| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR09112429) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART , TO WIT: SHOES, JEWELRY AND FOOD, 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 STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY, while committing or after committing theft of property, resist the reasonable effort of a merchant OR merchant's employee, to recover the property WHICH THE merchant OR merchant's employee had probable cause to believe the individual had concealed or removed from its place of display or elsewhere, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(6). ON 121709, AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN REFER TO LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS AT WAL-MART HAVING SHOPLIFTERS DETAINED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS WHO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT AND JUVENILE CODEFENDANT HAD BEEN WITNESSED SHOPLIFTING VARIOUS ITEMS, AT WHICH TIME BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND CODEFENDANT EXITED WAL-MART PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE. THEY WERE THEN DETAINED BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS. THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS PROVIDED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS ALONG WITH THE STOLEN RECOVERED ITEMS WHICH TOTALED $204.12. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD AT WHICH TIME SHE AGREED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE WAS SORRY FOR STEALING THE ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED FOR RETAIL THEFT AND RESISTING A MERCHANT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $750.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
