| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR12-1748) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 1205 NE 8TH AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF CITRUS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(4)(A); DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: VARIOUS EXTENSION CORDS, COPPER WELDING WIRES, PA SPEAKER AND VARIOUS COPPER TUBING 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(2)(C)(1); DURING THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF 2012, THIS AGENCY HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFTS AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL IN REFERENCE TO ITEMS BEING REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. DUE TO THESE INCIDENTS, SEVERAL EXTRA PATROLS HAD BEEN POSTED TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. ON 062712 AT APPROXIMATELY 0026 HOURS, DEPUTY FERGUSON WAS CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. DEPUTY FERGUSON LOCATED A VEHICLE IN THE STUDENT PARKING LOT, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. THE VEHICLE’S ENGINE WAS STILL HOT TO THE TOUCH, WHICH INDICATED THE VEHICLE HAD RECENTLY BEEN PARKED THERE. OTHER UNITS ALONG WITH "K-9" UNITS RESPONDED TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. NO SUBJECTS WERE LOCATED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE ABANDONED VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED TO MR BENJAMEN JOHNSON. DEPUTY FERGUS RESPONDED TO MR JOHNSON’S RESIDENCE AND LOCATED HIM. UPON SPEAKING WITH MR JOHNSON, HE ADMITTED THAT HE AND ANOTHER CO-DEFENDANT HAD GONE TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS DATE WITH IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A THEFT. WHILE ON SCENE THEY OBSERVED DEPUTY FERGUSON’S VEHICLE ENTER THE PARKING LOT AT WHICH TIME THEY FLED. MR JOHNSON ADMITTED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, HE AND THE SAME CO-DEFENDANT HAD GONE TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. WHILE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY REMOVED VARIOUS EXTENSION CORDS, COPPER WELDING CABLES AND COPPER TUBING. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED TO MAKING ENTRY INTO THE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM AND ONCE INSIDE THE GYM THEY REMOVED A PA TYPE SPEAKER FROM THE WALL. THE ABOVE ITEMS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE DEFENDANT3 PHOTOGRAPHED AND RETURNED TO THE VICTIM. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO ADVISED THAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS WAS IN EXCESS OF $500.00 AND COULD POSSIBLY GO HIGHER; BECAUSE, SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE ACTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE WALLS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. ON 062612 AT 0505 HOURS, A TAPED SWORN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR JOHNSON. DEFENDANT JOHNSON WAS ADVISED OF MIRANDA VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD, WHICH HE WAIVED AND AGREED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. DEFENDANT JOHNSON CONFESSED TO THE BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT. MR JOHNSON WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. DUE TO HIS COOPERATION AND LACK OF CRIMINAL HISTORY HIS BOND WAS SET AT RELEASED ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE (ROR). |
