| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (2012-1039AR) THE DEFENDANT DID KNOWINGLY COMMIT A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD, IN WHICH SHE CONDUCTED A SYSTEMATIC, ONGOING COURSE OF CONDUCT WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD ONE OR MORE PERSONS, OR WITH INTENT TO OBTAIN PROPERTY FROM ONE OR MORE PERSONS BY FALSE OR FRAUDULENT PRETENSES, REPRESENTATIONS OR PROMISES OR WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATIONS OF A FUTURE ACT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 817.034(4)(A)(3). ON 050512, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, MS JULIE SMITH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST MAIN STREET AND HWY 41 NORTH. I IMMEDIATELY READ JULIE HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PRE PRINTED CARD. AT WHICH TIME, JULIE AGREED TO TALK TO ME WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF HER LAWYER. JULIE INFORMED ME THAT ON 050112 SHE ACCOMPANIED THE VICTIM, MS LORETTA SCHROEDER, TO THE LOWEâS DEPARTMENT STORE IN INVERNESS. WHILE AT LOWEâS THEY MADE A PURCHASE and MS SMITH STATED THAT MS SCHROEDER MADE HER SWIPE THE CARD and ENTER the âPINâ NUMBER. MS SMITH STATED INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE CARD BACK IN MS SCHROEDERâS PURSE SHE PUT IT IN HER LEFT, REAR POCKET. AT THAT TIME, THEY WENT BACK TO the RESIDENCE AND MS SMITH LEFT with HER BOYFRIEND. SHE INFORMED ME SHE WANTED TO GO TO THE FLORIDA HOTEL TO SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND WHILE AT the HOTEL SHE MET A BLACK MALE WHO WAS SELLING CRACK COCAINE. SHE MADE FRIENDS WITH THE BLACK MALE AND OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS THE BLACK MALE WOULD PICK HER UP AT THE FLORIDA MOTEL AND SHE would GO AROUND TO A VARIETY OF ATMâS AND WITHDRAWN $100 TO $200 INCREMENTS FROM MS SCHRODERâS DEBIT CARD. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ATM WITHDRAWALS WAS 18 AT 18 SEPARATE ATM LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT CITRUS COUNTY. THE VALUE OF THE MONEY WITHDRAWN WAS APPROXIMATELY $3,800.00. MS SMITH INFORMED ME SHE DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE CARD FROM MS SCHROEDER, BUT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN DRUG USE and ALCOHOL USE and COULD NOT STOP. MS SMITH DID PROVIDE ME WITH A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT. MS SMITH WAS ARRESTED FOR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED IN FRONT DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION and TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS LORETTA SCHRODER, WHO DID PROVIDE ME WITH A COPY OF HER BANK STATEMENTS SHOWING the 18 DIFFERENT ATM WITHDRAWALS, AS WELL AS 18 DIFFERENT $2.00 TO $3.00 SUR CHARGES FOR EACH TRANSACTION. WHILE AT the INTERSECTION I DID ASK THE DEFENDANT FOR THE DEBIT CARD, AT which TIME HER BOYFRIEND, WHO IS THE VICTIMâS SON, REACHED IN TO HIS SHIRT POCKET AND REMOVED A CITIZENS BANK VISA DEBIT CARD WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER OF 4427-8799-0236-9671 AND WITH THE NAME OF LORETTA SCHROEDER IMPRINTED ON THE CARD. THE VICTIMâS SON STATED THAT ONCE HE found HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD HIS MOTHERâS DEBIT CARD HE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT FROM HER AND WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO USE IT. THE BANK PAPERWORK WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS BANK CARD WAS RETURNED TO ITS OWNER. |
