| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (AR15-16665) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF WALMART, TO WIT: STORE MERCHANDISE WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $62.42, 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 STATUTE 812.014(3)(A). ON 100115, I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE INVERNESS WALMART IN REFERENCE TO THE RETAIL THEFT BLITZ. I WAS CONTACTED BY LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR JOSEPH COMPOSTELLA, WHO ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED A FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS SHELBY NIMMONS, DISPLAYING SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR IN THE STORE. DURING SURVEILLANCE ON THE DEFENDANT, HE OBSERVED HER SELECT MULTIPLE ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE STORE AND CONCEAL THEM IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE SELF CHECKOUT LANE AND PAID FOR THE ITEMS IN HER BASKET, BUT DID NOT PAY FOR THE ITEMS THAT SHE CONCEALED IN HER PURSE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR THE MERCHANDISE CONCEALED IN HER PURSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS STOPPED BY THE COMPLAINANT, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HER OF WHO HE WAS. HE THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO REMOVE THE STOLEN ITEMS FROM HER PURSE, TO WHICH SHE DID. THE STOLEN ITEMS INCLUDED CANS OF CAT FOOD, COSMETIC ITEMS, AND A PACKAGE OF EAR BUDS. RECEIPTS WERE PROVIDED TO THIS DETECTIVE FOR THE STOLEN ITEMS BY STORE EMPLOYEES; TOTALING $62.42. THE DEFENDANT WAS WITH HER BOYFRIEND WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HER STEALING ANY ITEMS FROM THE STORE. BOTH PARTIES ADVISED THAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE COMPLAINANT THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO STOLE THE ITEMS AND CONCEALED THEM IN HER PURSE. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE TRESPASSED FROM THE INVERNESS WALMART. THE DEFENDANTâS BOYFRIEND WAS RELEASED FROM THE SCENE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED BY THE TRANSPORT UNIT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. COPIES OF THE RECEIPTS AND THE COMPLAINANTâS WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS COLLECTED ON SCENE, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE IN-STORE VIDEO. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. \t |
