| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLAUDE, RICHARD 0602 (AR08102120) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: A SIX POUND PACKAGE OF CHICKEN LEGS VALUED AT SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTY-SIX CENTS, BY CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE WINN DIXIE SUPERMARKET, 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 STATUTE 812.015. ON 031008 AT 1844 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6405 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE WINN DIXIE SUPERMARKET, LIEUTENANT (LT) MUNDAY AND CORPORAL CASOLA WERE ALREADY ON SCENE, HOLDING THE SUBJECT OF AN APPARENT RETAIL THEFT. CORPORAL CASOLA INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS MET BY THE COMPLAINANT WHO IS THE MANAGER OF THE WINN DIXIE WHO STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN SHOPPER HAD TOLD HER THAT A MAN IN A BLUE DENIM JACKET HAD PLACED A PACKAGE OF CHICKEN LEGS UNDER HIS JACKET. THE COMPLAINANT STATED SHE APPROACHED THE SUBJECT MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION JUST OUTSIDE OF THE SUPERMARKET AND ASKED HIM TO OPEN HIS JACKET. THE SUBJECT REFUSED AND ASKED WHY, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP USED CIGARETTES. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT AT THAT TIME SHE SAW THE PACKAGE OF CHICKEN LEGS UNDER HIS JACKET. THE COMPLAINANT REACHED INTO THE SUBJECT'S JACKET AND REMOVED THE CHICKEN PACKAGE AND TOLD THE SUBJECT TO COME BACK INSIDE THE STORE. HOWEVER, HE REFUSED. THE COMPLAINANT THEN ALLEGEDLY TOOK THE SUBJECT BY THE ARM TO GUIDE HIM BACK INSIDE OF THE STORE WHERE HE PULLED AWAY FROM HER. TWO UNKNOWN STOCK EMPLOYEES THEN ASSISTED THE COMPLAINANT AND HELD THE SUBJECT AT THE STORE. 9-1-1 WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, AT WHICH TIME LT MUNDAY AND CORPORAL CASOLA ARRIVED ON SCENE. I ASKED THE SUBJECT IF HE HAD TAKEN THE CHICKEN, TO WHICH HE SAID YES. I ASKED THE SUBJECT IF HE HAD FOUGHT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, TO WHICH HE STATED HE DID NOT FIGHT WITH HER BUT PULLED AWAY FROM HER. HOWEVER, WHEN THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES SHOWED UP TO HELP THE COMPLAINANT, HE DID NOT RESIST. I ASKED THE SUBJECT IF HE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE AT THIS STORE OR ANY OTHER LOCATION, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. CORPORAL CASOLA RECEIVED A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE COMPLAINANT ALONG WITH A SIGNED PROPERTY RECEIPT. CORPORAL CASOLA ALSO ISSUED THE COMPLAINANT AN AGENCY CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
