| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SANCHEZ, MICHAEL 1242 (AR14-9508) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, BEVERLY HILLS DISCOUNT LIQUOR, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT TOOK THE BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL AND RETURNED HOME WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $38.14, 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, WITH TWO OR MORE PRIOR THEFT CONVICTIONS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(C). ON 031514, AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE BEVERLY HILLS DISCOUNT LIQUORS STORE LOCATED AT 3898 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE STORE OWNER/COMPLAINANT, MR NILASH PATEL. HE ADVISED THAT HE JUST HAD TWO FEMALES AND ONE MALE LEAVE HIS STORE, WHERE ONE OF THE FEMALES STOLE TWO BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL FROM HIM. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO PLAY THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOR ME, WHERE AT APPROXIMATELY 1714 HOURS, A black FORD BRONCO, ALONG WITH A TAN FORD EXPLORER PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT. A WHITE MALE EXITED THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE FORD BRONCO, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR TIMOTHY LAROSE. TWO FEMALES THEN EXITED THE TAN FORD EXPLORER, THE DRIVER LATER BEING IDENTIFIED AS MS AMANDA MURRAY AND THE PASSENGER LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS SABRINA LAROSE. THE SUBJECTS ENTERED THE LIQUOR STORE, WHERE THEY WALKED AROUND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES LOOKING AT DIFFERENT BOTTLES OF LIQUOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS SEEN KNEELING DOWN BEHIND A BOX NEAR THE VODKA AISLE, BUT YOU COULD NOT SEE WHAT SHE WAS DOING. NEXT, THE DEFENDANT WALKED OVER TO THE RUM AREA OF THE LIQUOR STORE, WHERE THE TWO OTHER SUBJECTS WALKED OVER TO HER. SHE THEN PULLED MR LAROSE TO HER LEFT, WHERE SHE THINKS HE IS BLOCKING THE CAMERA ANGLE. NEXT, YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT GRAB A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR OFF THE SHELF, WHERE SHE MOVED THE BOTTLE OF LIQUOR TOWARDS HER PURSE WHICH WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY. A FEW MOMENTS LATER SHE BRINGS HER LEFT HAND BACK TOWARDS THE SHELF, WHICH IS NOW EMPTY. SHE THEN PICKED UP ANOTHER BOTTLE OF LIQUOR, LOOKS AT IT FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN SETS IT BACK ON THE SHELF. AT THAT TIME, MS MURRAY EXITS THE STORE AND GOES TO HER VEHICLE WHILE THE DEFENDANT AND MR LAROSE STAY INSIDE THE STORE. MR LAROSE IS THEN SEEN PURCHASING A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL, WHERE THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITS THE STORE WITH THE ALCOHOL IN HER PURSE WITHOUT PAYING. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE VIDEO COPIED AND WOULD CALL US WHEN THE VIDEO WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. THE COMPLAINANT WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME ONE OF THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS OF 036PXZ, WHICH BELONGED TO MR LAROSE OUT OF BROOKSVILLE. I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE SUBJECTS AT 6 NORTH DAVIS STREET, WHERE I FOUND BOTH OF THE VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY. APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR BEFORE AFTER LEAVING A PRIOR CALL ON DESOTO STREET, I SAW MS AMANDA MURRAY TALKING ON THE CELLULAR PHONE OUTSIDE OF THAT RESIDENCE AS I DROVE BY. I WAS THEN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HER ON CAMERA AT THE LIQUOR STORE, SO I WENT BACK TO THAT RESIDENCE TO CHECK FOR THE SUSPECTS. I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH AN UNKNOWN MALE. I ASKED THE MALE IF I COULD SPEAK MR TIMOTHY LAROSE, ALONG WITH MS AMANDA MURRAY AND THE DEFENDANT. I HAD ALL THREE SUBJECTS SIT ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE I READ THEM MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF THEY UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH THEY ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD. WHEN I QUESTIONED THEM ABOUT THE STOLEN ALCOHOL, MS MURRAY MADE THE STATEMENT THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING THAT SHE DID NOT DO AND SOMEBODY BETTER SPEAK UP. I PULLED MS MURRAY ASIDE AND ASKED HER WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE STATED THAT SHE WENT TO THE LIQUOR STORE WITH THE DEFENDANT AND MR LAROSE. SHE ADVISED that WHILE IN THE STORE THE DEFENDANT CALLED HER OVER TO HER AND SHOWED HER THAT SHE WAS GOING TO STEAL THE BOTTLES OF LIQUOR. MS MURRAY ADVISED THAT WAS WHEN SHE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE STORE AND GO OUTSIDE. NEXT, I SPOKE WITH MR LAROSE, WHERE HE ADVISED THAT HE WENT TO THE LIQUOR STORE WITH THE DEFENDANT AND MS MURRAY AND WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR SOMETHING TO DRINK. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WALKED OFF AND MOMENTS LATER CALLED HIM OVER TO HER BECAUSE SHE WANTED HIM TO LOOK AT A BOTTLE OF RUM NEAR THE CAPTAIN MORGANâS RUM. HE ADVISED THAT ONCE HE SHOWED HER WHERE THE RUM WAS THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR, HE WALKED OVER TOWARDS THE WHISKEY AND PICKED UP A BOTTLE OF EVAN WILLIAMS HONEY AND PURCHASED IT AT THE FRONT COUNTER. HE ALSO SAW THE DEFENDANT EXIT THE STORE AS HE WAS CHECKING OUT. BOTH MR LAROSE AND MS MURRAY FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS THAT WERE COLLECTED AND WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. NEXT, I SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAD PUT THE BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL IN HER PURSE, BUT SHE THEN DID NOT WANT TO STEAL THEM SO SHE PUT THEM BACK ON THE SHELF AT THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO STICK TO THAT STORY, WHERE I ASKED IF SHE WOULD GO UP TO THE LIQUOR STORE WITH ME AND SHE AGREED. I TOLD THE DEFENDANT AT THAT TIME THAT SHE WOULD BE DETAINED UNTIL WE COULD GET THIS SORTED OUT. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE LIQUOR STORE AND ONCE WE ARRIVED AT THE STORE THE DEFENDANT SHOWED ME A BOTTLE OF ABSOLUT VODKA THAT SHE PUT ON THE SHELF BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO STEAL IT. WHEN I EXPLAINED TO THE DEFENDANT THAT THERE WAS STILL A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL MISSING SHE THEN ADMITTED THAT SHE TOOK IT AND IT WAS AT THE RESIDENCE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT BACK TO THE RESIDENCE, WHERE I RECOVERED A BOTTLE OF ABSOLUT GRAPE VODKA; HOWEVER I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE MISSING BOTTLE OF COCONUT RUM THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK, SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. I RAN THE DEFENDANTâS CRIMINAL HISTORY, WHERE SHE HAD TWO PRIOR THEFT CONVICTIONS. AT THAT TIME, HER CHARGE WAS THEN INCREASED TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY DUE TO THE TWO PRIOR CONVICTIONS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
