| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOUTS, SCOTT D-13 (AR13-8136) (DUNNELLON PD CASE NUMBER D13-3303) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: $47.00 U S CURRENCY AND AN APPLE I-PHONE 5, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: TOTAL ACTUAL VALUE BEING $696.00, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM, MS ELIZABETH RIZZO, WHO WAS SHOPPING AT WAL-MART (ADDRESS: 11012 NORTH WILLIAMS STREET), WHICH IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DUNNELLON IN MARION COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WHO DID NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, AND WHO DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(2)C(1). ON 112613, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AFOREMENTIONED LOCATION IN REFERENCE TO THE THEFT OF A PURSE. UPON ARRIVAL I SPOKE WITH MR ISHMAEL BROWN WHO IS A LOSS PREVENTION ASSOCIATE AT THE LOCATION (WAL-MART). ISHMAEL ADVISED ME HE WAS ON THE GROCERY SIDE OF WAL-MART WHEN HE HEARD SOMEONE YELL OUT, âMY PURSEâ. MR BROWN ADVISED HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAW TWO CUSTOMERS CHASING THE DEFENDANT OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT. MR BROWN STATED HE PROCEEDED BEHIND THE OTHER CUSTOMERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DEFENDANT, AS WELL AS A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION. MR BROWN ADVISED HE WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER; A679LV, BELONGING TO A GREEN IN COLOR FORD EXCURSION. MR BROWN FURTHER ADVISED THE EXCURSION HAD AFTER MARKET RIMS ON IT. I THEN SPOKE TO THE VICTIM, MS ELIZABETH RIZZO, WHO ADVISED SHE WAS IN THE PRODUCE SECTION AND HAD TURNED AROUND TO PURCHASE CELERY, AND WHEN SHE TURNED BACK AROUND HER PURSE WAS GONE. THE VICTIM STATED SHE RAN TOWARD THE EXIT AND SAW THE DEFENDANT WALKING VERY FAST AND NOTICED HER BROWN IN COLOR PURSE IN THE DEFENDANTâS RIGHT ARM. THE VICTIM STATED SHE YELLED VERY LOUDLY, âSHE TOOK MY PURSEâ, AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE BEGAN TO CHASE AFTER THE DEFENDANT. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT THREW THE PURSE DOWN ON TOP OF A DISPLAY OF PIES AT THE ENTRANCE AND THEN RAN OUT. I ASKED MS RIZZO FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH HER PURSE, WHICH SHE SAID I COULD. INSIDE THE PURSE I LOCATED $47.00 IN U S CURRENCY AND AN APPLE I-PHONE 5 WHICH HAS A RETAIL VALUE OF $649.00. I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS, MS JACKIE SARVER, WHO ADVISED SHE WAS NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE GROCERY SIDE OF WAL-MART WHEN SHE HEARD THE VICTIM YELL, âSHE HAS MY BAGâ. MS SARVER ADVISED SHE GRABBED THE DEFENDANT MOMENTARILY BUT THE DEFENDANT GOT AWAY. MS SARVER ADVISED SHE CHASED THE DEFENDANT INTO THE PARKING LOT, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT STATED TO HER THAT SHE LEFT THE BAG AND TO LET HER GO. I SPOKE WITH A SECOND INDEPENDENT WITNESS, MR JIM DRESSER, WHO ADVISED HE AND HIS WIFE WERE AT WAL-MART SHOPPING AND HEARD A LADY SCREAM HER PURSE WAS STOLEN. MR DRESSER STATED HE TURNED AROUND AND SAW A LADY RUNNING OUT OF THE STORE SO HE RAN AFTER HER IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETAIN HER. MR DRESSER SAID SHE GOT INTO A GREEN FORD EXCURSION AND SPED OFF. DUE TO STATEMENTS PROVIDED AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE PROVIDED, I RAN THE INFORMATION THROUGH MARION COUNTY TELETYPE WHICH SHOWED THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE TO BE MS STEPHANIE HOWARD. I THEN LOOKED THE DEFENDANT UP USING D.A.V.I.D., WHICH SHOWED THE DEFENDANTâS PICTURE FROM HER FLORIDA DRIVERâS LICENSE. I VERIFIED THROUGH WAL-MART SECURITY SURVEILLANCE IT WAS THE SAME PERSON WHO HAD STOLEN THE PURSE. AT THAT TIME I CONTACTED CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE, DEPUTY BYRD, ID: 0737, AND REQUESTED HE RESPOND WITH ME TO THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE AT 2745 WEST REDGATE DRIVE TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT. ON ARRIVAL I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT RETRIEVING HER GARBAGE CANS FROM THE END OF HER DRIVEWAY. I ALSO OBSERVED A GREEN IN COLOR FORD EXCURSION WITH AFTER MARKET RIMS IN THE DRIVEWAY, BEARING FLORIDA TAG A697LV . DEPUTY BYRD AND I WALKED INTO THE RESIDENCE WITH THE DEFENDANT, A T WHICH TIME I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD AT WHICH TIME SHE STATED SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME IN REFERENCE TO THE INCIDENT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE WAS AT WAL-MART IN DUNNELLON, WHICH SHE STATED SHE WAS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT SHE WAS DOING THERE AND SHE ADVISED SHE BEGAN GROCERY SHOPPING AND REALIZED SHE HAD FORGOTTEN HER WALLET. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THAT WAS WHY SHE TOOK THE VICTIMâS PURSE, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE STORE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE REMOVED THE PURSE FROM THE VICTIMâS CART, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID, BUT SHE WAS STILL ADAMANT SHE DID NOT STEAL IT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE STORE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS WATCHING HER TWO CHILDREN WHILE SHE WAS AT WAL-MART TO WHICH SHE STATED HER CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS IN THE STORE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE TWO CHILDREN ARE TWIN BOYS BORN 12/04/12. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTS BOND WAS SET PER THE BOND SCHEDULE AT $2,000.00. |
