| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (12-43191) (AR12-781) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: UTILITY TRAILER OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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(2)(C)(1). did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: UTILITY TRAILER PARTS, the property of THE VICTIM, MR DAVID WOODSON, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 030512 A UTILITY TRAILER WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM 5050 WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY BY THE VICTIM, MR DAVID WOODSON. THE TRAILER WAS VALUED AT $1,800.00 AND ITS CONTENTS WERE VALUED AT $150.00 BY THE VICTIM. THE TRAILER WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING 6â X 10â WITH A RAMP GATE, RED IN COLOR WITH DIAMOND PLATE FENDERS AND NICE ALUMINUM RIMS. THE VICTIM STATED THE TRAILER CONTAINED MIXED SCRAP METAL. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE KNEW HE HAD A STREET SIGN POST THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 12â LONG AND BENT AT ONE END. IT ALSO CONTAINED A DISMANTLED STAINLESS STEEL B-B-QUE GRILL MADE BY VERMONT CAST. ON 032712 THE DEFENDANT, MR AARON BENOIT, WAS ARRESTED FOR STEALING APPLIANCES FROM THE PLANTATION INN. DURING AN INTERVIEW BY DETECTIVE SEROCKI, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A (FOUND) TRAILER AT THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE. DEPUTY HOLLOWAY AND I RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND, MS STEPHANIE PEABODY. MS PEABODY GAVE US CONSENT TO ENTER THE GARAGE AND INSPECT THE TRAILER. MS PEABODY SIGNED A PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM which WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE TRAILER IN THE DEFENDANTâS GARAGE WAS MISSING ITS FENDERS, WHEELS and RAMP GATE, BUT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF the ONE STOLEN. the VICTIM WAS CONTACTED AND DESCRIBED FURTHER SOME DISTINCTIVE MARKS ON THE TRAILER. THESE MARKS HE DESCRIBED MATCHED THE ONES ON THE TRAILER IN THE DEFENDANTâS GARAGE. THE TRAILER WAS LATER POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BY THE VICTIM AS BEING the ONE HE HAD REPORTED STOLEN ON 030512. DUE TO THE DEFENDANT BEING ARRESTED FOR METAL THEFT, HIS TRANSACTION FORMS WERE REQUESTED FROM INTERCOUNTY RECYCLING. FLORIDA SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS PURCHASE TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 154733 SHOWED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD TURNED IN ALUMINUM RIMS AND DIAMOND PLATE FENDERS ON 032312. ON 041212, DEPUTY HOLLOWAY AND I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT YES HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. I ASKED MR BEOINT WHERE HE GOT THE UTILITY TRAILER THAT WE LOCATED IN HIS GARAGE, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD TOLD DETECTIVE SEROCKI THAT HE FOUND IT ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY 486, BUT THAT WAS NOT TRUE. HE STATED MR ANTHONY SAUNDERS SHOWED UP ONE DAY AT HIS RESIDENCE AND PARKED IT IN HIS GARAGE. I SHOWED HIM THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SCRAP YARD OF HIM TURNING IN THE WHEELS AND FENDERS FROM THE TRAILER AND ASKED HIM WHY HE would DISMANTLE A $1,800.00 TRAILER TO TURN IN WHEELS AND FENDERS THAT ARE WORTH APPROXIMATELY $300.00 FOR $30.00. HE ADVISED THAT MR ANTHONY SAUNDERS TOLD HIM HE COULD SCRAP IT AND HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE ANTHONYâS FAMILY IS RICH AND THEY COULD AFFORD TO GET RID OF THE TRAILER. I ASKED HIM WHY ANTHONY DID NOT TURN IN THE TRAILER PARTS AS HE WAS SCRAPPING ITEMS HIMSELF. HE STATED HE WAS NOT SURE, BUT HE AND ANTHONY ROTATED TURNING IN THINGS THEY FOUND. I ASKED MR BENOIT WHY HE TOLD DETECTIVE SEROCKI THAT HE FOUND THE TRAILER, AND HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT WANT ANTHONY TO GET INTO ANY MORE TROUBLE BECAUSE HE WAS SMALL IN STATURE AND COULD NOT HANDLE HIMSELF IN JAIL. ON 041612, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $7,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
