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submitted by: SPIDDLE, BRIAN 0165 (AR10115708) ROBBERY, MEANS OF TAKING OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF LARCENY FROM THE PERSON OR CUSTODY OF ANOTHER, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY DEPRIVE THE PERSON OR THE OWNER OF THE MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY, WHEN IN THE COURSE OF TAKING THERE IS A USE OF FORCE, VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, OR PUTTING IN FEAR, IN THE COURSE OF THE ROBBERY THE DEFENDANT DID CARRY A DEADLY WEAPON, OR OTHER WEAPON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.13(2)(A). ON 070610 AT APPROXIMATELY 1548 HOURS, DEPUTIES OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) RESPONDED TO 560 EAST WINNETKA STREET IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE ROBBERY AND CAR JACKING. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEPUTIES, THEY MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM STATED HE HAD BEEN RIDING IN THE VEHICLE OF A FEMALE FRIEND AFTER HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO A PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINIC IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING DOWN PAGE STREET, THEY CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN. AT THAT TIME A SUBJECT WEARING A BANDANA ON HIS FACE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND DEMANDED HIS MEDICATIONS. A STRUGGLE THEN ENSUED IN WHICH THE VICTIM STRUCK THE SUSPECT IN THE FACE AND THE VICTIM FLED THE AREA WITH HIS MEDICATIONS. THE SUSPECT THEN JUMPED INTO THE BACK SEAT OF THE VICTIM'S FRIEND'S VEHICLE AND DEMANDED THAT SHE DRIVE AWAY, WHICH SHE DID. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES LATER, DEPUTIES STOPPED THE DRIVER IN HER VEHICLE AS SHE HEADED TOWARDS THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE DEPUTIES THAT ONCE THE SUSPECT DEMANDED SHE DRIVE OFF SHE DID OUT OF FEAR FOR HER YOUNG CHILD WHO WAS IN A CHILD RESTRAINT IN THE BACK SEAT. THE DRIVER STATED ONCE SHE GOT BACK OUT ON TO HIGHWAY 41 THE SUSPECT HAD HER PULL OVER AND HE FLED IN TO THE WOODS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 HOURS, DETECTIVE ALEXANDER WAS ADVISED OF THE SITUATION AND WAS ASKED TO RESPOND TO SPEAK WITH THE FEMALE DRIVER. UPON HIS ARRIVAL, HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED UP TO THAT TIME. THEN HE INITIATED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FEMALE DRIVER WHILE SITTING IN HIS DEPARTMENT ISSUED VEHICLE . DETECTIVE ALEXANDER ASKED THE DRIVER TO RECALL WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND SHE STATED THAT AS SHE STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN (LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH CALUMET TERRACE AND EAST MARYANN LANE). THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE AND ENGAGED HER PASSENGER, THE VICTIM, IN A STRUGGLE IN ORDER TO GAIN THE VICTIM'S MEDICATIONS. THE DRIVER STATED THAT AT SOME POINT, THE VICTIM STRUCK THE SUSPECT IN THE FACE AND FLED. THE SUSPECT THEN ENTERED HER VEHICLE ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND DEMANDED SHE DRIVE SO SHE COMPLIED OUT OF FEAR FOR HER CHILD. THE DRIVER STATED SHE WAS UPSET AND DROVE HOME AFTER THE SUSPECT LEFT THE VEHICLE AS SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE DRIVER STATED SHE THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO CHECK ON THE VICTIM AND WAS STOPPED BY DEPUTIES ON HER WAY THERE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DRIVER, DETECTIVE ALEXANDER WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DEPUTY THAT A NEIGHBOR HAD SEEN AN INDIVIDUAL EXIT THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER ASKED THE DRIVER IF ANYONE ELSE WAS IN HER VEHICLE AND SHE STATED NO. AS A RESULT OF HER RESPONSE DETECTIVE ALEXANDER DECIDED THAT THE DRIVER COULD POSSIBLY HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THIS INCIDENT THAN FIRST BELIEVED, SO HE THEN READ THE DRIVER HER MIRANDA RIGHTS WHICH SHE READILY WAIVED. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER THEN INFORMED THE DRIVER OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE RECEIVED REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL EXITING HER VEHICLE AND SHE THEN STATED IT WAS HER BROTHER. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER ASKED THE DRIVER WHY SHE HAD NOT MENTIONED HIM BEFORE AND SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN SHE HAD PICKED HIM UP ON HER WAY HOME AS HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER THEN ASKED A DEPUTY TO ASK HER BROTHER WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE HAD RIDDEN IN HIS SISTER'S VEHICLE AND IF HE HAD GONE ANYWHERE TODAY. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER WAS INFORMED THAT HER BROTHER STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN WITH HER TODAY BUT HAD BEEN HOME ALL DAY. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER AGAIN CONFRONTED THE DRIVER WITH THIS INFORMATION AND FOR A FEW MINUTES SHE TRIED TO SAY HER BROTHER WAS MISTAKEN. DURING THIS TIME, DETECTIVE ALEXANDER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE DEPUTY WITH HER BROTHER HAD NOTICED THAT HIS NOSE APPEARED INJURED. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER AGAIN CONFRONTED THE DRIVER WITH THIS FACT AND INFORMED HER THAT HE WAS CERTAIN THAT SHE WAS NOT BEING TRUTHFUL. THE DRIVER THEN ADMITTED THAT IT WAS HER BROTHER WHO HAD CONFRONTED THE VICTIM AND THEN JUMPED INTO THE VEHICLE . ONCE AGAIN DETECTIVE ALEXANDER ASKED THE DRIVER TO TELL HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND SHE WAS ADAMANT THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT HER BROTHER WAS GOING TO DO THIS. THE DRIVER STATED, THAT SHE FIRST BECAME AWARE THAT IT WAS HER BROTHER WHEN HE PULLED THE BANDANA AWAY FROM HIS FACE DUE TO HIS NOSE BLEEDING. THE DRIVER STATED SHE "FREAKED OUT" AND TOOK HIM HOME THEN WENT BACK TO CHECK ON THE VICTIM . BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, THE DEPUTY PRESENT WITH THE SUSPECT WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE HIM IN TO CUSTODY. DETECTIVE ALEXANDER THEN RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE AT 1355 NORTH PAUL DRIVE TO SPEAK WITH THE SUSPECT . DETECTIVE ALEXANDER MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT WHO WAS SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF A MARKED UNIT AND ASKED HIM IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH HIM REGARDING THIS MATTER. THE SUSPECT DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH HIM WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 1823 HOURS THE SUSPECT WAS ARREST FOR ARMED ROBBERY, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $ $50,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
