| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TABB, LYNN 0418 (AR08101970) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, KMART STORE, TO WIT: COSMETICS, BY CARRYING AWAY SAID MERCHANDISE WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015. ON 022908 AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE KMART STORE IN THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL LOCATED AT 1801 NORTHWEST U S HIGHWAY 19 IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS, WITNESS ONE AND WITNESS TWO. WITNESS ONE STATED THEY HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS KIMBERLY HARGIS, ENTER THE COSMETIC AREA OF THE STORE AND SELECT VARIOUS COSMETICS FROM THE DISPLAYS. WITNESS ONE STATED SHE FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT TO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT REMOVE THE COSMETIC ITEMS FROM THEIR WRAPPERS AND CONCEAL THEM IN HER PURSE. WITNESS ONE STATED SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT IN THE DOMESTICS AISLE OF THE STORE. WITNESS ONE STATED THE DEFENDANT TOOK A CANDLE OFF OF ONE OF THE DISPLAYS, THEN PROCEED TO CASH REGISTER NUMBER ONE. WITNESS ONE STATED THE DEFENDANT PURCHASED THE CANDLE BUT DID NOT PAY FOR THE CONCEALED COSMETICS. WITNESS ONE STATED SHE AND WITNESS TWO MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE STORE. SHE STATED THEY IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AND THE DEFENDANT COOPERATED AND RETURNED TO THE STORE. ONCE IN THE BACK OFFICE, THE DEFENDANT REMOVED THE STOLEN COSMETIC ITEMS FROM HER PURSE. I SPOKE WITH WITNESS TWO WHO CORROBORATED THE STATEMENTS MADE BY WITNESS ONE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO STATED THAT SHE DID PURCHASE THE CANDLE BUT HAD CONCEALED THE COSMETICS IN HER PURSE AND LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE WAS MEETING HER HUSBAND AT THE MALL AND HAD TAKEN THE ITEMS TO LOOK GOOD FOR HIM AT DINNER. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE HAD ONE HUNDRED ONE DOLLARS ($101.00) IN CASH IN HER PURSE. I IMPOUNDED THE STOLEN ITEMS WHICH WERE AN IMAGE ESSENTIAL BRUSH VALUED AT $3.79, AN H I P EYE SHADOW CASE VALUED AT $7.00, A RIMMEL LIP LINER VALUED AT $5.29, AND A MAYBELLINE LIP GLOSS VALUED AT $7.79. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS STOLEN WAS $23.77. I TOOK WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM BOTH WITNESS ONE AND WITNESS TWO. I RETURNED THE STOLEN ITEMS TO WITNESS ONE. WITNESS ONE STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN THE STORE AND THAT ALL OF THEIR CASES WERE BASED ON VISUAL OBSERVATION. I ISSUED WITNESS ONE AN AGENCY CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
