| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: JOHNSON, DALE 0178 (AR11123320) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE, TO WIT: MERCHANDISE TOTALING $124.00, 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 STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). ON 102711, I RESPONDED TO THE BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE LOCATED AT 346 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH MR CHAD WHITLER, THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER FOR BEALLS DEPARTMENT STORE. HE ADVISED AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 HOURS, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS LOIS HOLMSTORM, SELECT FIVE ITEMS OF CLOTHING AND ENTER THE FITTING ROOM. WHEN SHE EXITED THREE ITEMS WERE MISSING. SHE RETURNED TWO OF THE ITEMS to the RETURN HANGER AND SHE WAS ALSO CARRYING TWO BAGS, WHICH SHE ONLY HAD ONE UPON ENTERING THE FITTING ROOM. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE MAKING NO ATTEMPTS TO PAY. MR WHITLER ADVISED THAT HE STOPPED THE DEFENDANT OUTSIDE OF THE STORE AND ESCORTED HER TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. ONCE INSIDE THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER THE ITEMS THE DEFENDANT HAD TAKEN. MR WHITLER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN STEALING ITEMS FROM THE CRYSTAL RIVER STORE AND RETURNING THEM TO THE INVERNESS STORE AS WELL AS STEALING ITEMS FROM THE INVERNESS STORE AND RETURNING THE ITEMS TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER STORE. MR WHITLER ALSO ADVISED THAT ON 102011, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT IN THE CRYSTAL RIVER STORE EXIT WITH UNPAID FOR MERCHANDISE, HOWEVER, PRIOR TO BEING ABLE TO VERIFY THE MERCHANDISE WAS NOT PAID FOR, THE DEFENDANT LEFT IN HER VEHICLE. MR WHITLER PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT giving HIS ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MERCHANDISE ALONG WITH A DETAILED RECEIPT AND THE IN STORE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. MR WHITLER ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN STEALING ITEMS FROM THE STORE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND HAD ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ABLE TO CATCH HER DOING SO. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRESPASSED FROM THE BEALLS STORE LOCATED IN CRYSTAL RIVER, INVERNESS, AND OCALA STORE ON STATE ROAD 200 BY MR WHITLER. "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* |
