| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICHEY, JONATHAN 0678 (AR09111599) 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, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF STEALING MERCHANDISE AND RETURNING IT TO GAIN MONEY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 817.034(4)(A)(3). IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION OR TO DISPLAY ANY BLANK, FORGED, STOLEN, FICTITIOUS, COUNTERFEIT, OR UNLAWFULLY ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD OR ANY INSTRUMENT IN THE SIMILITUDE OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD UNLESS POSSESSION BY SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.212(1)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: ALPRAZOLAM, ONE MILLIGRAM TIMES ELEVEN TABLETS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 102409 AT 1927 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO WAL-MART IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT IN PROGRESS. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I made CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WHO ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD TWO SUBJECTS IN CUSTODY AND BELIEVED THAT ONE SUBJECT WAS TRYING TO GET THE OTHER TO RETURN SOME STOLEN MERCHANDISE. AT THAT TIME, THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER STATED TO ME THAT ON 102309 AT 2341 HOURS HE NOTICED THE DEFENDANT LOOKING AROUND SUSPICIOUSLY IN THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT. AT THAT TIME, HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT SELECT SOME VIDEO GAMES AND THEN CONCEAL THEM IN A WAL-MART BAG. HE THEN WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT SELECT "DVDS" AND PROCEED TO THE AUTOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE SELECTED A XM SATELLITE RADIO AND CONCEALED THOSE ITEMS IN A GREEN PURSE. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT PROCEEDED TO THE DELI AREA WHERE SHE SELECTED A LOAF OF BREAD AND THEN PROCEEDED TO the CASH REGISTER AND PAID FOR THE LOAF OF BREAD. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GM ENTRANCE WHICH WAS LOCKED. AT THAT TIME, HE STATED SHE UNLOCKED THE DOOR AND FLED FROM THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE CONCEALED MERCHANDISE. HE STATED ON 102409 AT 1915 HOURS HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT RETURN TO THE STORE AND PROCEED TO THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT. HE STATED AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT SELECTED A PC SOFT WAVE, AND A WII GAME CONCEALING THOSE ITEMS INTO A WAL-MART BAG. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN SELECTED A TELEPHONE AND CONCEALED THAT ITEM IN HER PURSE. AT THAT TIME, SHE PROCEEDED TO ALL POINTS OF SALE AND WAS APPREHENDED BY THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. I THEN HAD THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. AT THAT TIME, I made CONTACT WITH MS WILLIAMSON WHERE SHE WAS ADVISED OF HER RIGHTS VIA MIRANDA CARD AND SAID SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO TALK TO ME. SHE ADVISED ME THAT SHE WAS IN THE BABY SECTION OF WAL-MART WHEN THE DEFENDANT ENGAGED HER IN CONVERSATION ABOUT HER CHILDREN. SHE STATED AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT ASKED HER TO RETURN SOME ITEMS IN HER BUGGY. SHE STATED THE ITEMS APPEARED TO BE "DVDS" AND SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A CALCULATOR. SHE STATED THAT THERE WAS A CELLULAR TELEPHONE LOCATED IN THE BUGGY BUT NOT IN HER PURSE. SHE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT TOLD HER THAT THEY WOULD NOT RETURN THE ITEMS DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S IDENTIFICATION NOT BEING VALID. THE DEFENDANT THEN ASKED MS WILLIAMSON TO RETURN THE ELECTRONIC ITEMS AND SHE WOULD PAY HER $20. AT THAT TIME, MS WILLIAMSON SENT HER DAUGHTER BAILEE TO THE GREETING AREA TO RECEIVE STICKERS FOR THE BAG WHICH THE MERCHANDISE WAS IN. SHE STATED THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A RECEIPT JUST TO GET IT ON A WAL-MART CARD AND THAT SHE WOULD BE WAITING FOR HER IN THE PET SUPPLY SECTION. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO HER THAT SHE COULD NOT GO TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER BECAUSE SHE HAD SOMEONE IN ELECTRONICS HELPING HER AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO HER THAT SHE GOT NEW STICKERS ON THE WAL-MART BAG. MS WILLIAMSON THEN ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THE ITEMS WITHOUT A RECEIPT FOR STORE CREDIT WHEN SHE WAS APPREHENDED BY LOSS PREVENTION. MS WILLIAMSON THEN COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHERE SHE WAS ADVISED OF HER RIGHTS VIA MIRANDA CARD WHERE SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD BEEN STEALING FROM WAL-MART IN OCALA OFF HIGHWAY 200 FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH. SHE STATED THE ONLY THING SHE COULD REMEMBER TAKING FROM THAT WAL-MART WAS A BOOK APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO ON A SATURDAY. SHE STATED THAT ON 102409 AT APPROXIMATELY 0000 HOURS SHE PROCEEDED TO WAL-MART IN INVERNESS WHERE SHE STOLE TWO MOVIES, A GAME, AND A SATELLITE RADIO. SHE STATED SHE THEN RETURNED THE SATELLITE RADIO TO THE CUSTOMER CARE WHERE SHE RECEIVED A GIFT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $106. