| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR11121052) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 2540 EAST CONSTANCE COURT, APARTMENT 1, 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, AND BECAME ARMED WITH TWO FIREARMS FROM THE OWNER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(2)(B); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: DVD PLAYER AND TWO FIREARMS, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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(2)C(1). ON 050611, A REPORT WAS TAKEN AT 2540 EAST CONSTANCE COURT IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY THAT HAD ALREADY occurred. DURING THE BURGLARY MULTIPLE ITEMS WHICH WERE VALUED IN EXCESS OF $300.00, INCLUDING TWO 22 CALIBER RIFLES, WERE STOLEN FROM THE RESIDENCE. ON 053111, DEPUTY LAUGHLIN AND I RESPONDED TO 5810 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY IN REFERENCE TO MAKING CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE, MR NICOLAS SCORDATO, IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. AFTER ADVISING MR SCORDATO OF THE FACTS OF THIS CASE and READING HIM HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED CARD, SUSPECT SCORDATO WAIVED HIS RIGHTS and ADVISED HE WISHED TO SPEAK TO US. SUSPECT SCORDATO CONFESSED THAT HE DID KICK THE DOOR IN TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS WITH THE INTENT TO STEAL PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE INSIDE. SUSPECT SCORDATO ADVISED AFTER ENTERING the RESIDENCE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE NARCOTICS AND LEFT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. SUSPECT SCORDATO ADVISED THAT UPON RETURNING HOME THE DEFENDANT, MR CHESTER GATLIN, JR, CAME OVER TO HIS HOUSE, AT WHICH TIME, HE HAD TOLD THE DEFENDANT HOW HE HAD JUST KICKED THE DOOR IN and THAT NO ONE WAS HOME. MR SCORDATO STATED that HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT WALK to the VICTIM'S APARTMENT AND ENTER THE APARTMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES . MR SCORDATO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN RETURNED BACK TO MR SCORDATO'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION A DVD PLAYER, WHICH MR SCORDATO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD RETRIEVED FROM the RESIDENCE. IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT A DVD PLAYER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO the SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS STOLEN FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH A WITNESS, MS CHERYL SCORDATO. UPON SPEAKING TO HER SHE ADVISED THAT she WAS PRESENT ON the DAY OF the BURGLARY and ADVISED THAT she DID HEAR SUSPECT SCORDATO EXPLAIN TO DEFENDANT GATLIN HOW HE HAD KICKED THE DOOR IN AT the VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, HOWEVER, DID NOT RETRIEVE ANYTHING. MS SCORDATO ALSO ADVISED THAT she ALSO OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT WALK OVER TO the VICTIM'S APARTMENT, MAKE ENTRY INTO HOUSE AND THEN OBSERVED HIM RETURN A SHORT TIME LATER WITH A DVD PLAYER. MS SCORDATO ADVISED THAT UPON the DEFENDANT RETURNING HE HAD LAUGHED STATING THE REASON HE STOLE THE DVD PLAYER WAS DUE TO THE FACT the VICTIM OWED HIM MONEY. MS SCORDATO ADVISED THAT UPON THE DEFENDANT TELLING HER THAT HE HAD STOLEN IT FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE she BECAME ANGRY AND TOLD HIM THAT she DID NOT WANT ANY INVOLVEMENT IN A BURGLARY. SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS were OBTAINED BY BOTH SUSPECT SCORDATO AND MS SCORDATO. ON 060211, DETECTIVE GREATREX AND I RESPONDED TO 3624 EAST DELIGHT STREET IN HERNANDO WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH the DEFENDANT. PRIOR TO SPEAKING WITH the DEFENDANT HE WAS READ MIRANDA RIGHTS, AT which TIME, HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS and ADVISED HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH US. UPON EXPLAINING the FACTS OF THIS CASE TO the DEFENDANT HE ADVISED THAT ON THE DAY OF THE BURGLARY SUSPECT SCORDATO HAD TOLD HIM THAT NOBODY WAS HOME AT the VICTIM'S RESIDENCE and that the DOOR HAD BEEN KICKED IN. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED that HE ACCOMPANIED MR SCORDATO and ANOTHER UNKNOWN WHITE MALE TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE OBSERVED SUSPECT SCORDATO and the WHITE MALE ENTER the RESIDENCE WHILE HE STOOD IN the THRESHOLD OF THE FRONT DOOR. HOWEVER, HE ADVISED THAT HE NEVER ACTUALLY WALKED INTO the RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED that HE and the TWO OTHER SUBJECTS LEFT the RESIDENCE and HE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY HAD TAKEN ANYTHING; HOWEVER, STATED THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AFTER DARK. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS COMPLETED BY the DEFENDANT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ARMED BURGLARY and GRAND THEFT. HE WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, HIS BOND WAS SET AT $27,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
