| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMOLENSKY, STEVE 0142 (AR09108229) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: STEALING GENERAL MERCHANDISE TOTALING $215.46 CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(A). ON 031809, AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA, LOCATED AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR STEFAN ARNOLD, WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS WALKING THE FLOOR WHEN HE OBSERVED A FEMALE STANDING NEXT TO THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE EXIT WITH A SHOPPING CART FULL OF MERCHANDISE THAT WAS NOT BAGGED. THE FEMALE WAS LOOKING INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR ANOTHER FEMALE THAT HAD LEFT HER IN THE STORE. THE FEMALE THEN PASSED ALL POINTS OF SALES, AT WHICH TIME MR ARNOLD MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECT OUTSIDE AND ASKED HER TO COME BACK INTO THE STORE. AT THAT TIME, THIS AGENCY WAS NOTIFIED. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE FEMALE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS DOMINEKE DUNCAN (DEFENDANT). I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING VIA PRE PRINTED CARD AND QUESTIONED HER REFERENCE THIS INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE LIVES IN WILDWOOD, FLORIDA, AND WAS PICKED UP ON THIS DATE (031809) BY A FEMALE SUBJECT KNOWN TO HER ONLY AS "BIG MAMMA" AND ANOTHER FEMALE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE GROUP TRAVELLED TO INVERNESS AT WHICH TIME, THE PAIR DROPPED THE DEFENDANT OFF AT THE MCDONALDS AT THE CITRUS CENTER AND THEY WENT TO THE BEALLS STORE ALSO LOCATED IN THE CITRUS CENTER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED AFTER SHE WAS PICKED BACK UP, SHE LEARNED THAT THE SUBJECTS HAD STOLEN MERCHANDISE FROM THE BEALLS STORE, AT WHICH TIME THEY ENTERED THE WAL-MART. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT NEARLY EVERYTHING IN THE CART WAS FOR THE OTHER SUBJECTS AND THAT THEY HAD TALKED HER INTO PUSHING THE CART. SHE STATED THAT SHE KNEW THIS WAS WRONG, AND THOUGHT ABOUT WALKING AWAY AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN IT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT ONE SUBJECT LEFT EARLIER AND WALKED OUT OF THE STORE, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND SUBJECT, WHO WAS REPORTEDLY GETTING THE VEHICLE. AGAIN, THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING THE CART AND WALKING OUT, BUT SHE DID NOT AND INSTEAD PUSHED THE CART OUTSIDE, HOPING TO GET PICKED UP BY THE FEMALES; HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABANDONED IN THE PARKING LOT. UNITS BOLOE'D THE AREA ON THE WAY TO WILDWOOD FOR THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RETAIL THEFT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY THE BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT RECEIVED A HIGHER BOND BECAUSE SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS CONVICTED TWICE OF RETAIL THEFT IN SUMTER COUNTY IN 2008. STEFAN ARNOLD COMPLETED A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN REFERENCE THIS INCIDENT (TO FOLLOW). THE DEFENDANT WAS TRESPASSED ON THIS DATE (031809) BY STEFAN ARNOLD. THE TRESPASS WARNING WAS LOGGED BY DISPATCH ON 031809. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
