| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR08101707) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL MART, TO WIT: A GOLD ARMITRON WATCH, BY CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE WAL MART, 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 021308, AT APPROXIMATELY 1345 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY (WAL MART SUPER CENTER) IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY occurred. PRIOR TO ARRIVAL, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER HAD A BLACK MALE IN CUSTODY IN REFERENCE TO THE THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, I WAS ADVISED THAT WAL MART LOSS PREVENTION HAD A BLACK MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR STANLEY STOKES (DEFENDANT), IN CUSTODY AND THEY WERE IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING A SECURITY WALK-THROUGH, HE OBSERVED A BLACK MALE WALKING IN THE FRONT OF THE STORE WITH A GOLD WATCH IN HIS POSSESSION. HE ADVISED THAT AT THE TIME, THE BLACK MALE WAS REMOVING THE WATCH FROM the WATCH DISPLAY BASE. THE BLACK MALE THEN DROPPED the WATCH DISPLAY BASE IN FRONT OF HIM, AT WHICH TIME, HE PICKED IT UP AND THEN PLACED THE WATCH DISPLAY BASE IN A DISPLAY OF FLOWERS AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. LOSS PREVENTION STATED HE THEN CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE WHILE HE KEPT CLOSE OBSERVATION ON THE BLACK MALE. LOSS PREVENTION ADVISED HE OBSERVED the MALE WALK OVER TO the GREETING CARD SECTION WHERE HE PLACED THE WATCH IN HIS RIGHT FRONT POCKET. AT THAT TIME, THE MALE STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE GROCERY SIDE OF THE STORE, AT WHICH TIME, HE PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WHILE MAKING HIS WAY TO THE EXIT. LOSS PREVENTION AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE BLACK MALE AS HE WAS EXITING THE GROCERY SIDE EXIT DOOR. LOSS PREVENT ADVISED HE ASKED the MALE IF HE HAD A RECEIPT FOR THE WATCH AND THE MALE REPLIED NO, AT WHICH TIME, HE ESCORTED the BLACK MALE TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOTIFIED. LOSS PREVENTION PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. I THEN OBSERVED THE GOLD ARMITRON WATCH IN QUESTION, ALONG WITH THE WATCH DISPLAY BASE THAT HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM THE FLOWER DISPLAY CASE. I ASKED the LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER IF HE HAD GATHERED ANY INFORMATION FROM THE BLACK MALE, AND HE STATED THAT THE MALE DID NOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE BLACK MALE IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS STANLEY LEON STOKES AND HE PROVIDED ME WITH HIS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH. I THEN RESPONDED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN THE SUSPECT'S INFORMATION THROUGH FCIC/NCIC AND PSNET WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS REFERENCE ANY PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY. I THEN RESPONDED BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE AND AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH MR STOKES. I ASKED MR STOKES IF HE WOULD ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED YES. I READ MR STOKES HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA A PRE PRINTED CARD, AND HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WAS WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAD FOR HIM. I ASKED MR STOKES WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND HE STATED "I FUCKED UP. " MR STOKES STATED HE DID HAVE the WATCH IN HIS POCKET. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR STOKES, I COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HIS PERSON, AT WHICH TIME, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND HE STATED HE HAD A COUPLE OF BEERS AFTER WORK. AT FIRST, MR STOKES WAS VERY COOPERATIVE IN ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS; HOWEVER, WHEN HE FOUND OUT HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED, HE BECAME UNCOOPERATIVE AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR STOKES WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. BOND SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. PRIOR TO LEAVING WAL MART, I WAS PROVIDED WITH A WAL MART RECEIPT FOR THE GOLD ARMITRON WATCH, VALUED AT $30.17 THAT MR STOKES HAD ATTEMPTED TO STEAL. I PROVIDED LOSS PREVENTION WITH A CASE CARD, BEARING MY NAME AND THE CASE NUMBER. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
