| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PHILLIPS, CASEY 0482 (AR13-4303) DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: HAD DISCUSSED PULLING ON DOOR HANDLES WHILE WALKING DOWN THE ROADWAY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3), CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: UNMARKED AGENCY VEHICLE\t, the property of THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE VEHICLE, and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time AND THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CONVEYANCE AT THE TIME THE OFFENDER ENTERS OR REMAINS, and MR BRIAN STERLING was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02(3)(D); ON 012913 AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 HOURS, THIS DEPUTY WAS SITTING INSIDE MY UNMARKED AGENCY VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AT 7269 WEST BRADY LANE IN HOMOSASSA, CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA. I OBSERVED TWO SUBJECTS WALKING FROM MANATEE TERRACE DOWN BRADY TERRACE TOWARDS ME. AS THEY APPROACHED NEARING MY VEHICLE, I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND COVERED ANY INTERIOR LIGHTS TO NOT GIVE AWAY THAT I WAS STILL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AS THE SUBJECTS APPROACHED, I COULD VISUALLY SEE THEM TALKING BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER. AS THEY PASSED THE VEHICLE, THE MALE SUBJECT THAT WAS WEARING A GREY TANK TOP PROCEEDED TO PUT HIS HAND INSIDE HIS SHIRT CONCEALING HIS PALM AND FINGERS, AND PULLED THE DRIVERâS SIDE DOOR HANDLE WHILE I WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT. WHEN THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN THE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT, MR BRIAN STERLING, MADE STATEMENTS TO THE OTHER MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CO-DEFENDANT, MR ROGER CAMPBELL JR, WHO WAS IN THE ROADWAY AND THEY PROCEEDED TO WALK DOWN THE ROAD. I CONTINUED TO WATCH THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WALK DOWN THE ROAD. THEY CRISSCROSSED BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD TOWARDS THE CURB TWO TIMES AND DUE TO THE TINTING IN MY VEHICLE, I WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY FURTHER. I THEN CONTACTED DEPUTY SCHAFFER VIA TELEPHONE, WHO WAS ONE STREET TO MY WEST ON THE SAME SURVEILLANCE DETAIL. I ADVISED HIM THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD IN FACT CONCEALED HIS HAND INSIDE HIS SHIRT AND ATTEMPTED TO BURGLARIZE MY VEHICLE WITH ME IN IT. AT THIS TIME, DEPUTY SCHAFFER LEFT HIS POST AND RESPONDED TO THE AREA WHICH I WAS IN, AND HE WAS ALSO IN AN UNMARKED VEHICLE CLOSELY MATCHING MY VEHICLE. THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY SCHAFFER WENT TO THE END OF BRADY LANE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST SASSER STREET WHERE WE SAW THEM WALKING AND MADE CONTACT WITH THEM AT THE INTERSECTION OF SASSER STREET AND MEMORIAL DRIVE. WE INSTRUCTED THEM TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE HOOD OF MY VEHICLE, WHILE WE IDENTIFIED OURSELVES AS DEPUTIES WITH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEE IF THE DEFENDANT HAD ANY WEAPONS ON HIS PERSON AND HE MADE AN SUDDEN UTTERANCE THAT IT wasnât HIS IDEA AND HIS FRIEND HAD TALKED HIM IN TO DOING IT. THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WERE THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THEIR BACKS, DURING WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT TRIED TO PUNCH HIMSELF IN THE HEAD AND MADE THE SUDDEN UTTERANCE THAT HE HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE AND MAYBE HE SHOULD JUST END IT NOW. AT THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT BECAME AGITATED AND WAS CRYING AND THE CO-DEFENDANT WAS SAT ON THE CURB FACING THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT IN ATTEMPT TO CALM HIM DOWN. DURING THE TIME I WAS CALMING THE DEFENDANT DOWN; THE CO-DEFENDANT WAS PROFUSELY SWEATING FROM HIS HAIRLINE DOWN TO HIS FACE. A FEW MINUTES LATER, DEPUTY TROY TAYLOR ARRIVED ON SCENE AND BOTH SUBJECTS WERE PLACED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY TAYLORâS PATROL VEHICLE. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAS KNOWN THE DEFENDANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT HE IS SOMEWHAT MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND IS EASILY TALKED INTO DOING THINGS. THE SUBJECTS WERE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WERE CHARGED WITH BURGLARY TO AN OCCUPIED VEHICLE AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THE BURGLARY. THE DEFENDANT'S AND CO-DEFENDANTâS BONDS WERE BOTH SET AT $20,000.00 EACH, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
