| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BLAIR, ED 0469 (AR10114781) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: WEED EATER AND LEAF BLOWER, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: $440.00 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. DID KNOWINGLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINE, OR CONFEDERATE WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE, TO WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED FOR SMOKING COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) DID KNOWINGLY ATTEMPT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE, TO WIT: BURGLARY, BUT FAILED IN THE PREPARATION, WAS INTERCEPTED, OR WAS PREVENTED IN THE EXECUTION THEREOF, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(1) ON 041510, AT APPROXIMATELY 0543 HOURS, DEPUTY CLAUDE RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE ON 4910 WEST TRINITY PLACE IN LECANTO, IN REFERENCE TO AN ATTEMPTED BURGLARY and GRAND THEFT. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY CLAUDE MADE CONTACT WITH the VICTIM WHO STATED THAT HE WAS SLEEPING IN the EARLY MORNING HOURS AND WAS AWOKEN BY A LOUD NOISE. the VICTIM STATED HE WENT OUTSIDE TO INVESTIGATE, AT WHICH TIME HE OBSERVED DEFENDANT ONE, MR JOSHUA SWANSON, NEAR HIS VEHICLE. the VICTIM STATED THAT HE WAS FAMILIAR with DEFENDANT SWANSON AND OBSERVED HIM FACE TO FACE HOLDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PRY BAR. HE STATED THAT UPON DEFENDANT SWANSON HAVING BEEN STARTLED, HE THEN FLED ACROSS THE STREET TOWARDS A PARKED AUTOMOBILE. THE VICTIM STATED HE HEARD MR SWANSON YELL "MELISSA QUICK, START THE CAR". THE VICTIM BELIEVED THE VEHICLE TO BE A 2001, FORD FOCUS GOLD IN COLOR. THE VICTIM IS FAMILIAR WITH DEFENDANT SWANSON AND DEFENDANT MELISSA STRONG, AS THEY ARE BOTH ACQUAINTANCES. the VICTIM STATED DEFENDANT STRONG HAD JUST VISITED THE RESIDENCE THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE VICTIM OBSERVED HIS ECHO LEAF BLOWER AND ECHO WEED EATER TO BE MISSING. the TWO ITEMS WERE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM the VEHICLE ON the SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM VALUED THE WEED EATER and LEAF BLOWER AT $220.00 EACH. the VICTIM STATED THAT THE VEHICLE THAT DEFENDANT STRONG WAS DRIVING BELONGED TO HER MOTHER. THE VICTIM ALSO OBSERVED PRY MARKS AND DAMAGE TO the TRUNK OF HIS VEHICLE. DEPUTY CLAUDE LATER MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT STRONG'S MOTHER, WHO STATED THAT DEFENDANT STRONG HAD TAKEN the VEHICLE THREE DAYS AGO WITHOUT PERMISSION. ON TODAY'S DATE 051210, AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE AND MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFFS' OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT (TIU) OBSERVED A VEHICLE REGISTERED TO MR JOSHUA SWANSON PARKED AT THE BELLA OASIS MOTEL. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH DEFENDANT SWANSON and DEFENDANT STRONG WITHIN ROOM 212. DEPUTY LEKATIS OBSERVED DEFENDANT STRONG EXITING THE BATHROOM OF THE ROOM. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE HANDCUFFED BEHIND THEIR BACKS. DEPUTY LAKATIS OBSERVED A GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED FOR SMOKING COCAINE IN PLAIN VIEW IN THE BATHROOM. the GLASS PIPE CONTAINED A WHITE SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF COCAINE. THE SUBSTANCE WAS LATER FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. THIS DETECTIVE COLLECTED THE COCAINE AND PIPE, AND SAID ITEMS WERE LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. THE DEFENDANTS WERE ADVISED OF THEIR MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH THEY STATED they UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE. THE DEFENDANTS WERE QUESTIONED SEPARATELY AS TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THESE CRIMES. BOTH DEFENDANTS CONTINUALLY DENIED PARTICIPATION; HOWEVER, WERE UNABLE TO GIVE CONSISTENT ACCOUNTS OF THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THIS MATTER. WHILE CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW with DEFENDANT STRONG SHE STATED THAT the COCAINE AND COCAINE PIPE LOCATED IN THE BATHROOM BELONGED TO DEFENDANT SWANSON. THE DEFENDANTS WERE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT SWANSON'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $9,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
