| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (14-20542) (AR14-9068) DID UNLAWFULLY TRAFFIC IN OR ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN PROPERTY THAT THE DEFENDANT KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS STOLEN, TO-WIT: MERCHANDISE, THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 812.019(1). ON 021214, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA, LOSS PREVENTION AGENT WITH WALMART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS, REPORTED MULTIPLE THEFTS THAT OCCURRED AT THIS STORE. THE SUSPECT, MS DANIELLE HORST, WHO STOLE THE ITEMS WAS ARRESTED FOR SAID THEFTS ON 021214. ONCE THE SUSPECT STOLE THE ITEMS SHE WOULD THEN GIVE THEM TO HER MOTHER/DEFENDANT, MS TRACY LYNN HORST, WHO WOULD RETURN THE ITEMS TO WAL-MART FOR A GIFT CARD. MR. COMPOSTELLA PRODUCED TWO RECEIPTS WHERE THIS DEFENDANT HAD RETURNED THE STOLEN ITEMS FOR GIFT CARDS. THE FIRST RECEIPT DATED 021014, THE DEFENDANT RECEIVED $210.94 FOR THE STOLEN ITEMS. ON THE SECOND RECEIPT DATED 021114, THE DEFENDANT THEN RECEIVED $398.00 FOR THE STOLEN ITEMS. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE I LOCATED BOTH DEFENDANTS. DEFENDANT ONE, MS DANIELLE HORST, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT AND PETIT THEFT. AT THAT TIME I CONTACTED DEFENDANT TWO, MS TRACY HORST. I ADVISED HER THAT I WAS PLACING HER DAUGHTER UNDER ARREST; SHE IMMEDIATELY STATED âIS IT FOR DRUGSâ. I TOLD HER NO, SHE THEN SAID âTHEFTâ. I STATED YES AND ALSO STATED THAT SHE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE IN TROUBLE FOR IT. I THEN TOLD HER THAT I KNEW SHE HAD RETURNED THE STOLEN ITEMS FOR STORE CREDIT. SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE ITEMS WERE STOLEN, BUT SHE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH TWO GIFT CARDS THAT SHE RECEIVED FOR THE STOLEN ITEMS SHE HAD RETURNED. I THEN MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HER TO TURN HERSELF INTO THE JAIL SINCE SHE WAS TAKING CARE OF DEFENDANT ONE'S CHILD. ON 021214, AT 1610 HOURS, DEFENDANT, MS TRACY HORST, TURNED HERSELF INTO ME AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ONCE THERE, A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE ITEMS WERE STOLEN, ESPECIALLY SINCE HER DAUGHTER DIDN'T WORK AND SHE HAD RETURNED $617.94 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE IN TWO DAYS. DURING THE TRANSACTIONS SHE RETURNED TWO BLENDERS EACH VALUED AT $199.00. ONCE THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, SHE WAS RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE DUE TO HER COOPERATION. |
