| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CASOLA, JOSEPH 0314 (AR11123095) BLOTZ, GEOFFREY 0752 DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL ITEMS, 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 MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). ON 100911, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTING AT WAL-MART. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY POLLARD WHO HAD ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH AND READ THE SUSPECT MIRANDA VIA CARD. THE FEMALE SUSPECT STATED VERBALLY AS WELL AS IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SHE PURCHASED TWO SODA BOTTLES AND LEFT THE STORE WITH MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE FOUND BAGGED BY THE SUSPECT. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH WAL-MART LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR DALE WILLIAMS, WHO STATED AND PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT REGARDING THE SUSPECT AND THE RETAIL THEFT THAT HAD OCCURRED. MR WILLIAMS STATED THAT ON 100911 HE OBSERVED THE FEMALE SUSPECT VIA FLOOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS RANDOMLY SELECTING MERCHANDISE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND PLACING THE ITEMS IN HER SHOPPING CART. THE FEMALE SUSPECT PROCEEDED TO THE PET DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO EMPTY A LARGE QUANTITY OF WAL-MART BAGS FROM HER PURSE AND BEGAN CONCEALING THE ITEMS FROM THE SHOPPING CART INTO THE BAGS. THE FEMALE SUSPECT PROCEEDED TO THE GARDEN CENTER WHERE SHE PURCHASED TWO 20 OUNCE DRINKS AND COSTUME EYELASHES AND MADE NO ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE PREVIOUSLY CONCEALED IN THE WAL-MART BAGS CONCEALED IN HER CART IN THE AMOUNT OF $323.16. THE FEMALE SUSPECT PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE AND AT THAT TIME LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR DALE WILLIAMS, DETAINED THE SUSPECT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY POLLARD. AT THAT TIME, THE SUSPECT, MS KRYSTLE CULBERTSON, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT, AND TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
