| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (AR07004008) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, BEALL'S, TO WIT: THREE TANK TOP SHIRTS AND ONE PAIR OF JUNIOR SANDALS BY TAKING POSSESSION OF OR CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM, BEALL'S, 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 071907 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO BEALL'S LOCATED 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH BEALL'S LOSS PREVENTION PERSONNEL WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MS SHANNON FORCE, ENTERED A FITTING WITH THREE ITEMS. THEY ADVISED THAT AFTER THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE FITTING ROOM, THEY ENTERED AND FOUND ONE ITEM, THREE EMPTY HANGERS AND THREE PRICE TAGS. THEY THEN FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT OUT OF THE STORE. AS SHE EXITED WITHOUT PURCHASING THE ITEMS, THEY APPREHENDED THE DEFENDANT AND CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. BEALL'S LOSS PREVENTION FOUND THREE SHIRTS AND PAIR OF SANDALS in the DEFENDANT'S PURSE. BEALL'S PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MERCHANDISE AND THE DEFENDANT WITH A RECEIPT WITH THE ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HER IF SHE TOOK THE ITEMS, TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD COMPLETE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE ENTERED THE STORE, STOLE THREE SHIRTS AND ONE PAIR OF SANDALS. SHE STATED THAT THE SECURITY HAD STOPPED HER OUTSIDE THE STORE. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND A COPY WAS PROVIDED TO BEALL'S LOSS PREVENTION. A WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE LOSS PREVENTION PERSONNEL. A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SHE WAS PLACED in the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
