| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MOORE, ANDREW 0619 (15-93796) (AR15-15775) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: MISCELLANEOUS 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 $300.00 OR MORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). ON 071715, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, WALMART IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS SARA CHAMPY, IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. I ASKED MS CHAMPY WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SHE STATED THAT SHE STOLE THE ITEMS IN THE CART. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND STATED THAT SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE IS UNEMPLOYED, HAS NO MONEY AND MADE A BAD DECISION. SHE SAID SHE CAME TO WALMART, SELECTED SEVERAL ITEMS AND PUT THEM IN REUSABLE WALMART SHOPPING BAGS. SHE TRIED TO EXIT THE STORE AND GOT CAUGHT BY LOSS PREVENTION. I MADE CONTACT WITH COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, WHO ADVISED THAT HE IS LOSS PREVENTION FOR WALMART. WHILE CONDUCTING FLOOR SURVEILLANCE, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS SARA CHAMPY, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE STORE. HE CONTINUED FLOOR SURVEILLANCE AND OBSERVED HER TO SELECT MULTIPLE ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT THEN PLACED THE ITEMS SHE SELECTED IN EMPTY REUSABLE WALMART BAGS. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO WALK OUT OF THE GARDEN EXIT WHEN MR COMPOSTELLA STOPPED HER, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AND ESCORTED HER BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED ME WITH AN IN-STORE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ''DVD'' OF THE INCIDENT AS WELL AS A WALMART RECEIPT FOR A TOTAL OF 65 ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $427.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL GRAND THEFT, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HER BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. NO FURTHER ACTION BY THIS DEPUTY. |
