| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHANEL, CHARLES 0252 (AR09112140) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS, 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 113009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1715 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 2851 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT THAT HAD already occurred, WHERE AT this TIME LOSS PREVENTION HAD THE DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I made CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR CHRIS LOWING, WHO ADVISED that A SHORT TIME AGO, the DEFENDANT ENTERED BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE IN INVERNESS, TO WHERE SHE FIRST WENT TO THE JEWELRY SECTION AND REMOVED SOME JEWELRY, SILVER IN NATURE, AND CONTINUED TO PLACE THOSE ITEMS INTO HER POCKET. SHE THEN CONTINUED SHOPPING, LOCATING SHIRTS WHERE SHE THEN ENTERED the WOMAN'S DRESSING ROOM. SHE HAD ON her PERSON A BRAND NEW SWEATSHIRT TO WHERE SHE HAD REMOVED A PREVIOUS SWEATSHIRT THAT WAS OF THE SAME COLOR, MANUFACTURE, AND DESIGN. SHE THEN CONTINUED TO PUT OTHER SHIRTS INTO HER PURSE. SHE THEN EXITED THE WOMAN'S DRESSING ROOM and APPEARED VERY NERVOUS CONTEMPLATING IF SHE WERE going TO LEAVE THE STORE OR NOT. when the DEFENDANT EXITED THE DEPARTMENT STORE WITH THOSE SAID ITEMS SHE WAS MET BY the LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. I made CONTACT WITH DEPUTY LAIRD CANFIELD WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD ALREADY READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, TO which SHE STATED THAT SHE ADMITTED TAKING THE ABOVE ITEMS FOR NO apparent REASON. I WAS ADVISED BY LOSS PREVENTION THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF STOLEN ITEMS WAS $109.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF RETAIL THEFT and TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. I WAS PROVIDED A WRITTEN statement BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER CHRIS LOWING, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. TWO separate PROPERTY RECEIPTS WERE COMPLETED; THE FIRST RECEIPT WAS OF ALL the ITEMS THAT THE DEFENDANT STOLE BUT SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE with the RECEIPT AFFIXED TO THE PROPERTY RECEIPT, WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE SECOND PROPERTY RECEIPT CONSISTED OF A DIGITAL VIDEO DISC (DVD) OF THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER the BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
