED BOTH OF THE DEFENDANTS IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS, AND WHETHER THEY WISHED TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. BOTH DEFENDANTS ADVISED THAT THEY DID UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS, AND WISHED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH MYSELF AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT BILLUPS ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT THE TWO HAD NEEDED THE MONEY, AND THAT THINGS HAD BEEN HARD FOR THEM LATELY. HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS ON PROBATION, FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A METAL RECYCLING FACILITY. DEFENDANT SMITH THEN ADVISED THIS DEPUTY OF HER ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT. HER ACCOUNT CORROBORATED WITH DEFENDANT BILLUPS’. I THEN ADVISED DEFENDANT SMITH THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. DEFENDANT BILLUPS WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND THEIR BACKS, AND SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS AND CONTRABAND. THEY WERE THEN SECURED IN THE REAR OF I AND DEPUTY WILSON’S PATROL VEHICLES, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THEY WERE RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROFESSING. DEFENDANT SMITH WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT. HER BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT BILLUPS WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE EMERGENCY ACTION CENTER, VIA TELEPHONE NUMBER (850) 922-6867. I MADE CONTACT WITH OPERATOR GORE, WHO CONFIRMED THAT DEFENDANT BILLUPS WAS ON PROBATION, AND THAT HIS STIPULATIONS INCLUDED THAT HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO COMMIT ANY NEW LAW VIOLATIONS. DEFENDANT BILLUPS WAS THEN CHARGED ADDITIONALLY WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY VIOLATION OF PROBATION. HIS BOND WAS SET AT , PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
