| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (16-118955) (AR16-20894) 0430 0133 DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,700.00 , WHICH IS VALUE AT THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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 HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE, 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 083016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS, DEPUTY CROSNOE WAS DISPATCHED TO WALMART AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO GRAND THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY CROSNOE MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER JOE COMPOSTELLA. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT ON THIS DATE, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER WAS COLLECTING MONEY OUT OF THE SELF CHECKOUT REGISTERS. THE COMPLAINANT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE SERVICE MANAGER GOT TO REGISTER NUMBER 47, HE PLACED APPROXIMATELY $3,700.00 IN CASH IN A BLUE ZIP UP BAG AND SET IT ON THE GROCERY BAGGING SHELF AT REGISTER 47. AT THAT TIME, THE COSTUMER SERVICE MANAGER GOT BUSY AND MISTAKENLY LEFT THE MONEY IN THE BLUE ZIPPER BAG AT REGISTER 47. THE COMPLAINANT SAID AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE SERVICE MANAGER REALIZED THAT HE MISPLACED THE MONEY AND IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE MONEY WAS LEFT AT REGISTER 47. UPON THE SERVICE MANAGER RETRIEVING THE BLUE ZIPPER BAG FROM THE REGISTER, THE MONEY HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BAG. THE COMPLAINANT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE LEARNED OF THIS MISTAKE HE BEGAN TO REVIEW THE IN STORE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND OBSERVED A WHITE MALE WEARING AN ORANGE SHIRT AND A WHITE FEMALE DRESSES IN A RED SHIRT TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE BLUE ZIPPER BAG THAT WAS AT REGISTER 47. THE IN STORE VIDEO SHOWS INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE THAT THE MALE UNZIPPED THE BLUE BAG AND PLACES IT ON THE CHECK OUT COUNTER AND THE FEMALE BAGS THE MONEY ALONG WITH THERE ITEMS. THE SUSPECTSâ ITEMS WERE PURCHASED AND THEY BOTH EXIT THE STORE AND LEAVE IN A DARK COLORED VEHICLE. ON 083116, THIS DETECTIVE CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP TO THIS CASE AND IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECTS AS MR. TIMOTHY SEWELL AND HIS ADULT DAUGHTER. ON 090816 AT 1200 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE WITH THE SUSPECT, MR TIMOTHY SEWELL, AND HE AGREED TO MEET ME AT THE CITRUS COUNTY CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ONCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I READ HIM HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD. SUSPECT SEWELL ADMITTED THAT HE DID FIND A BLUE BAG OF MONEY AT THE REGISTER INSIDE WALMART. HE SAID THAT HE REMOVED THE MONEY AND HIS DAUGHTER BAGGED IT ALONG WITH THERE ITEMS. THE SUSPECT SAID THAT HE SHOULD HAVE TURNED THE MONEY IN BUT FAILED TO SO. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE MR. SEWELL THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN WALKED INTO THE JAIL, BOOKED IN AND RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZES. NOTE: THIS NARRATIVE WAS PREPARED BY DETECTIVE GREATREX AND SENT TO TRANSCRIPTION TO BE USED AS HIS ARREST AFFIDAVIT. |
