| Date of birth: | Nov 15, 1984 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR08105778) DID UNLAWFULLY MAINTAIN OR ASSIST CO-DEFENDANT JOSEPH PADGETT OR GIVE HIM AID KNOWING THAT HE HAD COMMITTED A FELONY TO WIT: GRAND THEFT WITH THE INTENT THAT THE SAID CO-DEFENDANT JOE PADGETT SHOULD AVOID OR ESCAPE DETECTION OR ARREST, TRIAL OR PUNISHMENT, AND ANDREW WHATLEY WAS NOT RELATED TO JOSEPH PADGETT BY CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.03. ON 092908 THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A GRAND THEFT AT TIRE KINGDOM LOCATED AT 750 NORTHEAST 5TH STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER, AT THE BUSINESS OF TIRE KINGDOM. THE BUSINESS REPORTED that FOUR TIRES, VALUED AT $471.96 HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THEIR STORE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED CO-DEFENDANT JOSEPH PADGETT HAD STOLEN THE TIRES PRIOR TO LEAVING EMPLOYMENT WITH TIRE KINGDOM AND WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT ICE COLD AIR, WITH THIS DEFENDANT, MR ANDREW WHATELEY. ON 101008 CO-DEFENDANT JOSEPH PADGETT WAS ARRESTED FOR THE ABOVE THEFT AND GAVE A TAPED CONFESSION ADMITTING TO STEALING THE FOUR TIRES PRIOR TO LEAVING EMPLOYMENT AT TIRE KINGDOM. AT THAT TIME, CO DEFENDANT PADGETT ADVISED THAT HE WAS ASSISTED BY ANDREW WHATELEY, WHO WAS AWARE THAT THE TIRES WERE STOLEN FROM TIRE KINGDOM AND HE HAD ASKED ANDREW WHATELEY TO STORE THE STOLEN TIRES AT HIS RESIDENCE. ON 100808 THIS DETECTIVE TOOK A SWORN STATEMENT FROM DEFENDANT ANDREW WHATELEY AT ICE COLD AIR. WHATELEY ADVISED THAT THE HAD ASSISTED CO-DEFENDANT PADGETT IN SELLING TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES TO ANOTHER WITNESS. AT NO TIME DURING HIS STATEMENT TO ME DID WHATELEY REVEAL THE FACT THAT HE HAD STORED THE REMAINING TWO TIRES HIDDEN IN THE WOODS NEXT TO HIS RESIDENCE. ON 101008 WHEN THIS DETECTIVE ARRESTED JOSEPH PADGETT FOR THE THEFT OF THE TIRES, PADGETT ADVISED ME IN THE PRESENCE OF ANDREW WHATELEY THAT WHATELEY HAD STORED THE REMAINING TWO TIRES IN THE WOODS NEXT TO HIS RESIDENCE. WHATELEY AGREED TO RETURN TO HIS RESIDENCE AND RECOVER THE TWO REMAINING STOLEN TIRES AND RETURN THEM TO ME. SAID TIRES WERE RETURNED TO THIS DETECTIVE ON 101008 AT 1150 HOURS BY ANDREW WHATELEY. AT THAT TIME MR WHATELEY ADMITTED TO STORING THE STOLEN TIRES FOR CO-DEFENDANT JOSEPH PADGETT AND DID ADVISE ME OF THE FACT THEY WERE STORED AT HIS RESIDENCE THE ENTIRE TIME. ON 101508 AT APPROXIMATELY 1108 HOURS this DETECTIVE MET WITH ANDREW WHATELEY AT ICE COLD AIR AND HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO GRAND THEFT. DUE TO HIS COOPERATION IN RETURNING THE TIRES, DEFENDANT WHATELEY WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Oct 15, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08105778 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 777.03 |
| Charge description: | ACCESSORY AFTER FACT |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
