| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, LAIRD 0544 (AR08106937) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM BELK, TO-WIT: CLOTHING AND PERFUME OF THE VALUE OF $300.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00, AND THE TOTAL VALUE OF SAID ITEMS BEING $850.57 WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(2)(C)(1); ON 122908 AT 1647 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE BELK'S STORE IN THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH THE COMPLAINANT/STORE MANAGER MR CHARLES W MCSWEENEY III. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE SUSPECT JONATHAN RICARDO SMITH WAS CURRENTLY INSIDE THE STORE AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE THROUGH ALL THREE STORE EXITS, BUT TURNED AROUND EACH TIME WHEN THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM WENT OFF. THE COMPLAINANT DESCRIBED THE SUSPECT AS A WHITE MALE, FIVE FOOT TEN INCHES, BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED AND TWO HUNDRED AND TEN POUNDS, WHITE "WIFE BEATER" TANK SHIRT, SWIM SHORTS AND A DARK COLORED BALL CAP. WHILE ON SCENE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, HE WAS SPEAKING WITH WITNESS TWO, WHO WAS INSIDE THE STORE OBSERVING THE SUSPECT. THE COMPLAINANT STATED WITNESS TWO OBSERVED THE SUSPECT REMOVE SOME OF THE ITEMS WITH SECURITY DEVICES FROM HIS SHOPPING CART AND THEN HEAD TOWARDS THE PERFUME COUNTER. THE COMPLAINANT STATED WITNESS THREE OBSERVED THE SUSPECT PUT TWO BOTTLES OF PERFUME OR COLOGNE IN THE FRONT POCKETS OF HIS SHORTS. DEPUTY ROY WEST ARRIVED AND TOOK UP SURVEILLANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE SOUTH DOORS. DEPUTY JOHN LABELLE ARRIVED AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP SURVEILLANCE ON THE INSIDE DOORS WHEN THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE SUSPECT WAS LEAVING THE STORE THROUGH THE INSIDE DOORS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED AT THAT TIME THAT WITNESS ONE AND WITNESS TWO WERE GOING TO STOP THE SUSPECT. I ENTERED THE STORE THROUGH THE NORTH EXIT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORE AT THE SAME TIME AS DEPUTY WEST. THE SUSPECT WAS PUSHING A SHOPPING CART WITH SOME CLOTHING INSIDE AND WITNESS THREE WAS HOLDING A BOTTLE OF "USHER" PERFUME AND A BOTTLE OF WHITE DIAMONDS PERFUME WHICH SHE HAD RECOVERED FROM THE SUSPECT'S SHORTS. THE SUSPECT WAS DETAINED AND PLACED IN HANDCUFFS. THE SUSPECT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS, INDICATED HE UNDERSTOOD THEM AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH DEPUTY WEST AND MYSELF. THE SUSPECT STATED HE DID TAKE THE ITEMS IN THE CART AND THE PERFUME AND COLOGNE FROM BELK'S WITHOUT PAYING. THE SUSPECT ALSO STATED HE HAD TAKEN THE SHORTS HE WAS WEARING FROM BELK'S WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. AT THIS TIME THE SUSPECT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY WEST'S PATROL VEHICLE. ALL ITEMS, INCLUDING THE SHORTS, WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND RETURNED TO BELK'S (SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT). I NEXT SPOKE WITH WITNESS ONE. WITNESS ONE STATED THAT SHE WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT THE SUSPECT WAS PUSHING A CART FULL OF ITEMS AROUND THE STORE, BUT HAD NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPTS TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. WITNESS ONE STATED SHE OBSERVED THE SUSPECT RETURN SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS WITH SECURITY SENSORS ATTACHED TO A REGISTER IN THE STORE AND THEN LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE OTHER ITEMS IN HIS CART. WITNESS ONE STATED THAT SHE, ALONG WITH WITNESS TWO AND WITNESS THREE, STOPPED THE SUSPECT AND MADE HIM RETURN TO THE STORE. WITNESS ONE PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I NEXT SPOKE WITH WITNESS TWO, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE CALLED THE SECURITY OFFICE IN CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND THEY WERE OBSERVING THE SUSPECT. WITNESS TWO STATED THE SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE THROUGH ALL THREE STORE EXITS, BUT TURNED AROUND EACH TIME THE ALARM SOUNDED. WITNESS TWO STATED THE SUSPECT FINALLY EXITED THE STORE AND ATTEMPTED TO GO THROUGH INTO THE MALL AND SHE STOPPED HIM, ALONG WITH WITNESS ONE AND WITNESS THREE. WITNESS TWO PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I NEXT SPOKE WITH WITNESS THREE, WHO STATED SHE OBSERVED THE SUSPECT TAKE A BOTTLE OF WHITE DIAMONDS AND A BOTTLE OF "USHER" PERFUME AND PUT THEM IN THE POCKETS OF HIS SHORTS. WITNESS THREE ADVISED THE SUSPECT THEN LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING AND SHE STOPPED HIM ALONG WITH WITNESS ONE AND WITNESS TWO. WITNESS THREE PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL ITEMS TAKEN AND ADVISED THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS WAS $857.50. THE LIST AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE COMPLAINANT WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE SUSPECT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER BY DEPUTY WEST FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
