| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX/0287 (2016-61458) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART (VICTIM), TO-WIT: SEVERAL X-BOX GAMING SYSTEMS AND OTHER ITEMS, OF THE VALUE OF 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 050616, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS, DEPUTY CREEL RESPONDED TO WALMART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT WHO IS AN ASSET PROTECTION ASSOCIATE WITH WALMART. DEPUTY CREEL WAS ADVISED BY THE COMPLAINANT, THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT WORK THIS MORNING AN ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATE INFORMED HIM THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 HOURS THIS MORNING IT WAS DISCOVERED that A LOCKED CABINET WHERE THE GAMES ARE KEPT HAD BEEN PRIED OPEN BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON AND SEVERAL GAMING SYSTEMS WERE MISSING. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED HE REVIEWED THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WHICH REVEALED AN UNKNOWN WHITE MALE SUBJECT, WEARING A BLACK HOODIE and BLUE JEANS, BROKE IN TO THE CABINET AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 HOURS ON 050616 AND STOLE TWO X-BOX GAME SYSTEMS FROM THE CABINET. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE SUSPECT ALSO SELECTED OTHER ITEMS OF MERCHANDISE AND HAD BAGGED THE ITEMS IN the CLOTHING DEPARTMENT NEAR THE BABY SECTION. AFTER BAGGING THE ITEMS, the SUSPECT EXITED the STORE, PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE, WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPTS TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS, AND THEN LEFT IN A SMALL BLACK PICKUP WHICH IS ON THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED THE TOTAL AMOUNT AND A LIST OF STOLEN ITEMS ALONG WITH A DVD VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ON 050616, THIS DETECTIVE WAS CONTACTED BY THE COMPLAINANT AND ADVISED OF THE THEFT THAT OCCURRED TO AT WALMART. THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO THE WALMART AND PROCESSED THE GAME SYSTEM CABINET THAT WAS PRIED OPEN BY THE UNKNOWN SUSPECT. THE DETECTIVE OBTAINED 17 SEPARATE LATENT FINGER PRINTS WHICH WERE TURNED INTO THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE EVIDENCE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. ON 053116, THIS DETECTIVE WAS NOTIFIED BY A LATENT PRINT EXAMINER THAT A LATENT PRINT MATCH WAS MADE TO THE SUSPECT DANA COWART. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION WAS MADE OF THE SUSPECTS FINGER PRINTS WHICH WAS OBTAINED TWO TIMES FROM THE GAME SYSTEM DISPLAY CABINET. UPON THIS DETECTIVE LEARNING THIS INFORMATION I WAS ALSO ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT ON THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO INSIDE THE STORE. SUSPECT COWARTSâ VEHICLE WAS ALSO LOCATED IN WALMARTSâ PARKING LOT FROM THE OUT SIDE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AT THE SAME TIME THIS THEFT occurred. ON 060216 AT 0930 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO THE SUSPECT RESIDENCE AT 3095 E. POSSUM COURT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. UPON ARRIVING THE SUSPECT WAS IN HIS FRONT YARD AND I IDENTIFIED MYSELF. I ADVISED THE SUSPECT THAT I WAS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE IN WHICH HE WAS INVOLVED IN. THE SUSPECT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INVOLVED WITH ANY TYPE OF THEFTâS FROM ANYWHERE AND NO LONGER WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CASE. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED DANA COWART HE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT OF WAMARTS PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS HAND CUFFED AND READ HIS RIGHTS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL WHERE HE WAS BOOKED IN FOR ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH A BOND OF $2000.00. TYPED BY: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 |
