| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: EMRICK, AL 0104 (AR11121548) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, DOLLAR GENERAL, TO WIT: CLOTHING, TOILETRIES, ETC, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $100.00 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 HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE and 812.014(3)(a). ON 070111 I WAS DISPATCHED to the DOLLAR GENERAL IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO A RETAIL THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH STORE EMPLOYEES THAT STATED that AN ANONYMOUS CUSTOMER ADVISED THEM THEY HAD SEEN THE DEFENDANTS STEALING SOME ITEMS. SHE SPECIFICALLY NAMED THE CO-DEFENDANT, MS CASSANDRA MOODY, AS DUMPING A PACKAGE OF PEN INTO HER PURSE. ONE OF THE STORE EMPLOYEES STATED SHE OBSERVED IN DEFENDANT VALLE'S PURSE AN ITEMS THAT APPEARED TO BE THE same MANUFACTURER AND MAKEUP THAT DOLLAR GENERAL SELLS. I VIEWED THE SECURITY VIDEO WHICH SHOWED THE AISLE CONTAINING MAKEUP AND OTHER TOILETRIES. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THEM TAKING SEVERAL ITEMS OFF OF THE SHELF AND GO TO THE CART SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THEM CONCEAL ANY ITEMS IN THEIR PURSES. I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY HUNTER ON KEEPSAKE LANE IN HERNANDO, WHERE HE HAD STOPPED DEFENDANT MOODY'S VEHICLE AND BOTH DEFENDANT'S WERE PRESENT. DEPUTY HUNTER ADVISED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO DEFENDANT MOODY WHO DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT OF A THEFT. HE STATED HE HAD READ DEFENDANT VALLE HER RIGHTS AND THAT POST MIRANDA SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT STEAL ANYTHING BUT KNEW THAT DEFENDANT MOODY WAS GOING TO DOLLAR GENERAL TO STEAL ITEMS AND DID STEAL ITEMS WHILE THERE. DEFENDANT VALLE STATED TO ME THAT DEFENDANT MOODY HAD STOLEN PENS AND MAKEUP AND POSSIBLY THE SHOES SHE WAS WEARING. I THEN CONTACTED DEFENDANT MOODY AND ADVISED HER THAT DEFENDANT VALLE INDICATED THAT SHE HAD STOLEN ITEMS AND I ASKED HER TO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR STEALING. she POINTED OUT SEVERAL GEL PENS AND SHOELACES. SHE THEN STATED THAT DEFENDANT VALLE HAD STOLEN ALL THE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND MAKEUP ITEMS FOUND IN THEIR POSSESSION. I THEN HAD DEFENDANT VALLE POINT OUT WHICH ITEMS SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR. THERE WERE SEVERAL ITEMS OF CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND SEVERAL MAKEUP ITEMS. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTS WERE EACH CHARGED WITH PETIT THEFT AND BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 EACH, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
