| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PHILLIPS, SHANNON 0223 (12-134481) (AR12-2139) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, KMART, TO WIT: FISHING LURES AND HOOKS, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $29.55 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 812.015. ON 072712, I WAS DISPATCH TO KMART LOCATED AT 1801 NW HIGHWAY 19 IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A SHOPLIFTER IN CUSTODY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER/COMPLAINANT, MR DUANE SMITH, WHO ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 HOURS, HE OBSERVED AN ADULT MALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR THOMAS EVANS, ENTER INTO THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT. MR EVANS APPROACHED A DISPLAY OF FISHING LURES, SELECTED THREE LURES AND TWO PACKS OF HOOKS. MR EVANS THEN WENT INTO THE SHOE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE CONCEALED THE LURES AND HOOKS IN HIS FRONT LEFT AND REAR LEFT POCKETS. MR EVANS THEN PROCEEDED to the FRONT OF THE STORE, PASSING ALL CHECKOUTS AND EXITED THE STORE. MR SMITH APPROACHED MR EVANS IN THE MALL, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS SECURITY AND ASKED HIM TO RETURN TO THE STORE, WHICH HE DID SO WILLINGLY. MR EVANS WAS ESCORTED TO THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE. ONCE INSIDE THE OFFICE, MR EVANS RETURNED THE LURES AND HOOKS. THIS DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHERE WAS READ MIRANDA WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. MR EVANS DID ADMIT TO TAKING THE LURES AND HOOKS, BUT COULD NOT ADVISE WHY, JUST THAT HE âSCREWED UPâ AND DID NOT HAVE MONEY FOR THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS 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. A TRESPASS WARNING WAS THEN ISSUED TO MR EVANS FOR KMART. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
