| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COOK, JASON 1333 (15-158079) (AR15-17485) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: WAL-MART, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $47.11, 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 THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $100.00 OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A) ON 120315, AT APPROXIMATELY 1518 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCH TO SUPER WAL-MART LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS, MR STEVEN BUTLER, WHO IS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER AT WAL-MART. THE WITNESS PROVIDED ME WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT STATING THAT HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT, MS DEBRA RIFE, ACTING SUSPICIOUSLY, BEGAN TO OBSERVE HER AND WITNESSED HER SELECT MULTIPLE ITEMS FROM AROUND THE STORE AND PLACE THEM IN HER BAG. THE ITEMS INCLUDED DOG FOOD, RAZORS, WEIGHT LOSS PILLS AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS TOTALING $47.11. THE WITNESS THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PROCEED PAST ALL POINTS OF SALE AND ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE STORE WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR the ITEMS. THE WITNESS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT IN THE FOYER AREA OF the STORE. THE WITNESS THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. DETECTIVE HOLLOWAY 0463 WHO WAS ON SCENE UPON MY ARRIVAL, PROVIDED ME WITH THE RECEIPTS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM THE INCIDENT WHICH WERE COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS AND EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. the DEFENDANT NOTIFIED ME THAT SHE HAD A DOG IN HER VEHICLE AND I HAD ANIMAL CONTROL RESPOND TO THE SCENE AND TAKE CUSTODY OF THE DOG. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
