| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILSON, EDWARD 0457 (AR08106419) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A SAFE, MONEY, JEWELRY, LAPTOP COMPUTER, A CAMERA, AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: 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)©(1). ON 083008, A GRAND THEFT WAS REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT ON 082908, SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS HAD BEEN INVITED TO HER RESIDENCE BY HER TWO MINOR DAUGHTERS WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK. THE VICTIM STATED THAT DURING THE EVENING HOURS, SEVERAL ITEMS BELONGING TO HER HAD BEEN STOLEN, WHICH INCLUDED A SAFE, MONEY, JEWELRY, CAMERA, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND A LAPTOP COMPUTER. ON 090208, I WAS ASSIGNED the CASE AND DURING MY INVESTIGATION, I LEARNED THAT THE VICTIM'S MINOR DAUGHTERS HAD A PARTY AND DURING THIS PARTY, SEVERAL ITEMS OF THE VICTIM'S HAD BEEN STOLEN. IT WAS FURTHER LEARNED THAT DEFENDANT CASEY HARDY WAS AT THE PARTY AND WAS INVOLVED IN STEALING SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY WITNESSES WHO PROVIDED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS. THE STOLEN ITEMS WERE TAKEN TO DEFENDANT HARDY'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE USED A CROWBAR TO OPEN THE SAFE, WHICH HE LATER DISPOSED OF IN A NEARBY LAKE. IN ADDITION, ALL DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THE SAFE HAD BEEN PUT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND LATER BURNED. THE LAPTOP COMPUTER WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE VICTIM'S MINOR DAUGHTERS BY THE DEFENDANT WHEN THEY CAME LOOKING FOR IT. ON 112508, CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH DEFENDANT HARDY AT HIS RESIDENCE WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DETECTIVE GATOR FOR PROCESSING. DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
