| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (AR14-9448) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: CHAINSAWS AND VACUUM CLEANERS, 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 OR MORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8) DID UNLAWFULLY TRAFFIC IN OR ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN PROPERTY THAT DEFENDANT TAYLOR KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS STOLEN, TO-WIT: VACUUM CLEANER, THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 812.019(1); DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY, WHILE COMMITTING OR AFTER COMMITTING THEFT OF PROPERTY, RESIST THE REASONABLE EFFORT OF A MERCHANT OR MERCHANTâS EMPLOYEE, TO RECOVER THE PROPERTY WHICH THE MERCHANT OR MERCHANTâS EMPLOYEE HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD CONCEALED OR REMOVED FROM ITS PLACE OF DISPLAY OR ELSEWHERE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(6). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WALMART, TO WIT: CHAINSAW AND VACUUM CLEANER , SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $300.00 OR LESS, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 031114, I RESPONDED TO THE WAL-MART STORE LOCATED AT 2461 E. GULF TO LAKE HWY IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, LOSS PREVENTION AGENT JOE COMPOSTELLA ADVISED THAT ON 030514,030914, AND 031014, HE HAD A UNKNOWN WHITE MALE SUBJECT ENTER THE STORE AND SELECT TWO RUG DOCTORS VACUUM CLEANERS($398.00) EACH , A SHARK SONIC VACUUM CLEANER($149.00), AND A TWO GAS CHAIN SAWS,($137.00)EACH ONCE THE ITEMS WERE SELECTED THE SUBJECT THEN PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WITH THE ITEMS. MR. COMPOSTELLA FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE LECANTO WAL-MART HAD SIMILAR THEFTS. UPON VIEWING THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE THE SUBJECT, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE W/M SUBJECT(DEFENDANT STEVEN A. TAYLOR) HAD PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. MR. COMPOSTELLA ALSO ADVISED THAT ON 03102014 DEFENDANT TWO(DUSTIN H. CRICKMORE) RETURNED A SHARK PRO VACUUM FOR $178.00. MR. COMPOSTELLA FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE THIRD DEFENDANT (JOSEPH A. PETRALIA) HAD RETURNED A SHARK VACUUM VALUED AT $149.00 TO THE LECANTO WAL-MART. WHILE AT THE STORE, DEFENDANTS TAYLOR AND CRICKMORE WERE OBSERVED IN THE STORE, BY THIS DEPUTY ALONG WITH WAL-MART LOSS PREVENTION AGENTS. DEFENDANT TAYLOR WAS OBSERVED PUSHING A CART WITH A GAS POWERED CHAIN SAW IN IT. DEFENDANT CRICKMORE WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE OF HIM. ONCE THE SUBJECTS PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE. THE SUBJECTS WERE STOPPED. DEFENDANT TAYLOR WAS STOPPED BY LP AGENT COMPSTELLA, HE INITIALLY RESISTED BEING STOPPED UNTIL A SECOND LP AGENT ASSISTED. I STOPPED DEFENDANT CRICKMORE WITHOUT INCIDENT. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE THEN TAKEN TO WAL-MART LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WHERE THEY WERE PROCESSED. THE SUBJECTS WERE READ MIRANDA VIA A AGENCY MIRANDA CARD AND AGREED TO SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. I ADVISED THEM AT THAT TIME THAT ONCE AT THE JAIL WE COULD CONDUCT A RECORDED INTERVIEW. THE SUBJECTS WERE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL AND A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DEFENDANT TAYLOR ADVISED THAT HE HAD GONE TO ALL THREE WAL-MART STORES IN THE COUNTY SEVERAL TIMES AND REMOVED ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. HE FURTHER ADVISED HE AND HIS CO-DEFENDANTS WOULD RETURN THE ITEMS FOR GIFT CARDS TO BE USED TO PAY FOR OTHER ITEMS AND OR BE TRADED FOR DRUGS AND MONEY. I THEN CONDUCTED A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT CRICKMORE, WHERE HE ADMITTED TO GOING WITH DEFENDANT TAYLOR TO VARIOUS WAL-MART STORES SO DEFENDANT TALYOR COULD STEAL VARIOUS ITEMS. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO RETURNING A ITEMS SUCH AS A SHARK VACUUM CLEANER VALUED AT $178.00 THAT HE KNEW WAS STOLEN FOR WAL-MART GIFT CARDS. ONCE I COMPLETED THE INTERVIEWS I THEN RESPONDED TO 5565 SOUTH CHESTNUT HILL PLACE TO CONTACT SUSPECT NUMBER THREE JOSEPH PETRALIA, INITIALLY MR. PETRALIA'S BROTHER ADVISED HE WAS NOT HOME. BUT THEN LATER STATED HE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE HOME. JOSEPH PETRALIA WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. SINCE FRANK PETRALIA INITALLY LIED ABOUT HIS BROTHER BEING THERE, PERMISSION TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE HOUSE WAS GIVEN BY FRANK PETRALIA. UPON WALKING DOWN THE HALL WAY IN PLAIN SIGHT WAS A BRAND NEW 18 INCH GAS CHAIN SAW. THIS WAS TAKEN INTO EVIDENCE. JOSEPH PETRALIA. DEFENDANT PETRALIA WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL, WHERE A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT PETRALIA ADMITTED KNOWING THAT THE VACUUM HE RETURNED TO THE LECANTO WAL-MART ON 031014 WAS IN FACT STOLEN. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE CHAIN SAW THAT WAS FOUND IN THE TRAILER WAS ALSO STOLEN AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO KEEP IT, BECAUSE DEFENDANTS TAYLOR AND CRICKMORE DID NOT PAY HIM FOR RETURNING THE VACUUM. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE FURTHER PENDING CHARGES ON ALL THREE SUBJECTS. DEFENDANT TAYLOR WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY RETAIL THEFT WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, ONE COUNT OF TRAFFIC IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, ONE COUNT OF RESISTING MERCHANT WITHOUT VIOLENCE WITH A BOND OF $500.00, ONE COUNT OF PETIT RETAIL THEFT WITH A BOND OF $250.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $10,750.00 TYPED BY: DETECTIVE HOLLOWAY/0463 |
