| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (AR14-12835) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A DWELLING, TO WIT: THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE AT 7739 EAST WATSON STREET, IN INVERNESS, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, IS 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: MR MARK BROWSER, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: A PHILLIPS 47 INCH FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION, 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). ON 111614 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7801 SOUTH WATSON STREET, IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS NUMBER ONE, MR MICHAEL LAWN, WHO IS THE PROPERTY MANAGER AT THE WATSON STREET MOBILE HOME PARK. MR LAWN INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE, WATCHING TELEVISION, WHEN HIS NEIGHBOR CAME AND GOT HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT SOMEONE WAS BREAKING IN TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME PARK. MR LAWN STATED HE WENT TO 7739 EAST WATSON STREET, WHICH IS THE RESIDENCE OF MR MARK BROWSER. AS HE APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE, HE OBSERVED A PHILLIPS FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION SETTING ON THE PORCH OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND A LIGHT ON INSIDE. AS HE APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE, HE OBSERVED BEN (MR BENJAMIN HEMION), WHO IS HE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WALKING OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR, HOLDING THE TELEVISION POWER CORD. MR LAWN STATED THAT HE CONFRONTED MR HEMION AT THE FRONT DOOR, AND MR HEMION TRIED TO PUNCH HIM, AT WHICH TIME MR LAWN USED A SMALL HAND HELD TASER AND TASED MR HEMION IN THE BACK OF THE NECK. MR LAWN STATED THAT MR HEMION STARTED RUNNING TO HIS RESIDENCE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT LOT 4A, AT WHICH TIME MR LAWN STOOD BY AT THE DOOR WAY AND WAITED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ARRIVE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS NUMBER TWO, MS ROSA EMERSON. MS EMERSON STATED THAT SHE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND HER DOGS STARTED BARKING. MS EMERSON STATED THAT SHE WALKED OUTSIDE TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND SHE SAW MR HEMION GOING THROUGH THE VICTIMâS FRONT WINDOW, SO SHE RAN AND GOT THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND TOLD HIM WHAT SHE HAD OBSERVED. MS EMERSON STATED THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY MANAGER CONFRONTED MR HEMION, HE TOOK OFF RUNNING TOWARDS HIS RESIDENCE AND WENT INSIDE. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR BENJAMIN HEMION. MR HEMION HAD A CUT, WHICH WAS STILL BLEEDING, ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND HE WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED. AT THAT TIME, I DETAINED MR HEMION, WHERE I PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND READ HIM MIRANDA, VIA AN AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. MR HEMION AGREED TO TALK TO ME AFTER MIRANDA WAS READ AND ONLY STATED THAT HE WAS HOME ALL NIGHT AND NEVER LEFT. I ASKED MR HEMION IF I COULD LOOK AT THE BACK OF HIS NECK, AT WHICH TIME HE SHOWED ME AND I OBSERVED TWO SMALL, WELTED RED MARKS ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK, WHICH WERE THE EXACT SIZE OF MR LAWNâS LITTLE HAND HELD TASER. I ALSO ASKED MR HEMION HOW HE GOT THE FRESH CUTS ON HIS ARM AND HE SIMPLY WIPED THE BLOOD OFF AND SAID HE DID NOT KNOW. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR MARK BROWSER, VIA TELEPHONE. MR BROWSER STATED HE WAS VISITING A FRIEND AND DID NOT GIVE ANYONE PERMISSION TO ENTER HIS RESIDENCE OR TAKE HIS TELEVISION. MR BROWSER INFORMED ME THAT HIS 47 INCH PHILLIPS TELEVISION WAS VALUED AT $1,500.00, AND THE WINDOW THAT THE DEFENDANT BUSTED OUT TO GAIN ENTRY IN TO HIS RESIDENCE WAS APPROXIMATELY $100.00 IN DAMAGE. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT AND HE WAS IMMEDIATELY PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I WALKED OVER TO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, WHERE I OBSERVED A FOUR FOOT BY TWO FOOT WINDOW HAD BEEN SHATTERED, A LIGHT WAS ON INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, AND THE FRONT DOOR WAS OPEN. I OBSERVED A PHILLIPS 47 INCH FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION SITTING ON A TELEVISION STAND, WHICH WAS VERY CROOKED, AND THE POWER CORD TO THE TELEVISION WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR, LOCATED AT THE FRONT DOOR. I ASKED MR LAWN HOW THE TELEVISION GOT BACK INSIDE AND HE STATED THAT WHEN HE CONFRONTED MR HEMION, PRIOR TO THE FIGHT, MR HEMION GRABBED THE TELEVISION, BROUGHT IT BACK INSIDE, AND THEN BEGGED MR LAWN NOT TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. I REQUESTED THAT A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN RESPOND TO THE SCENE FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $7,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
