| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUNTER, JEFFERY 0441 (AR10115600) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: 111 IRIS LANE, LOCATED AT INVERNESS FLORIDA, 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: PETIT THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(4)(A). ON 063010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO 111 IRIS LANE IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY THAT ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED HE HAD LEFT HIS RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS ON 063010 TO GET A HAIRCUT AND WHEN HE RETURNED HOME AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS, HE DISCOVERED THAT A SCREEN TO HIS LANAI HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE ITEMS MISSING IN HIS RESIDENCE. I OBSERVED THAT THE SCREEN LEADING INTO THE LANAI HAD BEEN PRIED AND DAMAGED AND THE WINDOW BEHIND IT WAS CURRENTLY CLOSED WHEN THE VICTIM STATED HE HAD LEFT IT OPEN. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE WAS MISSING TWO BOTTLES OF MEDICATIONS, HYDROCODONE AND A SLEEP AID, AS WELL AS SEVERAL CURIOS, INCLUDING JEWELRY BOXES AND ORNAMENTS. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE BELIEVES THE SUSPECT TO BE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, AS SHE HAD BEEN SEEN BY THE NEIGHBORS BREAKING INTO HIS RESIDENCE IN THE PAST. AS I WAS INTERVIEWING THE VICTIM THE SUSPECT CALLED ON THE TELEPHONE. I SPOKE WITH HER BRIEFLY AT THE VICTIM REQUEST AND SHE ASKED WHY I WAS THERE AND I ADVISED HER THAT HER GRANDFATHER WAS MISSING VARIOUS POSSESSIONS. THE SUSPECT THEN SPOKE TO THE VICTIM OVER THE TELEPHONE AND ASKED HIM SEVERAL TIMES IF SHE COULD COME LIVE WITH HIM AS HER FATHER WAS THROWING HER OUT. THE VICTIM TOLD HER HE WAS BUSY AND HE WOULD CALL HER BACK LATER AND HE THEN HUNG UP THE TELEPHONE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, AS I WAS GOING TO MY VEHICLE, THE SUSPECT ARRIVED IN HER VEHICLE AND ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON. I ADVISED HER THAT HER GRANDFATHER BELIEVED HE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED, AND SHE STATED "I CAME HERE EARLIER AND WENT INTO THE RESIDENCE THROUGH THE BACK". THE SUSPECT WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT SHE HAD BEEN WORRIED ABOUT HER GRANDFATHER AS SHE HAD NOT SEEN OR SPOKEN TO HIM AND THAT SHE HAD FORCED ENTRY THROUGH THE SCREEN OF THE LANAI AND INTO THE RESIDENCE THROUGH AN INSET WINDOW ON THE REAR DOOR THAT SHE KNEW FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TO BE UNLOCKED. THE SUSPECT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD GONE THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENCE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT HER GRANDFATHER WAS OKAY, BUT DENIED TAKING ANYTHING. I THEN PLACED THE SUSPECT IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND INFORMED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR AN INVESTIGATION. I REQUESTED ANOTHER UNIT RESPOND TO MY LOCATION AND DEPUTY HOWARD RESPONDED. HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD, TO WHICH THE SUSPECT REPLIED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO US. SHE ADVISED DEPUTY HOWARD THAT SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND, SUSPECT TWO, HAD MADE ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE EARLIER THAT DAY. WHEN I LATER CONFRONTED HER AS TO WHY SHE HAD NOT MENTIONED HER BOYFRIEND MAKING ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE WHEN I SPOKE TO HER EARLIER, SHE ADVISED SHE DID NOT WANT ANYONE ELSE TO GET IN TROUBLE. THE SUSPECT WAS EVASIVE IN HER ANSWERS AND CHANGED HER STORY SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE INTERVIEW. SHE HAD FIRST STATED THAT SHE WAS SURE HER BOYFRIEND HAD NOT TAKEN ANYTHING OUT OF THE RESIDENCE, BUT LATER STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS SURE THAT SHE HAD NOT TAKEN ANYTHING FROM THE RESIDENCE. WHILE DEPUTY HOWARD WAS INTERVIEWING THE SUSPECT, I LOOKED INTO THE REAR SEAT OF HER VEHICLE THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW AND OBSERVED A MIRRORED JEWELRY BOX THAT APPEARED SIMILAR TO THE ITEMS THE VICTIM STATED WAS MISSING. THE WITNESS WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO THE VICTIM BY LOOKING THROUGH THE VEHICLE WINDOW. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT AND QUESTIONED HER ABOUT THE ITEM IN THE REAR FLOORBOARD OF HER VEHICLE AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT, BASED ON MY DESCRIPTION AND I ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO REACH IN HER VEHICLE AND OBTAIN THE ITEM AND SHE GAVE CONSENT. AT THAT POINT THE VICTIM SAW THE ITEM AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IT AS HIS PROPERTY. I SHOWED THE JEWELRY BOX TO THE SUSPECT AND SHE ADVISED HER GRANDMOTHER HAD GIVEN IT TO HER AND SHE HAD IT IN HER VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE WAS PLANNING ON PAWNING IT. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER OBJECTS IN THE REAR FLOORBOARD OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE THAT WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO THE VICTIM. THESE ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND RETURNED TO THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY AND TRANSPORTED T TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
