| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLIARD, WILLIAM 1288 (14-8658) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: A STERLING SILVER âPEACEâ BRACELET, 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 $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 010914, AT APPROXIMATELY 1040 HOURS, I ARRIVED TO BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, LOCATED AT 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A DETAINED SHOPLIFTER. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR CHAD WHITLER, WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR BEALLS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS, WHILE WALKING THROUGH THE STORE, HE OBSERVED A FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS MAYBELLE DOUDS, QUICKLY GRAB A BOX CONTAINING A BRACELET FROM A FIXTURE IN THE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT. THE COMPLAINANT THEN ENTERED THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND BEGAN OBSERVING THE DEFENDANT VIA CLOSED circuit SURVEILLANCE. THE COMPLAINANT OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT EXIT THE JEWELRY DEPARTMENT AND ENTER THE WOMANâS CLOTHING DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE REMOVED THE BRACELET FROM THE BOX AND DISCARDED THE EMPTY BOX UNDER CLOTHING LOCATED ON A FIXTURE. THE DEFENDANT THEN CONCEALED THE BRACELET IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT THEN WALKED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE AND EXITED THE STORE. THE COMPLAINANT STOPPED THE DEFENDANT OUTSIDE AND ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING THIS TIME, THE COMPLAINANT RECOVERED A STERLING SILVER âPEACEâ BRACELET VALUED AT $53.00. I OBSERVED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT PROVIDED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND CLEARLY SAW THE DEFENDANT ENTER THE WOMANâS CLOTHING DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE REMOVED THE BRACELET FROM THE BOX AND DISCARDED THE EMPTY BOX UNDER CLOTHING ITEMS ON A FIXTURE. I THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, AFTER HESITATION, EXIT THE STORE. THE SURVEILLANCE DID NOT CAPTURE THE DEFENDANT CONCEALING THE BRACELET WITHIN HER PURSE, BUT SUCH PROPERTY WAS LATER RECOVERED FROM THE DEFENDANTâS PURSE. WHEN I INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THE INCIDENT, SHE ADMITTED TO COMMITTING THE THEFT, BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE REASONING. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA AND DECIDED TO VISIT THE STORE. SHE STATED SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHY SHE DECIDED TO COMMIT THE THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS COHERENT AND PROMPT WITH HER RESPONSES DURING MY INTERVIEW. I REQUESTED ANSWERS OF SOME BASIC knowledge, questions SUCH AS: WHAT YEAR WE ARE WE LIVING IN? WHAT MONTH IS IT? AND WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT? THE DEFENDANT ANSWERED ALL OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY AND PROMPTLY. I OBTAINED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE COMPLAINANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS AFFORDED THE opportunity TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, BUT DECLINED THE OFFER. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED A MEDIA DISK CONTAINING THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE, A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RECOVERED MERCHANDISE, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTATION STATING THE VALUE OF THE BRACELET. THE MEDIA DISK WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE AND THE PAPERWORK WAS TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I PROVIDED THE COMPLAINANT WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER AND ADVISED IF HE HAD ANY FURTHER CONCERNS REGARDING THIS CASE TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS HELD ON ONE COUNT OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT WITH HER BOND SET AT $250.00. I TOOK NO FURTHER ACTION. |
