| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RAMOS, ROBALDO 0515 (AR16-21077) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: 93 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TO INCLUDE PLANTS, CLOTHING, FOOD, CLEANING SUPPLIES, AND DOG CLOTHING (TOTALING $478.83), 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 MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). 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: FOUR SYRINGES AND ONE CAP CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 092316, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, VIA TELEPHONE, WHO ADVISED THERE WAS A WHITE FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS JESSICA CADETT, AT THE SELF CHECKOUT LANE PLACING ITEMS FROM HER SHOPPING CART DIRECTLY INTO BAGS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS SCANNING SOME ITEMS, BUT BYPASSING OTHER ITEMS RIGHT INTO THE BAGS. I ARRIVED ON SCENE A SHORT TIME LATER. THE DEFENDANT THEN PLACED ALL OF THE BAGS INTO HER SHOPPING CART AND PROCEEDED TO THE HOME/PHARMACY ENTRANCE. ONCE THE DEFENDANT GOT IN FRONT OF THE EYE DOCTOR, SHE GRABBED TWO OF THE BAGS AND EXITED THE STORE, LEAVING THE SHOPPING CART BEHIND. AS I WAITED OUTSIDE BY THE HOME/ PHARMACY ENTRANCE, I WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT WALK OUT OF THE STORE AND GO TO HER VEHICLE WITH TWO BAGS. THE DEFENDANT THEN DROVE HER VEHICLE TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME/ PHARMACY ENTRANCE. SHE PARKED IN THE FIRE LANE, EXITED HER VEHICLE AND RE-ENTERED THE STORE, AT WHICH TIME SHE GRABBED THE SHOPPING CART AND EXITED THE STORE MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS SHE HAD IN THE SHOPPING CART. AT THAT TIME, MR COMPOSTELLA STOPPED THE DEFENDANT AND ESCORTED HER BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE WOULD SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE ARRIVED AT WALMART EARLY THIS MORNING. SHE STATED SHE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF AND SHE HAS NOT SLEPT IN A FEW DAYS. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHILE SHE WAS CHECKING OUT SHE MUST HAVE BLACKED OUT BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER TAKING THE ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT DEPRESSION WOULD DO THAT TO HER. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SHOPPING CART TO DETERMINE WHICH ITEMS THE DEFENDANT PAID FOR, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 93 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS TOTALING $478.83 THAT THE DEFENDANT DID NOT PAY FOR. ALL ITEMS WERE RETURNED TO WALMART. THE DEFENDANT WAS ESCORTED TO THE RESTROOM BY DEPUTY EICHHORN (1365), WHO ADVISED THAT SHE FOUND FOUR SYRINGES AND ONE CAP CONTAINING A WHITE RESIDUE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE IS A METHAMPHETAMINE USER AND THE RESIDUE IN THE CAP WAS METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO STATE THAT SHE LIED TO THE JUDGE ONCE AND SHE WOULD DO IT AGAIN; STATING THAT SHE WOULD PLEAD INSANITY TO GET OFF OF THESE CHARGES. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY RETAIL THEFT $300.00 OR MORE ($2,000.00 BOND) AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ($1,000.00 BOND). THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
