| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RAMOS, ROBALDO 0515 (AR16-21035) (16-129526) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: ONE PACKAGE OF PAMPERS DIAPERS, 12 CONTAINERS OF GERBER BABY FOOD AND ONE SONY DVD PLAYER, 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 LESS THAN $100.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 092016, I RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA. HE ADVISED HE HAD A FEMALE THAT WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE SAME FEMALE IN THE STORE ON AN EARLIER DATE TAKING ITEMS. HE ADVISED SHE WAS PLACING ITEMS IN HER SHOPPING CART AS WE SPOKE AND THAT SHE WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE GARDEN SECTION. AT THAT TIME, I CONTACTED DETECTIVE GREATREX. AS I WAS EN ROUTE TO WAL-MART, I ADVISED DISPATCH THAT WAL-MART HAD A SHOPLIFTING IN PROGRESS. AS I WAS GETTING CLOSER, MR COMPOSTELLA ADVISED SHE HAD STOPPED IN THE GARDEN SECTION AND STARTED TO LOOK AROUND, AT WHICH TIME I PARKED BEHIND THE GARDEN SECTION. MR COMPOSTELLA THEN ADVISED SHE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE GARDEN SECTION. AS I PULLED UP TO THE EXIT, THE DEFENDANT EXITED AND TURNED RIGHT IN TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME I EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE AND DETAINED HER IN HANDCUFFS. MR COMPOSTELLA WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE ALL THE ITEMS FROM THE SHOPPING CART. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED HER IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND DROVE THE WEST ENTRANCE DOOR AND THEN ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. ONCE INSIDE THE OFFICE, I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, AT WHICH TIME SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD AND WAS WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME. I ASKED HER WHAT WAS HER PURPOSE FOR COMING TO WAL-MART TODAY. SHE STATED âTO DO DUMB THINGSâ. I ASKED HER LIKE WHAT AND SHE ADVISED âTO TAKE STUFFâ. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD A CHILD DUE TO THE ITEMS THAT SHE TOOK, AT WHICH TIME SHE SAID YES THE CHILD WAS AT HER MOTHERâS HOUSE. I THEN QUESTIONED HER IN REGARDS TO THE TELEVISIONS SHE HAD TAKEN ON 091616 (SEE CASE NUMBER 16-127496), AT WHICH TIME SHE REMEMBERED TAKING THEM BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE DID WITH THEM. I QUESTIONED HER ALSO IN REFERENCE TO TAKING A SET OF MECHANIC TOOLS, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE REMEMBERS THEM BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE DID WITH THEM. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DETECTIVE GREATREX RESPONDED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY, AT WHICH TIME HE INTERVIEWED HER AND SHE CONFESSED TO ALL THE CHARGES. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
