| Date of birth: | May 15, 1962 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR12-1936) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: WAL-MART OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: $1,560.00 IN CASH 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 STATUTES 812.014. ON 071112, AT APPROXIMATELY 1458 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO RETAIL THEFT SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER LARRY WHO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT MS SUE NOBLE HAS BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM HER CASH REGISTER SINCE THE MONTH OF MAY 2012. HE ADVISED THAT WAL-MART BECAME SUSPICIOUS WHEN HER REGISTER CAME UP ROUTINELY SHORT. AFTER REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THEY NOTICED THE DEFENDANT WAS USING A WAL-MART GIFT CARD RELOADING THIS CARD OPENING THE REGISTER AND SHUTTING THE REGISTER ACTING AS IF SHE WAS RELOADING THE REGISTER WITH MONEY. WAL-MART ADVISED THEY HAD BEEN BUILDING A CASE THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND ON THE DATE OF 070912 THE DEFENDANT HAD TAKEN $300.00 FROM HER REGISTER CASH AND ON 071112 THEY REVIEW THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND CONTACTED OUR AGENCY. I WAS PROVIDED MULTIPLE RECEIPT COPIES FROM WAL-MART FROM THE MONTH OF MAY TO THE MONTH OF JULY 2012 ALONG WITH SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TAPE WHICH I VIEWED AND IT SHOWED SHOWED THE DEFENDANT SWIPING HER WAL-MART CARD OPENING REGISTER AND SHUTTING THE REGISTER MULTIPLE TIMES. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT IN THE BACK LOBBY OF WAL-MART. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AN AGENCY PRE-PRINTED CARD AND ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE ADMITS TO TAKING MONEY FROM WAL-MART AND DOES NOT HAVE AN EXCUSE AS TO WHY. SHE BELIEVES SHE HAD ONLY TAKEN APPROXIMATELY $300.00. WHEN ASKED HOW SHE DID SO, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE HAD A WAL-MART GIFT CARD AND SHE WOULD SWIPE THE WAL-MART GIFT CARD LOADING IT WITH MONEY THE CASH REGISTER WOULD OPEN SHE WOULD ACT AS IF SHE PUT MONEY IN THE REGISTER THEN SHUT THE REGISTER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE HAD DONE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES. I THEN WAS PROVIDED THE WAL-MART GIFT CARD FROM THE DEFENDANT BEARING NUMBER 6069049665689128. WAL-MART ADVISED THIS WAL-MART GIFT CARD CONTAINED $123.53. THE DEFENDANT FILLED OUT A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH STATED âI AM SORRY ABOUT TAKING MONEY AND PUTTING MONEY ON A GIFT CARD WITH OUT ANY MONEY BEING PUT BACK IN THE DRAWER. I AM WILLING TO PAY WAL-MART BACK AND WILL NOT DO THIS EVER AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND MY JOB IS IN JEOPARDY AND WILL ACCEPT ANYTHING THAT WAL-MART DECIDES TO DUE TO ME.â THIS WAS SIGNED BY THE DEFENDANT AND DATED 071112. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THEIR BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL COPIES OF RECEIPTS, PICTURES AND STATEMENTS WERE TURNED INTO RECORDS. A COPY OF THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WAS TURNED INTO EVIDENCE AND A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS FILLED OUT AND A COPY WAS TURNED INTO RECORDS. |
| Inmate name: | SUE ELLEN NOBLE |
| Arrest number: | 1936 |
| Arrest date: | Jul 11, 2012 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.014(2)(C)(1) |
| Charge description: | Grand theft ($300 or more but less than $5,000) |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
