| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TABB, LYNN 0418 (AR2012-613) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF KMART, TO WIT: A PAIR OF PROTÉGÉ SHOES, VALUED AT $39.99, BY 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 040412, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE KMART STORE LOCATED AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER DUANE SMITH, IN HIS OFFICE. I ALSO, MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. MR SMITH ADVISED ME THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY IN THE STORE AND BEGAN TO WATCH HIM. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS WEARING A PAIR OF ORANGE AND GRAY TENNIS SHOES AND HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT REMOVE HIS SHOES AND PUT ON A PAIR OF NEW PROTÉGÉ BLACK AND RED SHOES. THE DEFENDANT THEN WALKED AROUND THE STORE AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THE GARDEN SHOP. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE SHOES. HE STATED HE MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT, SAMUEL RYAN SMITH INSIDE J C PENNEYâS STORE AND WALKED HIM BACK TO KMART WITH THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE. HE GAVE ME THE STOLEN SHOES THAT WERE RECOVERED FROM THE DEFENDANT. I COMPLETED A PROPERTY RECEIPT ON THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE AND RETURNED THE ITEMS TO LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER SMITH. I HAD MR SMITH COMPLETE A WRITTEN STATEMENT. BOTH THE STATEMENT AND PROPERTY RECEIPT WERE TURNED OVER TO RECORDS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR SAMUEL R SMITH, WHO STATED HE DID REMOVE HIS OLD SHOES AND PUT ON THE NEW PAIR AND LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. HE STATED HE NEEDED TO STEAL THE SHOES FOR A JOB INTERVIEW HE HAD ON TUESDAY AT WINN DIXIE. HE STATED HE HAD NO MONEY ON HIS PERSON AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE STATED HE HAD WALKED TO THE MALL WITH FRIENDS BUT HAD NO IDEA WHERE THEY WERE AT THIS TIME. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS A JUVENILE HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ARMED BURGLARY AND HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS PROBATION FOR THAT OFFENSE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
