| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAHERA, ANDRES 0673 (15-82733) (AR15-15567) ANY PERSON NOT STANDING IN THE RELATION OF HUSBAND OR WIFE, PARENT, OR GRAND PARENT, CHILD OR GRANDCHILD, BROTHER OR SISTER, BY CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY TO THE OFFENDER, WHO MAINTAINS OR ASSISTS THE PRINCIPLE OR AN ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT OR GIVES THE OFFENDER ANY OTHER AID KNOWING THAT THE OFFENDER HAD COMMITTED A CRIME AND SUCH CRIME WAS A THIRD DEGREE FELONY OR HAD BEEN AN ACCESSORY THERE TO BEFORE THE FACT WITH THE INTENT THAT THE OFFENDER AVOIDS OR ESCAPES DETENTION, ARREST, TRIAL, OR PUNISHMENT IS AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 777.03. ON 062415, THE VICTIM, MR KEVIN LEE, ADVISED THAT A DRONE HELICOPTER WAS STOLEN FROM HIS BUSINESS AS REPORTED IN CASE15-82733. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE THE SUSPECTS ARRIVED IN AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. AFTER OBTAINING THE REGISTERED OWNER'S INFORMATION FROM THE LICENSE PLATE, DEPUTIES ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY WILLIAM MARSANO JR, AT HIS RESIDENCE, BUT HE HAD NOT RETURNED HOME YET. ON 062615, DEFENDANT MARSANO WAS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF PAROLE FOR REFUSING TO SUBMIT TO A DRUG TEST. ON 063015, I MET WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY WILLIAM MARSANO JR, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. DEFENDANT MARSANO WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT AGREED. DEFENDANT MARSANO WAS ESCORTED TO THE INTERVIEW ROOM WHERE HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA TEXT, TO WHICH HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS. DEFENDANT MARSANO PROVIDED A SWORN DIGITALLY RECORDED STATEMENT TO ME REGARDING THIS CASE. I QUESTIONED DEFENDANT MARSANO ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED AT THE HOBBY STORE AND HE STATED TO ME THAT HE HAD PICKED UP A CUSTOMER WHO HE IDENTIFIED AS ''SHORT'' WHO IS A BLACK MALE. DEFENDANT MARSANO ADVISED HE HAD BEEN WAIVED DOWN BY THIS CUSTOMER NEAR THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL AND ASKED TO DRIVE TO THE HOBBY STORE. DEFENDANT MARSANO ADVISED THAT ''SHORT'' WENT INTO THE HOBBY STORE AND THEN EXITED A FEW MOMENTS LATER STATING THAT THE HELICOPTER COSTS TOO MUCH. DEFENDANT MARSANO ASKED ''SHORT'' WHAT THEY SOLD IN THE STORE. ''SHORT'' ADVISED THEY SOLD REMOTE CONTROL PLANES, CARS AND HELICOPTERS. DEFENDANT MARSANO STATED HE WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING A REMOTE CONTROL CAR FOR HIS DAUGHTER. DEFENDANT MARSANO STATED THIS IS WHEN HE AND ''SHORT'' WENT INTO THE STORE AND QUESTIONED THE STORE OWNER/VICTIM ON THE DIFFERENCE IN A $400.00 CAR AND A $200.00 CAR. DEFENDANT MARSANO ADVISED THAT ''SHORT'' EXITED THE STORE IN A HURRY. DEFENDANT MARSANO EXITED SHORTLY AFTER TO HIS CAB. AS HE ENTERED HIS CAB, DEFENDANT MARSANO HEARD THE STORE OWNER RECITING HIS LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND FOUND ''SHORT'' LYING DOWN IN THE FRONT SEAT WITH THE STOLEN MERCHANDISE ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE CAB. DEFENDANT MARSANO ADMITTED THAT HE KNEW THAT THE HELICOPTER WAS STOLEN BUT PANICKED AND ''SHORT'' TOLD HIM TO ''GET OUT OF HERE'' AND THEY FLED THE SCENE. DEFENDANT MARSANO ADVISED THAT ''SHORT'' INSTRUCTED HIM TO DROP HIM OFF NEAR THE BEVERLY HILLS MOTEL AND THAT WHEN ''SHORT'' EXITED THE VEHICLE; HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE STOLEN HELICOPTER WITH HIM. DEFENDANT MARSANO SAID ''FUCK NO, I'M KEEPING THIS AND RETURNING IT.'' I QUESTIONED DEFENDANT MARSANO ON HOW LONG HE DROVE AROUND BEFORE RETURNING THE STOLEN HELICOPTER AND HE SAID APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, ADVISING THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE AND WAS ALREADY AWARE THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM. DEFENDANT MARSANO ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE KNOWS ''SHORT'' TO BE A CRACK ADDICT AND HAS GIVEN HIM RIDES IN THE PAST. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT MARSANO CURRENTLY IS ON A NO BOND DUE TO HIS VIOLATION OF PAROLE. |
