Report Date: 11-22-96
On this date I was dispatched to the above location
in reference to a retail theft complaint at Albertson's. However, it was told to us that the suspect
had fled from the area and possibly had gone into Scotty's.
Upon our arrival, Deputy DiBruno and I met with
Jeffery who had watched the suspect go into Scotty's after running from him and
his manager, Todd. While talking with
Jeffery he gave us a description of a white male approximately 5'8" - 5'10",
180-190 lbs., wearing beige shorts, cream colored shirt which was a pullover
with dark diamond designs.
While getting the description, Jeffery had pointed
toward the front door of Scotty's and said there he is; however, my partner and
I could not initially see him because of the pillars in front of the
business. After we ran to the far east
of Scotty's, Deputy DiBruno and I were then shown by Jeffery the suspect
running south across Walsingham from the Albertson's parking lot. By this time, Deputy DiBruno and I were at
Walsingham coming out of the parking lot, observing a suspect who matched the
description given to us, who had looked directly at us and kept running south
across Walsingham. Deputy DiBruno and I continued across Walsingham into the
direction where we last saw the suspect running at which time we found him
after he had hid himself in some bushes.
It was then that deputy diBruno and I ordered him to stop at which time
he hesitated as if he was going to run again.
Deputy DiBruno and I then gained control of the suspect at which time we
escorted him back to the cruiser where he was placed into custody.
Deputy DiBruno and I then took the suspect back to
Albertson's where we made contact with Jeffery and Todd who positively
identified the man we had in custody as the man who attempted to steal the
food. It was explained to us later that
the suspect, later identified as William, had got a grocery cart, filled it
with the listed items of property which totaled to $232.82 worth of goods and
after getting change for a $100 bill, William then went and got two bags of ice
at which time he left the store without paying for any of the merchandise. It was then that Todd and Jeffery had
followed William out into the parking lot and when they confronted him, William
then left the cart and ran east toward Scotty's. That is when Jeffery and another co-worker had gone to Scotty's
to wait for us.
The other witness who watched William leave the
store with the goods was Minda, who was the one who changed the $100 bill. After talking with the witnesses and
gathering their witness statements and a copy of the receipt of the goods
taken, I then went and read William Miranda from card at which time William
said he understood his rights and would answer any questions that I might have. I asked William why he took the goods from
the store and William at first was very nervous and hesitant; however he said,
" I knew it was wrong but I stole the stuff so that I would impress my
future employer." Apparently,
William had just been fired from his job and only had approximately $500 left
to his name which was on his person while he stole the goods from
Albertsons'. After gathering William's
statements, he was then transported to the PCJ without incident and charged
with retail theft and resisting an officer without violence.
William had two items which were not accepted by the
jail, one of which was a GTE cellular phone with a black leather case and one
Swiss army knife which was taken to the Property and Evidence section for
safekeeping. A copy of the bulk
property form along with the receipt for the goods taken and the witness
statements were attached as ARMS Support Document.
updated 23 December 1999, 1613, MF