| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEAKS, DANIEL 0553 (AR08106669) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL MART SUPER CENTER, TO WIT: BY 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 MORE THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $20,000.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(2)(c)(1). ON 121208, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WAL MART SUPER CENTER, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER WHO HAD ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE SCENE. JUST PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, DEPUTY BRIGGS HAD DETAINED THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS THEN IDENTIFIED AS MR JONATHAN RAFANIELLO, NEAR THE MURPHY GAS STATION AND EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WAL MART LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WHO ADVISED HE HAD OBSERVED THE SUSPECT SHOPPING IN WAL MART WHERE HE PUT ONE ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH VALUED AT $99.97, ONE ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH VALUED AT $129.88, A SET OF POWER TOOLS VALUED AT $164.88, AND A 32" LCD HD TELEVISION SET VALUED AT $498.00, IN HIS SHOPPING CART. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED HE WATCHED THE SUSPECT WALK TOWARDS THE FRONT of the store near the exit, AND IT APPEARED THE SUSPECT WAS WAITING FOR A LARGE GROUP OF OTHER SHOPPERS TO EXIT THE STORE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BLEND IN WITH THEM. WHEN THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO EXIT INTO THE VESTIBULE OF THE STORE, THE ALARM WENT OFF, AT WHICH TIME, LOSS PREVENTION MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT AND ASKED HIM FOR A RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS IN HIS SHOPPING CART. THE SUSPECT THEN REACHED IN HIS POCKET AND PULLED OUT A WAL MART RECEIPT WHICH WAS DATED 121108, AT 2023 HOURS, IN THE AMOUNT OF $42.57, WHICH WAS CLEARLY NOT THE RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS IN THE SUSPECT'S SHOPPING CART. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT THEN WALKED AWAY FROM HIM AND THE CART TOWARDS THE FRONT EXIT OF THE STORE AND DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE LOSS PREVENTION'S INSTRUCTIONS TO STAY (SEE SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS). A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED WHICH WILL ALSO BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THEY WOULD PROVIDE A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, WHICH WILL BE PLACED IN EVIDENCE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR JONATHAN RAFANIELLO, AND ADVISED HIM OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA PREPRINTED CARD. MR RAFANIELLO ADVISED HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND HE WOULD SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. MR RAFANIELLO ADVISED HE WAS PUSHING THE CART AND WAS TALKING ON THE TELEPHONE AND INADVERTENTLY WALKED OUT OF THE STORE, AT WHICH TIME, HE WAS STOPPED BY STORE SECURITY BECAUSE THE ALARM SOUNDED. WHEN SECURITY ASKED HIM FOR A RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS IN HIS CART, HE REACHED IN HIS POCKET AND PULLED OUT A WAL MART RECEIPT FROM THE DAY BEFORE. HE STATED HE GOT SCARED AND WALKED AWAY FROM SECURITY AND THE CART AND THEN WALKED OUTSIDE TOWARDS WENDY'S. MR RAFANIELLO STATED HE THEN STARTED WALKING TOWARDS MURPHY GAS STATION, AT WHICH TIME, DEPUTY BRIGGS MADE CONTACT WITH HIM. I ASKED MR RAFANIELLO HOW HE HAD GOTTEN TO WAL MART AND IF HE HAD A RIDE, AND HE STATED HE HAD CALLED a friend WHO HAD BROUGHT HIM AND TOLD THAT friend TO LEAVE BECAUSE A PERSON whom HE THOUGHT WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF WAL MART TOLD HIM HE HAD TO WAIT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS, AND HE STATED HE DID AND PRODUCED WHAT APPEARED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $250.00 WORTH OF GIFT CARDS. HE STATED HE ALSO HAD A CREDIT CARD. MR RAFANIELLO WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND DUE TO HIS PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS, HE WAS HANDCUFFED IN FRONT OF HIS PERSON (DOUBLE LOCKED). HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING, WITH BOND SET AT $2,000.00. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
