| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (AR11121973) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 85 SOUTH ADAMS STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: $350.00 IN CASH AND $650.00 WORTH OF JEWELRY, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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 STATUTES 812.014. ON 072911, I CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION TO THIS REPORT. ON 062411, THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN BY DEPUTY STRICKLAND FROM THE VICTIM WHO RESIDES AT 85 SOUTH ADAMS STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT ON 062411, WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME FROM FRIENDS' RESIDENCE, SHE WENT TO HER MASTER BEDROOM TO RETRIEVE $20.00 FROM HER DRESSER DRAWER TO LOAN TO A FRIEND AND NOTICED THAT THE $350.00 IN CASH THAT SHE HAD ALONG WITH THREE GOLD RINGS WERE MISSING FROM THE DRESSER DRAWER. THE VICTIM AT THAT TIME, NOTIFIED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DOOR OF HER RESIDENCE WAS UNSECURED, BUT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME SHE DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. WHILE DEPUTY STRICKLAND WAS TAKING THE REPORT AND DURING THE INVESTIGATION, HE FOUND A SHOE IMPRESSION LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE BATHROOM WINDOW OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM, AT THAT TIME, DID NOT HAVE ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION AND ON 072711, I RECEIVED THIS REPORT ASSIGNED TO ME AS A DETECTIVE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM BY TELEPHONE AND INQUIRED IF SHE HAD ANY POSSIBLE SUSPECTS IN MIND. THE VICTIM AT THAT TIME DID STATE THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE BURGLARY A FRIEND OF HERS BY THE NAME OF CEDRE JOHNSON (DEFENDANT) STOPPED BY HER RESIDENCE. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT SEEN MR JOHNSON FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THOUGHT IT WAS ODD THAT HE STOPPED BY UNANNOUNCED. SHE DID ADVISED THAT WHILE HE WAS AT HER RESIDENCE VISITING, HE DID REQUEST TO USE THE BATHROOM AND SHE BELIEVED THAT HE MAY HAVE UNLOCKED THE BATHROOM WINDOW WHILE HE WAS AT HER RESIDENCE AND THEN RETURNED WHILE SHE WAS NOT AT HOME AND MADE ENTRY THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW AND REMOVED THE ITEMS LISTED. WITH THIS NEW INFORMATION, I ADVISED DEPUTY CALLAHAN WHO ADVISED THAT HE WOULD ATTEMPT TO LOCATE MR JOHNSON. DEPUTY CALLAHAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE MR JOHNSON, BUT DID SPEAK WITH A WITNESS BY THE NAME OF MR JONATHAN WHITE. DEPUTY CALLAHAN STATED THAT WHILE HE SPOKE WITH MR WHITE, MR WHITE DID ADVISE THAT IN THE PAST HE HAD HUNG OUT WITH MR JOHNSON AND STATED THAT ON THE DAY THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WAS BURGLARIZED BETWEEN 1345 HOURS AND 1410 HOURS, HE OBSERVED MR JOHNSON WALKING THROUGH A TRAIL THAT LEADS TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. HE SAID THAT MR JOHNSON GOT UP FROM THE PORCH AREA OF THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE, PULLED A SCREEN OUT OF THE BATHROOM WINDOW, AND ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AT 85 SOUTH ADAMS STREET. MR WHITE ADVISED THAT AFTER HE WITNESSED THE BURGLARY TAKE PLACE, MR JOHNSON CAME TO HIS RESIDENCE AND SHOWED HIM A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. MR WHITE SAID THAT MR JOHNSON DOES NOT HAVE A JOB AND HE DID NOT KNOW HIM TO CARRY LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY. MR WHITE ADVISED THAT AT THAT TIME, HE ASKED MR JOHNSON WHERE HE GOT the MONEY AND AT THAT TIME, MR JOHNSON STATED HE BROKE INTO THE RESIDENCE OF THE VICTIM AT 85 SOUTH ADAMS STREET AND TOOK THE MONEY AND JEWELRY FROM THE MASTER BEDROOM. MR WHITE STATED THAT MR JOHNSON CONTINUED TO STATE THAT HE STOPPED BY TO VISIT THE VICTIM AND AS HE WAS TALKING TO HER HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND UNSECURED HER LOCKED BATHROOM WINDOW AND THEN LATER RETURNED WHILE SHE WAS NOT HOME AND ENTERED THE RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY CALLAHAN HAD MR WHITE COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. ON 072911 AT APPROXIMATELY 1139 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUDICIAL DEPUTIES DID MAKE CONTACT WITH MR JOHNSON AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURT HOUSE DUE TO HE HAD COURT ON A separate CASE. AFTER HIS COURT HEARING WAS HEARD, THE JUDICIAL DEPUTIES DID TAKE INTO CUSTODY THE DEFENDANT, MR CEDRE JOHNSON. DEPUTY LAUGHLIN TOOK CUSTODY OF THE DEFENDANT, ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED UNDER THIS CASE NUMBER FOR ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY LAUGHLIN TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE WAS PROCESSED IN. UPON MY ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, I DID SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS RIGHTS DUE TO HIM BEING IN CUSTODY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE WANTED TO EXERCISE HIS RIGHTS AND ADVISED HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. AFTER COMPLETING MY ARREST AFFIDAVIT THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 FOR BURGLARY AND $2,000.00 FOR GRAND THEFT. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
