| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: JAKOB, RAINER 0670 (AR11122713) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, BEALLS OUTLET IN CRYSTAL RIVER, TO WIT: THEY TOOK TWO SETS OF HEADPHONES, FOUR T-SHIRTS AND A PAIR OF SHORTS, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $185.98, 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(a). ON 091211, I WAS DISPATCHED TO BEALLS OUTLET IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO RETAIL THEFT IN PROGRESS. UPON MY ARRIVAL WITH BACK-UP DEPUTY DOYLE, WE STAGED OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS. DEPUTY DOYLE THEN APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BUSINESS WHEN HE OBSERVED THE TWO SUBJECTS, MR RYAN BRANNEN (DEFENDANT) AND MR STEPHEN BAKER (DEFENDANT), APPROACHING THE DOOR TO EXIT. THE DEFENDANTS SAW DEPUTY DOYLE, AT WHICH TIME, THEY TURNED AROUND AND WALKED INTO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT. DEPUTY DOYLE THEN APPROACHED THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WHERE THEY BEGAN DISCUSSING THE THEFT IN PROGRESS. THE DEFENDANTS THEN EXITED THE STORE WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THEM. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY SAW DEPUTY DOYLE AND THEY DROPPED THE ITEMS IN THE SHOE DEPARTMENT. WHEN I ASKED THEM WHAT THE ITEMS WERE, THEY STATED THAT THEY HAD SHIRTS AND HEADPHONES WHICH THEY STUFFED INSIDE THEIR JEANS. THEY ALSO STATED THAT WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS STUPID. DEPUTY DOYLE AND MYSELF THEN WENT INSIDE THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE WITH THE TWO DEFENDANTS WHERE I OBSERVED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. I OBSERVED THE TWO DEFENDANTS TAKE MERCHANDISE OFF OF HANGERS AND PLACE THE ITEMS INSIDE THE FRONT OF THEIR WAISTBANDS CONCEALING THE MERCHANDISE. THE TWO DEFENDANTS THEN WERE EXITING THE STORE PAST ALL PARTS OF CHECKOUT WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS. AT THAT TIME, THEY SPOTTED DEPUTY DOYLE AND QUICKLY TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK INTO STORE. THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER PROVIDED ME WITH A WRITTEN STATEMENT, PHOTOGRAPHS OF MERCHANDISE, AND A RECEIPT FOR THE MERCHANDISE. WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I PLACED BOTH DEFENDANTS UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL THEFT, SEARCHED AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS, PLACED THE DEFENDANTS IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. EACH DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00. "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* |
