| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PERUCHE, THOMAS 0638 (AR10115680) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: JEWELRY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $79.00 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 HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED TWO OR MORE TIMES OF ANY THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTES 812.014(3)(C). ON 070410 AT APPROXIMATELY 0932 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO HOWARD'S FLEA MARKET IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM ONE WHO ADVISED THAT A WHITE FEMALE IN HER MID TO LATE FORTIES WEARING A SUN DRESS HAD REMOVED SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY FROM HER TABLE, HID THEM ABOUT HER PERSON AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. VICTIM ONE ADVISED THAT SHE THEN FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT THROUGH THE FLEA MARKET AND BEGAN YELLING THAT SHE WAS FOLLOWING A THIEF IN ORDER TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HER. VICTIM ONE ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT THEN STOPPED AND BEGAN REMOVING SOME OF THE STOLEN JEWELRY FROM HER BRA AND ASKED VICTIM ONE NOT TO CALL THE POLICE. VICTIM ONE THEN WENT TO THE MAIN OFFICE TO NOTIFY THEM AND REQUESTED THAT THEY CONTACT THIS AGENCY. VICTIM ONE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT GAVE HER A PIECE OF JEWELRY THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER, AND SHE FOUND THAT IT BELONGED TO ANOTHER VENDOR VICTIM TWO. I THEN SPOKE WITH VICTIM TWO WHO ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT OBSERVE THE SUSPECT OR REALIZE THAT HE WAS MISSING ANY ITEMS UNTIL VICTIM ONE RETURNED THE MISSING ITEM TO HIM. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT ENTERED A BROWN ECONOLINE STYLE VAN WHICH LEFT THE AREA WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDE DOOR OPEN. I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS VAN THEN TRAVELED NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 FROM HOWARD'S FLEA MARKET. I WAS PROVIDED WITH A POSSIBLE TAG NUMBER OF 9109IC, WHICH I FOUND COMES BACK TO A 1989 FORD VAN, BROWN IN COLOR AND REGISTERED TO A BONNIE CRIM POLSON, WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 031634 AND RESIDES AT 4039 WINDSWEPT AVENUE IN SPRING HILL, FLORIDA. A BOLO WAS ISSUED FOR THIS VAN. A TELETYPE REQUEST WAS SENT TO HERNANDO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH A REQUEST TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF THE VAN, MS BONNIE CRIM POLSON. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH DEPUTY LAMIA OF THE HERNANDO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS OUT WITH A FEMALE, MS SUSAN BRADY, THAT ADMITTED TO HIM THAT SHE HAD STOLEN ITEMS FROM THE HOWARD'S FLEA MARKET EARLIER THIS DATE. DEPUTY LAMIA ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS BEING VERY COOPERATIVE WITH HIM AND AGREED TO MEET WITH ME AT the WALGREENS LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 19 AT APPROXIMATELY 1735 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND STATE ROAD 98 IN CITRUS COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1735 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ HER MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE WAS A KLEPTOMANIAC AND THAT SHE ADMITTED TO STEALING SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY FROM THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED AND STATED THAT SHE RETURNED SEVERAL ITEMS BEFORE FLEEING THE FLEA MARKET AND BECAME SCARED AND THREW SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY OUT OF THE VEHICLE WINDOW WHILE SHE TRAVELED SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 INTO HERNANDO COUNTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S SIZE AND INJURED BACK COMPLAINTS SHE WAS HANDCUFFED IN FRONT OF HER PERSON, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE AFTER LEARNING THAT HE DEFENDANT HAS AT LEAST TWO PRIOR CONVICTIONS FOR THEFT, BOTH BY HERNANDO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
