| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BEETOW, CHARLES 0295 (AR13-7936) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WALMART, TO WIT: REMOVED TWO DVDS FROM THE PACKAGING AND CONCEALED THE TWO DISCS IN HER PURSE , SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $31.72, 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 STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) and 812.014(3)(a). ON 110813, AT APPROXIMATELY 2017 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WALMART SUPER CENTER IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT/LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA. HE ADVISED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING FLOOR SURVEILLANCE HE OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE WHO WAS ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY. WHILE KEEPING HER UNDER WATCH, HE OBSERVED THE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS JULIA ANN DUKE, SELECT TWO DVDS FROM THE ELECTRONICS AREA AND WALK AROUND THE STORE. AT ONE POINT, THE DEFENDANT USED A PAIR OF SCISSORS TO CUT OPEN THE DVD CASES, WHERE SHE REMOVED THE DVDS FROM WITHIN AND CONCEALED THE DISCS IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO WALK THROUGH THE STORE AND TO THE CASH REGISTER. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT PAID FOR ONLY THE ITEMS SHE HAD WITHIN THE SHOPPING CART. AT NO TIME DID THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE DVDS THAT WERE PLACED IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT THEN PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE AND PASSED THE ANTI-SHOPLIFTING WARNING, DEVICE WHERE SHE HEADED TOWARDS THE FRONT DOOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN DETAINED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND BROUGHT INTO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. THE COMPLAINANT FILLED OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT WAS COLLECTED AND WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. A DVD ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE RECEIPT WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO THIS DEPUTY. I OBSERVED THE INCIDENT OCCURRENCE ON THE CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED, WHICH SHOWS THE DEFENDANT PLACING THE DVDS INTO HER PURSE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST. I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPARED TEXT AND SHE WAS ASKED WHY SHE TOOK THE ITEMS, WHERE SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE WAS EVER ARRESTED BEFORE FOR RETAIL THEFT, TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR RETAIL THEFT FROM THE SAME WALMART APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS AGO. BEFORE LEAVING THE STORE SHE WAS ADVISED THAT she WAS BEING TRESPASSED, WHERE SHE STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD FULLY. AT THIS TIME, the DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. NO PREVIOUS CRIMINAL RECORD SHOWED ON HER CRIMINAL HISTORY INDICATING ANY KIND OF THEFT. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS STOLEN WAS $31.72. WALMART WAS UNABLE TO SALE THE ITEMS DUE TO THE DAMAGED PACKAGING. |
