| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (AR11121610) THE DEFENDANT DID KNOWINGLY COMMIT A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD LESS THAN $20,000.00, 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 070611 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3184 FRANKLIN TERRACE IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM MR IRVIN MARKLEY, WHO WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE SUSPECT MS LORETTA HESS. I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THERE WAS A PENDING CASE IN REFERENCE TO SCHEME TO DEFRAUD WITH THE MAIN SUSPECT BEING LORETTA HESS AND THE VICTIM BEING MR IRVIN MARKLEY. AT THAT TIME, I DID ASK MS LORETTA HESS TO STEP OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE SO THAT I COULD TALK TO HER. MS HESS WAS READ MIRANDA VIA AN AGENCY MIRANDA CARD AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I QUESTIONED MS HESS ABOUT NUMEROUS CHECKS THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM MR MARKLEY AND HAD BEEN WRITTEN TO WAL-MART FOR MERCHANDISE. MS HESS STATED THAT SHE DID WRITE APPROXIMATELY FOUR CHECKS TO WAL-MART, BUT ON TWO OF THE OCCASIONS MS HESS INFORMED ME THAT MR MARKLEY HAD BEEN WITH HER. I THEN CONTACTED THE BANK OF INVERNESS FRAUD DEPARTMENT, WHO PROVIDED ME WITH INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 CHECKS WRITTEN TO WAL-MART FROM 020111 ALL THE WAY TO 061711. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE CHECKS THAT WERE WRITTEN TOTALED $11,997.49. THE BRANNEN BANK'S FRAUD DEPARTMENT DID REIMBURSE MR MARKLEY, WHICH TOTALED $7,274.54. THIS AMOUNT THE BANK HAD ALREADY PROVEN WAS WRITTEN TO WAL-MART WITHOUT MR MARKLEY'S SIGNATURE. THE SIGNATURES ON THE CHECKS WERE ALL FRAUD ACCORDING TO THEIR FRAUD DEPARTMENT. ON 062611, I CONDUCTED A FOLLOW-UP IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE WHERE I RESPONDED TO WAL-MART IN REFERENCE TO MS LORETTA HESS ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE CHILDREN'S TOYS USING ONE OF MR MARKLEY'S CHECKS, BUT WHEN THE CLERK HAD QUESTIONED HER MS HESS GRABBED THE CHECK AND FLED THE STORE. THIS TRANSACTION, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER TRANSACTIONS REGARDING MS HESS PURCHASING MERCHANDISE, WAS CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS. THE LOST PREVENTION OFFICER, MR WILLIAMS, DID BURN THESE TO DVD'S. THESE DVD'S WILL BE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. WITH THIS INFORMATION I DID PLACE THE SUSPECT, MS LORETTA HESS UNDER ARREST FOR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE JAIL, I DID STOP BY THE BANK OF INVERNESS AND PICKED UP AN ACCOUNT SUMMARY OF MR MARKLEY'S CHECKING ACCOUNT AND ALL THE CHECKS THAT WERE WRITTEN TO WAL-MART. WHILE AT THE BANK, THE BANK ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN $7,100.00 WITHDRAWN FROM MR MARKLEY'S ACCOUNT, WHICH AS WRITTEN TO CASH. MR MARKLEY ONLY RECALLED RECEIVING $1,100.00 IN CASH FROM THE BANK WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. "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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
