| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAHERA, ANDRES 0673 (AR16-18187) \t\t0430 DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: $750.00 IN CASH, A COACH PURSE, DEBIT CARD AND 56 OXYCODONE PILLS, TOTAL VALUE OF $957.00, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) 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(2C(1). ON 122115, I WAS ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER 2015-166201. I WAS ADVISED BY DEPUTY DOWLING HE HAD TAKEN A REPORT AND THAT PROBABLE CAUSE EXISTED FOR THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY KYLE BROADHURST. DEPUTY DOWLING ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD COLLECTED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE VICTIM AND WITNESS. ON 122215, I SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, MS PATRICIA BLOM, AND WITNESS, MR MICHAEL BLOM, OVER THE TELEPHONE. I ASKED PATRICIA TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. SHE ADVISED THAT MICHAEL HAD HIS FRIEND, MR ANTHONY BROADHURST, OVER AND THAT ANTHONY HAD ASKED TO USE THE RESTROOM, AND SHE HAD AWOKEN TO SOMEONE GOING THROUGH HER DRESSER DRAWERS. MS. BLOM SAID AS SHE AWOKE SHE SCREAMED "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" AND THEN IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT AS ANTHONY BROADHURST. MS. BLOM ADVISED AT THAT TIME SHE SAW ANTHONY ALREADY HAD HER PURSE IN HIS HANDS AND THEN TOOK OFF RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. I THEN SPOKE TO WITNESS MICHAEL BLOM. HE ADVISED THAT HE AND MR. BROADHURST WERE WATCHING TELEVISION TOGETHER AND THAT ANTHONY HAD ASKED TO USE THE RESTROOM. MR. BLOM SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER HE HEARD HIS MOM SCREAM AND WHEN HE GOT UP FROM THE COUCH TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON HE OBSERVED ANTHONY RUNNING OUT THE FRONT DOOR. IT WAS THEN THAT HE DISCOVERED THAT ANTHONY HAD TAKEN HIS MOTHER'S PURSE, WHICH HAD $750.00 IN CASH, HER DEBIT CARD, 56- 30 MILLIGRAMS OF OXYCODONE, AND A COACH PURSE, WHICH WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $150.00. I ATTEMPTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO LOCATE THE DEFENDANT, BUT WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. ON 020516, ON A SEPARATE CASE, 2016-16045, I WAS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST ON SEPARATE CHARGE AND HE WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (CMH) AND THEN WOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL. I DID CALL THE VICTIM AND ASKED IF SHE STILL WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID AND WOULD PROSECUTION. ONCE THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL, HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT GRAND THEFT WITH HIS BOND SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
