| Date of birth: | Aug 19, 1978 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: CREEL, JUSTIN 0661 (16-59986) ON 050316, AT APPROXIMATELY 1524 HOURS, I RESPONDED 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 MR STEVEN BUTLER, THE ASSET PROTECTION (AP) OFFICER IN THE AP OFFICE. MR BUTLER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MS STEPHANIE SHEEHAN, WHO IS ALSO PRESENT IN THE AP OFFICE, HAD ATTEMPTED TO STEAL $37.35 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE CONSISTING OF POOL SUPPLIES. MR BUTLER ADVISED SHE HAD DISPLAYED SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR, AT WHICH TIME HE BEGAN FLOOR SURVEILLANCE ON HER. HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD MADE A PURCHASE AT THE SELF CHECKOUT REGISTER AND THEN WALKED OVER TO THE GARDEN CENTER. SHE THEN SELECTED THE POOL SUPPLIES ITEMS, PLACED THEM IN HER SHOPPING CART, AND THEN EXITED THE STORE PASSING ALL POINTS OF SALE WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO PAY FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS. MR BUTLER ADVISED HE THEN APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, ANNOUNCED HIMSELF AS ASSET PROTECTION, AND ESCORTED HER TO THE AP OFFICE. MR BUTLER THEN ADVISED THAT ONCE SHE WAS APPREHENDED, A CHECK OF HER "EBT" CARD WAS CONDUCTED WHICH SHOWED TRANSACTIONS WERE MADE ON SIX OTHER OCCASIONS. AFTER REVIEWING VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE SURVEILLANCE IT REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN ITEMS ON EACH OF THOSE OCCASIONS, WHICH SHE DID SO WHILE AT THE SELF CHECKOUT REGISTER. THE DEFENDANT WAS OBSERVED CHECKING SOME ITEMS AND PUTTING SOME UNCHECKED ITEMS INTO THE BAGS. MR BUTLER ADVISED FROM THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IT WAS DETERMINED THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN A TOTAL OF $70.43 WORTH OF STORE MERCHANDISE FROM THE PREVIOUS SIX INCIDENTS COMBINED. MR BUTLER THEN PROVIDED ME WITH VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FOR TODAY'S INCIDENT, ALONG WITH A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT. HE ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH STATEMENTS AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE FROM THE SIX OTHER INCIDENTS, AS WELL. ALL STATEMENTS WERE TURNED OVER TO RECORDS AND THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MR BUTLER, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH HER SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID UNDERSTAND HER RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO ME. THE STATEMENT SHE PROVIDED STATED THAT MR BUTLER WAS CORRECT. SHE FURTHER ADVISED SHE DID SELECT THE ITEMS FROM THE PRIOR INCIDENTS AND DID ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE POOL SUPPLIES TODAY. AT THAT TIME, MS SHEEHAN WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR RETAIL PETIT THEFT. SHE WAS PROVIDED WITH A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 18692, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 051916 AT 1300 HOURS. MS SHEEHAN WAS THEN RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. MS SHEEHAN WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM ALL WAL-MART STORES IN CITRUS COUNTY. |
| Inmate name: | STEPHANIE AURORA SHEEHAN |
| Arrest number: | 19327 |
| Arrest date: | May 4, 2016 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.014(3)(A) Retail |
| Charge description: | Retail Petit Theft as defined in 812.015 (Value $100 or less) |