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH HER GREEN PURSE AND SHE GRANTED CONSENT AT THIS TIME. UPON THE CANVASS OF THE DEFENDANT'S PURSE, I LOCATED THE FOLLOWING: A PINK DOG COLLAR, A HOT SILVER STERLING SILVER ANKLET, A PACKAGE OF HOT SILVER BODY JEWELRY EARRINGS, A DVD "BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE", ANOTHER DVD "THE HAUNTED AIRMAN", AND ONE XBOX 360 GAME "THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES". AT THAT TIME, THOSE ITEMS WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THAT STORE. I THEN LOCATED IN HER PURSE HER IDENTIFICATION CARD WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE ALTERED NUMBERS. AT THAT TIME, I QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THE ALTERATION OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SHE ADMITTED TO ALTERING IT. I ALSO LOCATED IN HER PURSE A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE BELONGING TO A SANDRA CLARK IN WHICH THE PICTURE WAS SCRATCHED SO THAT YOU COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PHOTOGRAPH. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THIS IDENTIFICATION, SHE STATED SHE FOUND IT. I ALSO LOCATED A WAL-MART STORE CARD WHERE IT WAS RUN THROUGH THE REGISTER AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE TRANSACTIONS RANGING FROM 100109 TO 100309 IN THE AMOUNT OF $92.52. ALSO LOCATED IN THE PURSE, I FOUND TWO H&R BLOCK CLIENT CARDS WITHOUT NAMES ALONG WITH A MASTERCARD BEARING 5438570042563521 BELONGING TO A BASS C ROBERT III. I THEN QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THESE CARDS AND SHE STATED THEY BELONGED TO A FRIEND. I ALSO LOCATED A BLACK MAGNET. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT AND SHE STATED TO ME THE MAGNET IS IN HER PURSE TO KEEP THE ALARM FROM GOING OFF WHEN SHE STEALS MERCHANDISE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME THAT SHE DID IN FACT APPROACH MS WILLIAMSON WITHIN THE STORE AND ASKED HER TO RETURN SOME ITEMS FOR HER. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT MS WILLIAMSON WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER AND SHE WAS NOT PART OF HER SCHEME. SHE STATED THAT MS WILLIAMSON'S ACTIONS WERE NOT PREARRANGED AND THAT THE DEFENDANT PROPOSITIONED HER. SHE ALSO STATED THAT ON 102309 SHE HAD GIVEN A TEENAGER OUTSIDE OF WAL-MART A MOVIE THAT SHE HAD STOLEN FOR HIM TO RETURN. SHE STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW HIS NAME AND THAT HE DID NOT RETURN TO HER ANY MONEY OR THE MOVIE. SHE STATED THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS BIG SCHEME INCLUDING A LOT OF TEENAGERS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. BOTH MS WILLIAMSON AND THE DEFENDANT WERE TRESPASSED FROM WAL-MART. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. AT THAT TIME, I COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT FOR THE ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO WAL-MART THAT WERE IN HER PURSE AND THEY WERE TURNED OVER TO STAFF. I THEN COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT FOR THE OTHER ITEMS INCLUDING THE PURSE THAT WAS THE DEFENDANT'S. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A COPY OF THAT PROPERTY RECEIPT. I THEN COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT FOR THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR THE TWO WAL-MART GIFT CARDS WHICH WERE OBTAINED BY THE DEFENDANT AND SIX TRANSACTION RECEIPTS FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: ON 102409, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE DEFENDANT DID IN FACT TAKE 12 ITEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $619.60; ONE OF THOSE ITEMS BEING THE XM SATELLITE RADIO WHICH SHE RETURNED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AT A LATER TIME THAT DAY. DURING HER SECOND VISIT TO WAL-MART ON 102409, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT SHE TOOK 13 ITEMS TOTALING $393.65. AT THAT TIME, A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS GIVEN TO LOSS PREVENTION. LOSS PREVENTION STATED THAT THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TAPE WOULD BE PROVIDED WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT BECAME VERY COMBATIVE WHEN I TRIED TO EXIT THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WITH HER HANDCUFFED. SHE BEGAN TO TRY TO KICK ME. SHE KEPT STATING THAT HER HANDCUFFS WERE TOO TIGHT. WHEN I CHECKED HER HANDCUFFS, THEY WERE NOT TIGHT. SHE KEPT SCREAMING AND TRYING TO KICK ME. AT THAT TIME, WE EXITED WAL-MART WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO RESIST ME UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO SECURE HER IN MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE SUBJECT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEPUTY RODRIGUEZ RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND CONDUCTED A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT MADE SEVERAL COMMENTS TO THE EFFECT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE SHERIFF BECAUSE I HAD TOUCHED HER INAPPROPRIATELY AND HAD PROPOSITIONED HER TO GIVE ME A BLOW JOB. AT THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS BANGING HER HEAD AGAINST MY PATROL VEHICLE'S DOOR. UPON THE DEFENDANT'S ENTRY INTO THE DETENTION FACILITY, SHE WAS SEARCHED BY OFFICER STEVENS WHO LOCATED A SET OF KEYS IN HER LEFT PANT'S POCKET CONTAINING A FLASK CONTAINING 11 TABLETS OF ALPRAZOLAM, 1 MILLIGRAM. OFFICER STEVENS COMPLETED A WRITTEN STATEMENT. AT THAT TIME, I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO THE NARCOTICS FOUND IN HER POSSESSION. SHE STATED SHE HAD THEM FOR AWHILE AND SHE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM, HOWEVER, SHE BOUGHT THEM FROM A FRIEND. THE DEFENDANT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING: ONE COUNT OF SCHEME TO DEFRAUD; ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF AN ALTERED DRIVER'S LICENSE; AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
