| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SLINGERLAND, DANIEL 0443 (AR11120536) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: METHADONE, OF THE VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) FROM A DWELLING, 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)D. ON 042911 AT APPROXIMATELY 1557 HOURS, CONTACT WAS MADE with THE DEFENDANT, MS ANGELIC BERLINGIERI, IN REFERENCE TO A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION REGARDING A GRAND THEFT. PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I REVIEWED THE CASE NARRATIVE BY DEPUTY CORBIN, AS WELL AS the SUPPLEMENT PROVIDED BY DETECTIVE SHELLEY CLARK. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE DEFENDANT DID ENTER the VICTIM'S HOME ON 042611 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS AND WAS IN the DEFENDANT'S HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO AND ONE-HALF TO THREE HOURS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE LEFT HIS HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LEAVING the DEFENDANT ALONE IN the HOME WITH TWO OF HER FRIENDS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT AFTER HE HAD RETURNED TO HIS HOME THE DEFENDANT BEGAN MAKING EXCUSES TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED LATER THAT EVENING HE DISCOVERED HIS MEDICATION, WHICH IS METHADONE 10 MILLIGRAMS APPROXIMATELY 140 PILLS, WAS MISSING. THE VICTIM STATED that HE KEPT HIS MEDICATION IN A MEDICAL BAG ON TOP OF THE KITCHEN CHINA CABINET AND THE LOCATION OF THE MEDICATION WAS KNOWN TO THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM ALSO STATED THAT the DEFENDANT HAS STOLEN MEDICATION FROM HIM PREVIOUSLY DUE TO HER DRUG HABIT. THE VICTIM PROVIDED A MEDICAL THEFT AFFIDAVIT AND WAS SWORN BY DEPUTY CORBIN THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED in the AFFIDAVIT WAS TRUE. THE VICTIM WAS CONTACTED ON 042811 BY DETECTIVE SHELLEY CLARK, IN which THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE WAS POSITIVE HIS DAUGHTER, THE DEFENDANT, STOLE HIS METHADONE AND THAT SHE HAD RECENTLY ASKED HIM FOR SOME METHADONE. PER THE INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY DEPUTY CORBIN AND DETECTIVE CLARKE ,IT WAS DETERMINED THAT PROBABLE CAUSE FOR GRAND THEFT FROM A RESIDENCE DID EXIST. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, she WAS ADVISED OF HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PREPARED CARD, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD EACH OF HER RIGHTS and SHE would BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF MY INVESTIGATION. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT she HAD NOT BEEN TO HER FATHER'S RESIDENCE SINCE SUNDAY (042411). SHE STATED she DID NOT STEAL ANY MEDICATIONS AND ADVISED THAT SHE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH HER LAWYER. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE CUSTODY OF DETENTION FACILITY PERSONNEL. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT GRAND THEFT WITH BOND SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *not-exempt* |
