| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BARR, JOSHUA 1338 (AR14-13015) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT CONCEALED SEVERAL ITEMS OF JEWELRY, CLOTHING AND HANDBAGS ON HER PERSON AND INSIDE HER PURSE, 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 $300.00 OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.015(8). ON 120214, AT APPROXIMATELY 1929 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE AT 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT IN PROGRESS. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER, MR JEREMIAH PRICE, CONFRONTING A FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS KELSEA NEWBY, IN THE BEALLâS PARKING LOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE STORE AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A VEHICLE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND OBSERVED HER PURSE TO BE STUFFED WITH CLOTHING AND JEWELRY. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICE ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO TURN OVER ALL OF THE MERCHANDISE THAT SHE HAD STOLEN AND THE DEFENDANT COMPLIED. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO WEARING SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY AND A PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE ADMITTED TO TAKING FROM BEALLS WITHOUT PAYING. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM MY AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, WHERE SHE STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO STEALING SEVERAL ITEMS FROM BEALLS, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE CREDIT CARD THAT SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PAY WITH. THE DEFENDANT WAS HOLDING A SMALL HANDBAG IN HER HAND AND CONSENTED TO ALLOW ME TO SEARCH IT. INSIDE THE HANDBAG I FOUND TWO PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING WHAT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS METHAMPHETAMINE; SEE REPORT 14-164753. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN CUSTODY, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICE STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT VIA BEALLS CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION, WHERE HE OBSERVED HER STUFFING ITEMS FROM THE SHELVES INTO HER PURSE, AS WELL AS PUTTING ON SEVERAL ITEMS OF JEWELRY. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICE ALSO STATED THAT HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT PASS ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE MERCHANDISE AND EXIT THE BUILDING INTO THE BEALLS PARKING LOT. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICE FILLED OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT WAS COLLECTED AND WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. HE ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A TRAINING RECEIPT LISTING ALL OF THE STOLEN AND RECOVERED ITEMS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE AND A DVD CONTAINING THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE CAPTURING THE THEFT. ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WERE LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICE TOOK POSSESSION OF ALL OF THE RECOVERED MERCHANDISE AND IT WAS RETURNED TO THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, PER LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PRICEâS REQUEST. WHILE CONDUCTING MY INVESTIGATION, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO ME THAT SHE WAS ON FELONY PROBATION FOR COCAINE SELL AND DISTRIBUTION. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS ON PROBATION, WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH A NEW LAW VIOLATION, IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 14-164772. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND CHARGED WITH GRAND THEFT FROM A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
