| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, ANDRA 0464 (AR09111459) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO WIT: A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1629 EAST FLETCHER STREET IN HERNANDO, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: TO SCOPE OUT VALUABLES TO BE TAKEN AT A LATER DATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 810.02(3)(B). ANY PERSON NOT WITHSTANDING OF RELATION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE, PARENT OR GRANDPARENT, CHILD OR GRANDCHILD, BROTHER OR SISTER OR BY CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY TO THE OFFENDER WHO MAINTAINS OR ASSISTS THE PRINCIPLE OR AN ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT OR GIVES THE OFFENDER OTHER AID KNOWING THAT THE OFFENDER HAD COMMITTED A CRIME AND SUCH CRIME WAS A THIRD DEGREE FELONY OR HAD BEEN ACCESSORY THERETO BEFORE THE FACT WITH THE INTENT THAT THE OFFENDER AVOIDS OR ESCAPES DETECTION, ARREST, TRIAL OR PUNISHMENT IS AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.03. ON 101509, I RESPONDED TO 1629 EAST FLETCHER STREET IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY. AT THAT TIME, I WAS MET BY THE COMPLAINANT, MR MICHAEL YOUNG, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN WATCHING THE RESIDENCE FOR HIS PARENTS WHILE THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN. HE ADVISED THAT SOMETIME BETWEEN 1900 HOURS ON 101409 AND 1500 HOURS ON 101509 AN UNKNOWN PERSON TO HIM ENTERED HIS PARENTS' RESIDENCE AND WENT THROUGH HIS MOTHER'S JEWELRY BOX AND DRESSER. HE ADVISED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT WAS THE ONLY PART OF THE RESIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN RUMMAGED THROUGH. HE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A KEY HIDDEN IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM THAT WENT TO A KEY BOX ALSO HIDDEN IN ANOTHER PART OF THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND THAT THIS PERSON TOOK THE KEY AND OPENED THE KEY BOX WHICH AT THAT POINT THIS PERSON WAS ABLE TO GET KEYS TO THE RESIDENCE AS THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY. HE ADVISED THAT HE AND HIS LIVE-IN GIRLFRIEND, THE DEFENDANT MS ALANIA GRIGGS, LIVE IN A SMALL RENTED "RV" AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT EVER BEEN IN THE RESIDENCE. UPON OBSERVING THE BEDROOM, IT WAS CLEAR THAT A PERSON HAD GONE THROUGH A LARGE FREE STANDING JEWELRY BOX AS WELL AS A NIGHT STAND TO THE LEFT OF THE BED. I DID OBSERVE A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES LYING ON THE BED. AS I WAS SPEAKING WITH MICHAEL, I ASKED TO SPEAK TO HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS LAYING DOWN, HOWEVER, HE DID BRING HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND STATED TO THIS DEPUTY THAT SHE DOES HAVE A DRUG HISTORY, HOWEVER, HE DID NOT BELIEVE SHE HAD DONE THIS AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN NOT TAKING ANY DRUGS RECENTLY. CORPORAL (CPL) SCHANEL ARRIVED AND WE SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY INFORMATION OR IF SHE HAD EVER BEEN IN THE RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME, SHE ADVISED THAT THE ONLY TIME SHE HAD BEEN IN THE RESIDENCE WAS TO HELP MICHAEL DO THE LAUNDRY. I WENT BACK AND ASKED MICHAEL AGAIN IF THE DEFENDANT HAD EVER BEEN IN THE RESIDENCE AND HE ADAMANTLY STATED NO. CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) VONSTADEN ARRIVED AND WHILE I WAS SPEAKING WITH HER, CPL SCHANEL WAS SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT. AT THAT TIME, HE ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD ADVISED HIM THAT ANOTHER PERSON BY THE NAME OF MS MELISSA STRONG HAD ACTUALLY ENTERED THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD GONE IN TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE ON 101409 TO "SCOPE IT OUT" TO SEE WHAT VALUABLES WERE THERE SO THAT MELISSA COULD ENTER THE RESIDENCE IN EXCHANGE FOR A 20 PIECE OF CRACK COCAINE AND THEN SPLIT THE MONEY. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD TOLD MELISSA WHERE THE KEY WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE CERAMIC STATUE AND WHERE THE KEY BOX WAS FOR THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIMS ARRIVED HOME AND ADVISED THAT NO ONE HAD KNOWN ABOUT THE KEY BOX AS THE VICTIMS HAD JUST MOVED THE KEY BOX TO THAT LOCATION PRIOR TO THEM LEAVING ON 101409 SO TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE THE ONLY PERSON WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS MICHAEL. THE VICTIMS ALSO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN ALLOWED IN THEIR RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT DID COMPLETE A SWORN STATEMENT AS TO THE EVENTS THAT HAD OCCURRED AND DID STATE THAT SHE KNEW THAT MELISSA HAD TAKEN THE JEWELRY AND THE CAMERA BECAUSE SHE HAD SPOKEN TO MELISSA UPON MY ARRIVAL IN REFERENCE TO THIS BURGLARY. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $7,000. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
