| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HORTON, TIMOTHY 0614 (AR14-12439) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, DOLLAR GENERAL STORE, TO WIT: ONE 16 OUNCE (OZ) CAN OF NATURAL ICE BEER, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO A FOUR PACK , SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $3.60, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED ON TWO OR MORE TIMES OF THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) and 812.014(3)(C). ON 101814 AT APPROXIMATELY 1637 HOURS, DISPATCH ADVISED THERE WAS A RETAIL THEFT, WHICH WAS OCCURRING AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE LOCATED 7958 NORTH CITRUS AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER, WHERE A MALE SUBJECT HAD LEFT THE STORE AFTER STEALING A BEER. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER, WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS MR STONEY PATTON. HE ADVISED THE SUSPECT HAD COME BACK TO the STORE AND WAS COOPERATIVE WITH HIM. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED the SUSPECT INSIDE the STORE REMOVE ONE CAN OF NATURAL ICE BEER, WHICH WAS A 16OZ CAN FROM A FOUR PACK, VALUED AT $3.60, FROM the SHELF. HE STATED HE THEN OBSERVED the SUSPECT LIFT THE FRONT OF HIS SHIRT UP AND PLACE the CAN OF BEER DOWN THE FRONT OF HIS PANTS. THE MANAGER THEN STATED HE CONFRONTED the SUSPECT NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF the STORE AFTER the SUBJECT FAILED TO PAY FOR THE ITEM AND WHERE HE HAD WALKED PAST ALL CHECKOUT COUNTERS. MR PATTON THEN STATED the SUSPECT HAD REACHED DOWN the FRONT OF HIS PANTS AND RETRIEVED the BEER and THEN GAVE THE CAN OF BEER BACK TO HIM. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF BY HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD AS MR MICHAEL WESSON, WHO STATED HE WAS AT the STORE WITH HIS EX-WIFE, IDENTIFIED AS MS PENNIELOU WESSON, AND ADMITTED HE HAD AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM AND STATED THAT HE TOOK THE BEER AND PLACED IT DOWN THE FRONT OF HIS PANTS WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT because HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR RETAIL THEFT IN the PAST ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. MR PATTON ADVISED HE DID WISH TO PROSECUTE. MR PATTON THEN COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE. I THEN TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY WHICH WAS RECOVERED BY MR PATTON. AT THAT TIME, MR WESSON WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, I LEARNED that THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED, TWICE IN MARION COUNTY ON 101305 AND ON 091312 AND IN CITRUS COUNTY ON 040714 WITH CHARGES BEING PETIT THEFT, TWO OR MORE PRIOR CONVICTIONS AND FOUND GUILTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY PETIT RETAIL THEFT HAVING THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
