| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX, BOB 0287 (AR 145-14367)(2015-38560) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN CONVEYANCE, TO-WIT: A SINGLE ENGINE AIR PLANE, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, AND THE SAID CONVEYANCE WAS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE TIME, AND THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT LICENSED OR INVITED TO ENTER OR REMAIN IN SAID CONVEYANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02; DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: U.S. CURRENCY, HEARING AIDS, WATCHES, I-PHONE5 AND OTHER ITEMS, OF THE VALUE OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5000.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), 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 STATUTE, 812.014(2)(C)(2). ON 032415 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 HOURS I RESPONDED TO 745 CARNEGIE DRIVE, DUE TO DETECTIVE DALTON DISCOVERED THAT THE VICTIM JOE SMITHS PLANE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME, DURING THE NIGHT BETWEEN 032315 AND 032415. UPON ARRIVING DETECTIVE DALTON EXPLAINED THAT ON 032315 WHILE HE WAS WORKING AT THE SCENE OF THE PLANE CRASH AS THE LEAD DETECTIVE, THERE WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF VICTIMS LUGGAGE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY INSIDE THE PLANE. DETECTIVE DALTON SAID THAT ON 032315 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HOURS HE LEFT THE SCENE AS IT WAS, AFTER THE PLANE CRASHED FOR THE F.A.A. INVESTIGATOR WHO WAS RESPONDING TO THE CRASH ON THE FOLLOWING DAY 032415. DETECTIVE DALTON SAID THAT ON 032415 WHEN HE RESPONDED BACK TO THE SCENE AT 745 CARNEGIE DRIVE AND HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BLACK IN COLOR DUFFLE BAG MISSING FROM INSIDE THE PLANE AND SEVERAL ITEMS SCATTERED AROUND THE PLANE. HE STATED THAT THE DUFFLE BAG WAS SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT INSIDE THE PLANE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS. AFTER SPEAKING TO DETECTIVE DALTON I BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE SCENE WITH HIM AND WE OBSERVED WHERE THERE WAS AN AREA OF THE BACK YARD WHERE THE PLANES WING HAD BROKEN DOWN A PORTION OF THE HOME OWNERS WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE. THE BROKEN PART OF THE FENCE LEAD TO THE ADDRESS OF 744 SHELLY TERRACE. WHILE LOOKING AT THE FENCE I COULD SEE THAT THERE WAS A FRESH TRAIL THOUGH THE HIGH GRASS WHICH LEAD TO THE REAR DOOR OF 744 SHELLY TERRACE. AS I WALKED THOUGH THE BACK YARD OF THIS ADDRESS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANYONE AT THE HOME, I MADE CONTACT WITH A JUVENILE RESIDENT OF THE HOME. AT THAT TIME, I EXPLAINED TO THE JUVENILE THAT THE PLANE CRASH BEHIND THIS HOME HAD BEEN ENTERED AND THERE WAS PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE VICTIM THAT WAS MISSING. AT THAT TIME THE JUVENILE ADMITTED THAT HE AND A FRIEND OF HIS SUSPECT BRANDON FIELDS ENTERED THE CRASH SITE AND TOOK A BLACK DUFFLE BAG. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH SUSPECT FIELDS WHO WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND ADMITTED TO ENTERING THE VICTIMS PLANE AND TAKING THE VICTIMS BLACK DUFFLE BAG. SUSPECT FIELDS ADVISED THAT IF HE HAD TIME TO SEARCH FOR THE VICTIMS PROPERTY HE COULD RETURN IT TO HIM. AT THAT TIME, MYSELF, THE SUSPECT, AND SEVERAL OTHERS ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE VICTIMS PROPERTY IN THE STATE FOREST, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE OBTAINED BY ALL INVOLVED. ON 032515, I MADE CONTACT WITH SUSPECT FIELDS BY PHONE AND HE ADVISE THAT HE SEARCHED FOR THE VICTIMS PROPERTY LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROPERTY. AT 1300 HOURS SUSPECT FIELDS AGREED TO MEET ME AT THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL WHERE I INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR 1 COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A CONVEYANCE AND 1 COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AND WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE DUE TO HIS COOPERATION IN THIS CASE. (TYPED BY DETECTIVE GREATREX 0287) |
