Warrant No. 0 THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY or TARRANT WARRANT OF ARREST TO ANY PEACE OFFICER OF THE STATE OF The undersigned Magistrate havin cause exists for the issuance of this warrant, you are hereby co ded to arrest 7 Pruitt, Ch les W. male, date of bir 1 04/13/1982 a, Hereina?er referred to as Pruitt, a bring Pruitt before a Egg 5 Texas, instanter, then and there to swer the State of Texas for an offense agai he laws said State, to-wit Fal Report to a Peace Of?cer ?+51 .l of which i?g: Pruitt, is accused by the written af?davit, under oath of Detective Williams #3 603, Fort Vina; Police Department ?led before me anterior to the issuance of this warrant. Herein fail not and eturn make heregif?at the pla herein er named. Witness my official si ture this the 5 day 0 A A A.D., 2015. if 93?s TIME: 2 -, 75 gm .INANDF lie-9's . if Came on to hand on the day of 2015, and exec "u the day of ,2015 NAME OF PEACE OFFICER DESCRIPTION OF OFFICE Con?dential Page 1 11/5/2015 WarrantNo. l?m00302? ARREST WARRANT AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared the undersigned af?ant, who after being duly sworn on oath deposes . FIT/inn? 5in active Williams #3 603, Fort Worth Police Department, and I have good reaso believe and do ve that on or about the 3rd day of November, 201 5, in Tarrant County, Texas, Ch es Pruitt, a white date of birth 04/1 3/1982, WITH THE TO DECEIVE, KNOWINGLY - FALSE STATE T, TO-WIT: GIVING FALSE INFORMATION MATERIAL TO TAMPERING WI CONSUMER PRO CT CASE TO YOUR AFFIANT, DETECTIVE WILLIAMS #3 603, A PEACE FICER CONDUC A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR AN EMPLOYEE OF A LAW ENFORCE In NT AGENCY AU BY THE AGENCY TO CONDUCT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, - AID DEFENDANT KNE realign, 1 ?til; 603 WAS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGA ON AND THE STATEMENT IS - A AL INVESTIGATION. :95; xi: 34$: 1' j: {Film My belief is based on the followin facts and information: 1) I, ctive IV 1am I 603, has been a Fort WOlth Police Of?cer for over n1ne (9) and Tently assigned as a Detective to the West CID Unit. :1 .4 "ea: 2) On 1 l/ assigned FWPD case 15 -1 02575 . Upon reading this report, it was determine that on 10/3 Of?cer I Gray #4201 and Of?cer Neal #4147 responded to a Complainant cat North Elementary school at 9850 Legacy Dr. Upon arrival they met wi- ChriS Pruitt 1 ?I?tb a he Officers that his Wife, Rose Talley had taken their Chi riCk?treatin' area around North Elementary Soho lier in the evening. When Ta11_, at their with their children, Pruitt through the children's candy and cut the tip Of his left ex ?nger. Pruitt carefull?d the package and found a metal razor blade protruding treat itself. Talley ?'him that she knew where they had gotten the treat and had a picture of the group sting at the door Of the a: residence and the man (later identi?ed as that was handing out the treats was in the photograph. 3) On 11/02/15, I contacted Pruitt about the incident. Pruitt: u. Simi account as above and was trying to still locate the suspect? address. At approximat i no?? S, Pruitt went with his wife, Talley, and they retraced the footsteps from 10/31/15 and locatedthe residence where they were given the rice crispy treat. Pruitt contacted me and said that the address of 309 Windy Hill Ln was af?xed to the residence. 4) That on 11/03/15, I met with both Pruitt and Talley at 3525 Marquita Dr. Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas to interview them and take the rice crispy treat with the razor blade from Pruitt as evidence. Pruitt and Talley wrote written statements about the. incident. Con?dential Page 2 11/5/2015 Warrant No. 00 30 7! 5) That your af?ant interviewed Talley and obtained photographs and suspect description for a potential suspect and suspect houses. From Pruitt and Talley?s statements, your affiant was able to develop probable cause for a search warrant for 309 Windy Hill Ln based off of the signed statements by Talley and Pruitt. This warrant was signed into existence by Judge Thomas on 11/03/15 at 2:32pm. 6) That members of then relocated and executed the search warrant at 309 Windy Hill. Detectives and Of?cers knocked on the do or and Woodby answered the door. Woodby said that previous to Halloween, he from Walmart. Woodby said that this was the only candy he bought . that he never passe ut any suckers or gum or rice crispy treats of any kind. Woodby said that ere wasn?t even a t' where he has ever bought dum?dum suckers I I I or rice crispy treats Since 11 ng there. ?an i? all .7 7) That once everyone was ou de, Detective Wi": 39.5% Kesler, and I performed a tematic search of the resi 7' this residence that could co oborate any of Talley or Pruitt?s st - appearance of the residenc Woodby. 1-, 8) That your af?ant then contted Pruitt via email and asked him and Talley to come back i c1 se nt. On 11/4/15, at approximately 10:15am, they came up to - .: r, it?d 123.3%: lir?ldclarify some of their statements. 9) That ?liar, ?ant interviewed Talley about the incident. I con?rmed Talley? statement and a?e speaking er more about the incident, she did not want to change up her statement. Ithe confronted with the discovery during the investigation at 309 Windy Hill. I asked Talley we could go to house to check her razors and trash to see if it was possible that Pruitt actua -: placed the razor .he rice crisp. self. Talley said that it would be ok and we {Ta 1 Dawson, myself Hient of the res ce. a 10) That during the search of the residence and bat ., ?illette Fusion Pro Glide razor With the razor blade attached. 'E:minsp'ected this ?precision trimmer? that is commonly attached to thback of this par ular razor was missing and taken off. I noticed that it had 5 attachment hole ?7 here it would ach to the razor blade, from the bathroom. 11) That while your af?ant took Dawson and Talley to 4104 Valentine, Det. Kesler spoke to Pruitt about the incident to clarify the new evidence in our investigation. During this interview, Det Kesler asked Pruitt what kind of razor he shaves with and Pruitt said that he shaved with a ?high end? Gillette razor with a swivel. Con?dential Page 3 11/5/20] 5 Warrant No. OOEOTOD 12) That through training and experience, Det Kesler believed that Pruitt was demonstrating behavioral indicators that were associated with deception and decided to confront Pruitt with lying about the incident. When asked if he actually put the razor blade in the rice crispy treat, Pruitt confessed and said that he did and began crying. During his confession, Pruitt said that he got the razor blade from a razor from his bathroom at his house at 4104 Valentine St. Pruitt also said that he cut his ?nger while he was getting out the razor to put it in the rice crispy treat. That due to the aforementioned facts and information being related to me as a result of this investigation, Ihave reason to belie ?53 harles Pruitt, a white male, date of birth 04/13/1982, did knowingly and inttionally, commit the against the laws of the state of Tex as de?ned in the Pe f? TITLD OFFICE HELD BY MAGISTRATE Con?dential Page 4 11/5/2015