Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR1121289) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: SEVEN RINGS, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: ACTUAL VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00 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 STATUTES 812.014. (AND) KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF SEVEN RINGS, AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $250.00 FROM THE ABC PAWN PAWNBROKER FOR THE RINGS VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8)(A) ON 060811, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A GRAND THEFT AT 1935 NORTH ROCK CRESS PATH IN CRYSTAL RIVER. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE HAD DISCOVERED SEVEN RINGS STOLEN FROM HER RESIDENCE; TOTAL VALUE APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00. THE VICTIM DID ADVISE THAT A FRIEND OF HERS, THE DEFENDANT, MR ANCIL CARITHERS, HAD BEEN STAYING AT HER RESIDENCE BUT MOVED OUT. THE VICTIM BELIEVED CARITHERS MAY POSSIBLY BE INVOLVED IN THE THEFT. ON 060911, DEPUTY ADAM FERGUSON LOCATED PAWNS BY DEFENDANT CARITHERS AT ABC PAWN IN HOMOSASSA. THE ITEMS PAWNED BY CARITHERS MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE STOLEN RINGS GIVEN BY THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM RESPONDED TO ABC PAWN AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE RINGS PAWNED BY CARITHERS AS THE SAME RINGS SHE HAD REPORTED STOLEN FROM HER RESIDENCE. THE INFORMATION ON THE PAWN TRANSACTION FORMS IDENTIFIED THE PAWNER AS THE DEFENDANT MR ANCIL CARITHERS. ON 061611, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH ANCIL CARITHERS, AT WHICH TIME HE ADMITTED TO SAID THEFT. MR CARITHERS WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ONCE AT THE JAIL DEFENDANT CARITHERS WAS ADVISED OF MIRANDA VIA CARD, WHICH HE WAIVED AND AGREED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. MR CARITHERS AGAIN ADMITTED TO STEALING THE SEVEN RINGS FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE AND PAWNING THE RINGS AT ABC PAWN. DUE DUE TO HIS COOPERATION HIS BOND WAS SET AT RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |