| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CARRERAS, JOSE 0481 (AR1201361) THE DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF ROBBERY, MEANS OF TAKING OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF LARCENY FROM THE PERSON OR CUSTODY OF ANOTHER, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY DEPRIVE THE PERSON OR THE OWNER OF THE MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY, AND WHEN IN THE COURSE OF TAKING THERE IS A USE OF FORCE, VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, OR PUTTING IN FEAR, IN THE COURSE OF THE ROBBERY THE DEFENDANT DID NOT CARRY A FIREARM, DEADLY WEAPON, OR OTHER WEAPON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.13(2)(A) AND THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, KANGAROO FOODS STORE, TO WIT: MONEY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM, A MERCHANT, 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 STATE STATUTES 812.014(1) and 812.014(3)(a). ON 052912 AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS, I RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A WHITE MALE SUBJECT NAMED BRIAN JAY HOOVER AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ROBBERIES THAT OCCURRED TO THE KANGAROO FOODS STORE LOCATED AT 8486 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY (CASE NUMBER 2012-00089403) AND AT THE DOLLAR TREE LOCATED AT 2613 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. THE ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT THE KANGAROO FOODS STORE ON 051512 WAS COMMITTED BY A MALE SUBJECT WEARING AN ORANGE BANDANA OVER HIS FACE, ALL BLACK CLOTHING, AND BLACK FOOTWEAR. THIS SUBJECT WAS ALSO ARMED WITH A DARK/SILVER IN COLOR REVOLVER AND DEMANDED MONEY FROM THE CLERK. ONCE THE CLERK PROVIDED THE SUSPECT THE ENTIRE CASH REGISTER TILL, THE SUSPECT RAN OUT OF THE STORE TOWARD AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION. THE CASH REGISTER TILL WAS LOCATED ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING CLOTHING ITEMS: A BLACK SWEATSHIRT, A BLACK T-SHIRT, BLACK PANTS, AND A RED BANDANA. THE ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT THE DOLLAR TREE STORE ON 051712 WAS COMMITTED BY A MALE SUBJECT WEARING A DARK IN COLOR MASK WITH THE EYES CUT OUT, A BLACK HOODIE, BLACK PANTS, AND BLACK FOOTWEAR. THE SUSPECT IN THAT CASE CONFRONTED THE ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER IN THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE DOLLAR TREE STORE AFTER CLOSING, DEMANDED MONEY, THEN SNATCHED A DOLLAR TREE BAG FROM HER WHICH CONTAINED A DEPOSIT SLIP WITH A BANK OF AMERICA DEPOSIT BAG CONTAINING $1,738.32 IN CASH. THE SUSPECT THEN FLED TOWARD THE BACK AREA OF THE PLAZA BEHIND THE CITRUS CINEMA AND DISAPPEARED. BOTH ROBBERY COMPLAINANTS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS A MALE SUBJECT WITH THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTORS: APPROXIMATELY 5â06â TO 5â09â TALL, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 160 TO 170 POUNDS, DRESSED IN ALL DARK CLOTHING. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM A WITNESS, DEFENDANT BRIAN JAY HOOVER COMMITTED BOTH ROBBERIES WEARING A HOMEMADE STYLE DARK IN COLOR MASK WITH THE EYES CUT OUT. EACH TIME A ROBBERY WAS COMMITTED, DEFENDANT HOOVER DITCHED HIS CLOTHES IN THE WOODS OR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE TRAVELING IN A GETAWAY VEHICLE THAT HE HAD STAGED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM EACH ROBBERY LOCATION. THE INFORMATION ALSO ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER WORE A SLEEVE OVER HIS HEAD WITH THE EYES CUT OUT DURING THE DOLLAR TREE ROBBERY. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, DEFENDANT HOOVER CUT THE SLEEVES OFF A DARK IN COLOR SWEATER, CUT EYES HOLES OUT OF ONE OF THE SLEEVES, AND USED IT AS A MASK FOR THAT ROBBERY. IN RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE WITNESS WHO ASSISTED IN LOCATING THE BANK DEPOSIT BAG ALONG WITH THE DEPOSIT SLIP THAT WAS TAKEN DURING THE DOLLAR TREE STORE ROBBERY. THESE ITEMS WERE LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST DAWSON DRIVE AND SOUTH ARLENE AVENUE, JUST OFF THE MAIN ROAD ON EAST DAWSON DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY SIX TO EIGHT FEET WITHIN THE VACANT LOT. UPON REVIEWING THE BANK DEPOSIT SLIP, AN AMOUNT OF $1,738.32 WAS SHOWN ON THAT SLIP WHICH ULTIMATELY MATCHED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY GIVEN BY THE COMPLAINANT/WITNESS OF THE DOLLAR TREE STORE. ADDITIONALLY LOCATED IN AN AREA IN BEVERLY HILLS WAS A DARK IN COLOR STRIPED SWEATER WITH NO SLEEVES. THIS ITEM WAS LOCATED ON A VACANT LOT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM 206 SOUTH LUCILLE STREET. IN SPEAKING TO THE WITNESS IN REFERENCE TO THE FIRST ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED AT THE KANGAROO FOODS STORE, DEFENDANT HOOVER WALKED IN THE STORE WEARING ALL DARK CLOTHING, THEN CAME RUNNING OUT A SHORT TIME LATER HOLDING A CASH REGISTER TILL WITH CHANGE RATTLING AROUND. AS DEFENDANT HOOVER PROCEEDED TO FLEE THE AREA INSIDE A VEHICLE, DEFENDANT HOOVER TOSSED THE CASH REGISTER TILL OUT ON TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON COUNTY ROAD 39, ALONG WITH THE CLOTHING HE WORE DURING THE ROBBERY TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT WEARING ANY OF THE DESCRIPTIVE CLOTHING. AS FOR THE ROBBERY THAT WAS COMMITTED AT THE DOLLAR TREE STORE, THE WITNESS STATED THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER WAS SEEN IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT ON 051712, THE DAY OF ROBBERY, AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS (THE ROBBERY OCCURRED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS,) AND WAS LATER PICKED UP BEHIND THE BEALLS STORE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITRUS CENTER. FOLLOWING THAT ROBBERY, THE WITNESS STATED THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER DITCHED HIS CLOTHES IN A WOODED AREA WHERE HE WAS LATER ABLE TO RETRIEVE THEM AND DISPOSE OF THEM. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN, DEPUTY BRUNK, DEPUTY STRICKLAND, AND I RESPONDED TO 9 BEVERLY HILLS BOULEVARD IN REFERENCE TO MAKING CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT HOOVER. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, DEPUTY STRICKLAND AND I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. AFTER KNOCKING LOUDLY A THIRD TIME, A WHITE MALE SUBJECT PULLED THE CURTAIN TO THE SIDE, LOOKED OUT OF THE FRONT WINDOW, OBSERVED MY PRESENCE, THEN PROCEEDED TO GO ABOUT HIS BUSINESS. A SHORT TIME LATER, CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN COULD BE HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE DEMANDING A SUBJECT TO GET ON THE GROUND. DURING THIS TIME, AN UNKNOWN FEMALE ANSWERED THE DOOR AND HESITANTLY INFORMED US THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. AFTER LOUDLY REPEATING OUR PRESENCE, REQUESTING THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER COME OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE, DEFENDANT HOOVER EXITED A BEDROOM LOCATED NEAR THE GUEST BATHROOM, AND WALKED TOWARD OUR DIRECTION. ONCE DEPUTY STRICKLAND SECURED DEFENDANT HOOVER BY HANDCUFFING HIM BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED,) DEFENDANT HOOVER PROVIDED