| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ALEXANDER, DAWN 0561 (AR11121291) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM, BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: THREE PAIRS OF EARRINGS ($44.00), 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); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, SEARS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: STORE MERCHANDISE TOTALING $148.74, 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 061611, I RESPONDED TO BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER, WHO ADVISED SHE HAD STOPPED A FEMALE THAT HAD GONE INTO THE FITTING ROOM WITH SEVERAL PAIRS OF EARRINGS. WHEN SHE EXITED THE FITTING ROOM THE EARRINGS WERE GONE. A SEARCH OF THE FITTING ROOM REVEALED THE EARRINGS WERE NOT IN THERE. THE ASSISTANT MANAGER THEN STOPPED THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS MELISSA DERGOSITS. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE THE THREE PAIRS OF EARRINGS, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $44.00. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE DID STEAL SAID MERCHANDISE TO ME UPON MY ARRIVAL. SHE ALSO STATED SHE WAS VERY SORRY. A WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS COMPLETED BY THE CLERK, WHO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD TAKEN THE MERCHANDISE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO GAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, IN REFERENCE TO HER STEALING THE MERCHANDISE . UPON ME SEARCHING THE DEFENDANT AND HER BAG IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BAG WAS STOLEN FROM KMART, ALONG WITH A BLACK DRESS. SHE ALSO HAD SEVERAL STOLEN ITEMS FROM SEARS INSIDE HER PURSE, BUT THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT ALL THESE ITEMS WERE STOLEN ALSO. SEARS WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED. THEY ADVISED THEY DID WANT TO PROSECUTE FOR ALL THEIR MERCHANDISE THAT WAS STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WAS STEALING THE ITEMS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO COCOA BEACH IN THE MORNING. KMART ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO PROSECUTE. THE BAG AND DRESS WERE RETURNED TO KMART. BELK'S ADVISED THEY DID WANT TO PROSECUTE FOR THE THREE PAIRS OF EARRINGS STOLEN, WHICH TOTALED $44.00. SEARS ADVISED THEY WANTED TO PROSECUTE FOR THEIR MERCHANDISE STOLEN, WHICH TOTALED $148.74. THESE ITEMS INCLUDED A BEACH TOWEL, THREE TANK TOPS, PAJAMA PANTS AND TOP AND TWO PAIRS OF SUNGLASSES. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF RETAIL PETIT THEFT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL PROPERTY THAT WAS STOLEN WAS PHOTOGRAPHED. THE PROPERTY WAS RETURNED TO THE RIGHTFUL STORES. PHOTOS WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. SEARS WAS ABLE TO RECOVER VIDEO OF THE DEFENDANT AND CODEFENDANT GOING INTO THE FITTING ROOM AND COMING OUT WITH NOTHING. THE VIDEO WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. "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* |
