| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR13-5195) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS, TO WIT: JEWELRY AND A PAIR OF SUNGLASS 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). ON 041213, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE LOCATED AT 2851 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER HAVING A SHOP LIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR CHAD WHITLER THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE ALONG WITH DEFENDANT ONE MS JULLIAN CRAMER. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT WHILE WALKING THROUGH THE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT HE OBSERVED THREE SUSPICIOUS SUBJECTS AND OBSERVED DEFENDANT ONE TO BE SELECTING JEWELRY FROM A DISPLAY AND PLACING IT IN THE CART. THE COMPLAINANT THEN RETURNED TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND BEGAN FOLLOWING DEFENDANT ONE VIA THE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION. HE FOLLOWED DEFENDANT ONE INTO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT WHILE DEFENDANT TWO, MR CHRISTOPHER HAYES, FOLLOWED. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT TWO STOOD AS LOOKOUT WHILE DEFENDANT ONE PUT THE JEWELRY ITEMS INTO HER ZEBRA STRIPPED PURSE. WHILE DEFENDANT ONE WAS PUTTING THE ITEMS INTO HER PURSE, DEFENDANT TWO SELECTED A BOX OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE HIGH HEELED SHOES AND PLACED THEM IN THE SHOPPING CART IN PLACE OF WHERE THE ITEMS DEFENDANT ONE HAD PUT IN HER PURSE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED BOTH DEFENDANTS THEN LEFT THE SHOPPING CART ALONG WITH THE SHOES IN THE STORE AND PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE TOGETHER AND EXITED THE STORE. THE COMPLAINANT MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT ONE AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ESCORTED HER BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT ONE AT WHICH TIME SHE WAS ADVISED OF HER MIRANDA WARNING. AT WHICH TIME, SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD AND DID WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME. DEFENDANT ONE ADVISED SHE ENTERED THE STORE WITH NO INTENTION OF STEALING AND DID NOT MEAN TO TAKE THE JEWELRY AND SUNGLASSES. DEFENDANT ONE THEN COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. WHILE OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION, THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED ME THAT DEFENDANT TWO WAS STANDING OUT FRONT OF THE BUSINESS THROUGH THE EXTERIOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH DEFENDANT TWO AT WHICH TIME HIS INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AND HE WAS DETAINED AND BROUGHT INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT TWO WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA WARNING AND REQUESTED TO REMAIN SILENT. THE COMPLAINANT THEN PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND A RECEIPT AND PHOTOGRAPH OF ALL THE RECOVERED PROPERTY. HE THEN PROVIDED ME WITH A CD WITH ALL THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE ON IT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. I THEN COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT FOR ALL THE ITEMS WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ISSUED AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND CASE NUMBER. AT THAT TIME, I HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) DEFENDANT ONE BEHIND HER BACK AND PLACED BOTH DEFENDANTS UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. THEY WERE THEN SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANTSâ BOND WERE SET AT $250.00 EACH PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
