| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR13-5831) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: 107 ITEMS OF MERCHANDISE, TOTALING $820.11, 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 MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.05(8), ON 052913, AT APPROXIMATELY 1944 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WAL-MART SUPERCENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD APPREHENDED A FEMALE SHOPLIFTER, IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS SHELLY ANN CARBONARA. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT IN TO THE STORE, AND OBSERVED HER TO INDISCRIMINATELY SELECT VARIOUS HYGIENE, BATH AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS, AND PLACE THEM IN TO TWO REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT AFTER FOLLOWING THE DEFENDANT FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES, HE FOLLOWED HER AS SHE WALKED TOWARDS THE GARDEN CENTER, AT WHICH POINT SHE EXITED WITH ONE BAG, PASSING ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPTS TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE MERCHANDISE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN RETURNED BACK IN TO THE STORE, PRESUMABLE TO COLLECT THE SECOND BAG, AT WHICH POINT THE COMPLAINANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, AND ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. AS I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE COMPLAINANT, THE DEFENDANT INTERJECTED, STATING THAT SHE HAD MADE A MISTAKE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH A MALE SUBJECT OUTSIDE OF THE GARDEN CENTER, AND THAT SHE HAD INTENDED TO COME BACK IN AND PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE. THE COMPLAINANT THEN SHOWED ME THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT. I COULD OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT, WHO AT NO POINT SPOKE TO A MALE SUBJECT OUTSIDE OF THE STORE, LOOK AROUND MULTIPLE TIMES TO ENSURE NO ONE WAS WATCHING HER. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, AS WELL AS A TRAINING RECEIPT FOR THE STOLEN/RECOVERED ITEMS WHICH WERE 107 ITEMS TOTAL, AT A VALUE OF $820.11. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR FELONY RETAIL THEFT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY RETAIL THEFT, WITH HER BOND SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS A PREVIOUS CONVICTION FOR GRAND RETAIL THEFT, AS OF 102210, AND THAT SHE HAD BEEN INCARCERATED ON THIS CHARGE FOR ONE YEAR AND SIX MONTHS. |
