| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CULBERTSON, CHRIS 0439 (AR10118338) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WAL-MART, TO WIT: NUMEROUS ITEMS TOTALING $376.89, BY 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 MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8) ON 121210 I RESPONDED TO 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS; THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR DALE WILLIAMS WHO IS THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER. HE STATED HE WITNESSED A FEMALE SUSPECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS HEATHER IVANYI, ENTER THE STORE, COLLECT A LARGE QUANTITY OF MERCHANDISE, AND THEN PROCEED TO THE GARDEN CENTER WHERE SHE SELECTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF EMPTY WAL-MART BAGS FROM THE REGISTER. MS IVANYI THEN PROCEEDED TO BAG ALL OF THE MERCHANDISE AND THEN MADE HER WAY TO THE GARDEN EXIT, PASSING ALL FINAL POINTS OF SALE, WHICH WAS WHEN MR WILLIAMS TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY. AT THIS TIME I READ MS IVANYI HER RIGHTS FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. SHE STATED SHE WOULD TALK TO ME. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD TAKEN THE ITEMS, AND SHE STATED, YES AND SAID SHE WAS DISABLED, BUT ADVISED SHE HAD BROUGHT SOME OF THE ITEMS WITH HER INTO THE STORE. MS IVANYI COULD NOT PRODUCE A RECEIPT OR SHOW WHERE A DOOR GREETER HAD GIVEN HER A STICKER TO PROVE SHE HAD ENTERED THE STORE WITH THE MERCHANDISE. NUMEROUS TIMES MS IVANYI ASKED IF SHE COULD PAY FOR THE ITEMS, BUT WAS TOLD BY MR WILLIAMS THAT IT WAS TOO LATE. AT THIS TIME MS IVANYI WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED IN FRONT OF HER BODY DUE TO A DISABILITY WITH HER RIGHT SHOULDER. SHE WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND BOOKED ON THE CHARGE OF FELONY RETAIL THEFT, WITH BOND OF $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL ITEMS WERE RETURNED BACK TO THE STORE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