US WITH CONSENT TO DO A PROTECTIVE SWEEP OF THE HOME TO VERIFY NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT. WHILE WE CONDUCTED THE SWEEP, DEFENDANT HOOVER ESCORTED US TO EACH ROOM POINTING OUT LOCATIONS HE ALLOWED US TO VIEW. ONCE THE SWEEP WAS COMPLETED, DEPUTY STRICKLAND TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT HOOVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE RESIDENCE, DEPUTY STRICKLAND ALERTED ME TO A FEW ITEMS REMOVED FROM DEFENDANT HOOVER. WITHIN THESE ITEMS WAS A âPANTECHâ AT&T SMARTPHONE, AND A âNEWPORTâ CIGARETTE BOX CONTAINING THREE WHITE IN COLOR ROUND PILLS WITH THE IMPRINTS V 2410. THESE PILLS WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS CARISOPRODOL 350 MILLIGRAM, A GENERIC BRAND FOR SOMA. IN SPEAKING WITH DEPUTY BRUNK, THE MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE GROUND ON THE BACK OF THE HOME, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR MICHAEL J STRICKLAND, STATED THAT DEFENDANT HOOVER AND HE WERE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THROUGH THE BACK AREA OF THE HOME; HOWEVER, DEFENDANT HOOVER RETREATED AFTER HEARING THE CANINE BARKING IN THE BACK YARD. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, LOCATED AT 2604 WEST WOODLAND RIDGE DRIVE IN LECANTO, IN REFERENCE TO A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE FACILITY, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT HOOVER INSIDE AN INTERVIEW ROOM LOCATED NEXT TO THE DUTY OFFICE. PRIOR TO ASKING QUESTIONS, I READ DEFENDANT HOOVER HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA A PRE-PRINTED CARD, AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD EACH OF RIGHTS. ONCE DEFENDANT HOOVER ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WANTED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME, I BEGAN MY INTERVIEW PROCESS. IN THE INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT HOOVER STATED HE HAS AN OPIATE ADDICTION AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO SUPPORT HIS HABIT. WHEN ASKED IF HE MEANT TO HURT ANYONE WHEN HE COMMITTED EITHER ROBBERY, DEFENDANT HOOVER STATED NO. DEFENDANT HOOVER STATED NOT ONLY DID HE NOT HAVE ANY AMMUNITION LOADED IN THE FIREARM HE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION DURING THE ROBBERY AT THE KANGAROO FOODS STORE, BUT HE HAD THE FIREARM POINTED AT THE GROUND THE ENTIRE TIME AND NEVER AT THE STORE CLERK. DEFENDANT HOOVER FURTHER CONFIRMED THAT HE DITCHED HIS CLOTHING ALONG WITH THE CASH REGISTER TILL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON COUNTY ROAD 39 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE FROM THE KANGAROO FOODS STORE. WHEN ASKED IF HE RECALLED WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE ROBBED THE CLERK OF THE DOLLAR TREE STORE, DEFENDANT HOOVER ADVISED HE STATED âGIVE ME THE MONEY.â WHEN ASKED IF HE SAID ANYTHING ELSE, DEFENDANT HOOVER ADVISED HE STATED âPLEASE.â DEFENDANT HOOVER STATED HE NEVER HAD ANY INTENTION OF HARMING EITHER VICTIM AND WAS ONLY GOING AFTER THE MONEY. AFTER ENDING THE INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT HOOVER ASKED IF I COULD CONTACT HIS WIFE TO LET HER KNOW OF HIS ARREST. DURING THAT TIME, I ASKED DEFENDANT HOOVER WHERE HE HAD GOTTEN THE âSOMA PILLSâ FROM THAT WERE LOCATED INSIDE HIS CIGARETTE BOX. DEFENDANT HOOVER STATED âFROM ONE OF MY DEALERS.â DEFENDANT HOOVER WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF ROBBERY WITH A FIREARM, ONE COUNT OF ROBBERY BY SUDDEN SNATCHING, AND ONE COUNT OF PETIT THEFT. HE WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A TOTAL BOND OF $50,250.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
