| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SILCOX, EDDIE FHP2101 (AR081005909) did unlawfully and knowingly obtain, use or endeavor to obtain or use the property of the VICTIM, to-wit: A 2003 FORD EXCURSION SUV, BLACK IN COLOR, VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $40,000.00, by exercising control over said property 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 property to HIS own use or the use of any person not entitled thereto, and knew or should have known that said property was stolen, in violation of Florida Statutes 812.014(1) and 812.014(2)(c), AND did, knowing HIS driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(2). FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL CASE: FHPC08OFF102240. ON 102308, AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD MONITORING SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. WHILE TRAVELING NORTH, I OBSERVED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR A BLACK IN COLOR FORD SUV TRAVELING TO THE NORTH. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE A LIFT KIT AND HAD OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH A STOLEN VEHICLE INFORMATION BOLO THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED BY THE BUSHNELL POLICE DEPARTMENT VIA SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE REAR OF MY UNIT, I DROVE TO THE EAST SHOULDER OF OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN PASSED BY MY UNIT AND CONTINUED TRAVELING NORTH. AT THIS TIME, I HAD TO WAIT FOR OTHER TRAFFIC TO PASS AND THEN ENTERED BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY TRAVELING NORTH TWO VEHICLES BEHIND THE BLACK FORD SUV. WHILE IN THE OBSERVATION MODE, I ENTERED FLORIDA TAG NUMBER W13HFU IN THE COMPUTER. WHILE STILL FOLLOWING THE VEHICLE, OTHER TRAFFIC MADE A LEFT TURN AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD AND KABRICH STREET. I THEN BEGAN APPROACHING THE REAR OF THE BLACK FORD SUV WITH FLORIDA TAG W13HFU DISPLAYED. I THEN RECEIVED INFORMATION VIA COMPUTER THAT THE BLACK SUV WAS A STOLEN VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME AS I APPROACHED THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO MOONRISE LANE. I WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS. I THEN MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO MOONRISE LANE AND OBSERVED THE STOLEN VEHICLE MAKING AN ABRUPT RIGHT HAND TURN INTO A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVER (DEFENDANT) THEN EXITED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AT A FAST TROT, ENTERED THROUGH A GATE, AND ENTERED INTO A RESIDENCE. AT THIS TIME, I POSITIONED MY UNIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BLACK SUV THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD EXITED FROM AND MADE CONTACT WITH TAMPA BAY COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVISED THEM OF THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND MY LOCATION. I WAS ADVISED MY TAMPA BAY REGIONAL COMMUNICATION'S CENTER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD INDEED BEEN STOLEN. AT THIS TIME, I OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE EXIT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PREVIOUSLY ENTERED. I HAD THE FEMALE APPROACH THE LEFT FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND OBTAINED SOME IDENTIFICATION. THE FEMALE PRESENTED ME WITH A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME, I ADVISED THE FEMALE THAT I WAS CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PERTAINING TO A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT (DEFENDANT) WEARING A BALL CAP, TEE SHIRT, AND JEANS, WHO HAD ENTERED HER RESIDENCE. THE FEMALE SUBJECT THEN ADVISED ME THAT THE SUBJECT'S NAME WAS "GLENN" AND HE WAS A HUSBAND OF ONE OF HER FRIEND'S. I ASKED THE FEMALE WHERE "GLENN" WAS LOCATED AND SHE STATED HE HAD ENTERED HER HOME AS SHE WALKED THROUGH THE KITCHEN AND HAD MADE A SPONTANEOUS STATEMENT THAT HE DID NOT NEED TO GET CAUGHT DRIVING BECAUSE HE HAD A SUSPENDED LICENSE. THIS FEMALE STATED THIS IS WHEN SHE STEPPED OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED MY PATROL UNIT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THIS OFFICER. AT this TIME, I ASKED THE FEMALE IF SHE FELT THREATENED OR HARMED BY THE DEFENDANT, AND SHE STATED NO, HE WAS A FRIEND. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE FELT SAFE IN RE-ENTERING THE RESIDENCE, AND SHE STATED YES. I ASKED THE FEMALE IF SHE WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH GLENN AND ADVISE HIM TO EXIT THE RESIDENCE AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS OFFICER. THE FEMALE THEN RE-ENTERED HER RESIDENCE AND A FEW MOMENTS LATER, SHE RETURNED WITH THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR CHARLES GLENN COOK. I THEN HAD MR COOK ASSUME A FELONY POSITION, AND MR COOK WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED). MR COOK MADE SEVERAL SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS, AS HE HAD BORROWED THE VEHICLE FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY IDENTIFICATION, AND HE STATED NO. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HIS FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH, AND HE PROVIDED ME WITH A NAME OF MR CHARLES GLENN COOK WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 092372. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. AT THIS TIME, TROOPER MIKE EYES ARRIVED ON SCENE AND MR COOK WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF TROOPER EYES' PATROL UNIT. THE DEFENDANT'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH WAS THEN ENTERED INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY MOTOR VEHICLE (DHSMV) "DAVID" SYSTEM, WHICH REVEALED A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DEFENDANT AND HIS NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH IDENTIFYING THE DEFENDANT AS MR CHARLES GLENN COOK. THE COMPUTER CHECK ALSO REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN YEARS ON 022205, REVOKED TWO YEARS ON 091407, IN VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 893.13 - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, SUSPENDED ON 022505 FOR SIXTY MONTHS - HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR. AFTER CONCLUDING MY INVESTIGATION AT MOONRISE LANE, DEFENDANT COOK WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY TROOPER MIKE EYES. I ISSUED THE DEFENDANT UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 0107-SPI, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLS/R), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A) AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 0106-SPI, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014, THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE PER FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.2741. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
