| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BYRD, JEDIDIAH 0737 (AR16-19710) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WAL-MART, TO WIT: THREE DVD'S AND ONE BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $56.19 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 HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $100.00 OR LESS, SECOND OFFENSE, THUS THE OFFENDER COMMITS PETIT THEFT OF THE FIRST DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE AS PROVIDED IN FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 812.014(3)(B). ON 060216, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART AT 2461 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR JOE COMPOSTELLA, WHO IS A LOSS PREVENTION AGENT with WAL-MART. HE ADVISED ON TODAY'S DATE HE OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS the DEFENDANT, MR PAUL EVERETT SURFACE, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN the STORE. HE ADVISED HE CONTINUED FLOOR SURVEILLANCE ON THE DEFENDANT. HE ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED HIM SELECT SEVERAL DVD'S AND A BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO AND CONCEAL THEM ON HIS PERSON. HE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF the STORE and EXITED PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT AN ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE. THE COMPLAINANT SAID THAT HE THEN STOPPED THE DEFENDANT AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS LOSS PREVENTION AGENT WITH WAL-MART AND ESCORTED HIM BACK TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WITHOUT INCIDENT. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT, MR PAUL SURFACE. I READ HIM HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD STOLEN THE ITEMS IN QUESTION AND THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR THE ITEMS. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT HE IS GOING THROUGH A HARD TIME AND HE DOES NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY and THAT WAS THE REASON HE STOLE. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT HE WAS RECENTLY CAUGHT AT THE LECANTO WAL-MART FOR STEALING AS WELL. THIS WAS VERIFIED THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK THROUGH THE WARRANTS DIVISION. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT, SECOND OFFENSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING and PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT RETAIL PETIT THEFT, SECOND OFFENSE, WITH HIS TOTAL BOND SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE THREE DVD'S AND BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO WERE RETURNED TO THE LOSS PREVENTION AGENT. THE COMPLAINANT COMPLETED A STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. A DVD SHOWING THE STORE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE WAS COLLECTED and TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO PROVIDED A STORE RECEIPT LISTING THE MERCHANDISE, ALONG WITH THE VALUE FOR EACH ITEM. THE STORE RECEIPT WAS ALSO TURNED IN TO RECORDS. |
