| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FARKAS, STEVEN 0408 (AR11122292) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: JEWELRY, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), TO WIT: $5,225.00, 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 051011, IT WAS REPORTED BY THE VICTIM, MS ANN RONCHETTO, THAT SEVERAL PIECES OF HER JEWELRY WERE STOLEN FROM HER JEWELRY BOX LOCATED IN HER MASTER BEDROOM AT HER RESIDENCE OF 21 OAK VILLAGE BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA. THE THEFT occurred ON 050511. MS RONCHETTO WENT ON TO STATE THAT SHE HAD HIRED MR CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, THE OWNER OF WILLIAMS LAWN AND LANDSCAPE TO PERFORM LANDSCAPE SERVICE ON HER PROPERTY. MR WILLIAMS HAD BROUGHT ALONG A HELPER LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER CALCAGINO. THE DEFENDANT AT ONE POINT REQUESTED TO USE THE VICTIM'S BATHROOM BECAUSE HE HAD DIARRHEA IN WHICH MR RONCHETTO ALLOWED HIM USE. AFTER THE DEFENDANT AND MR WILLIAMS LATER DEPARTED, MS RONCHETTO DISCOVERED SEVERAL PIECES OF HER JEWELRY TO BE MISSING AND SHE WAS CERTAIN THEY WERE THERE PRIOR TO THE DEFENDANT BEING IN HER RESIDENCE. MS RONCHETTO CONTACTED THIS AGENCY TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. DEPUTY CHRISTOPHER LUDLOW RESPONDED TO TAKE THE REPORT AND EVENTUALLY CONTACTED MR WILLIAMS. DEPUTY LUDLOW INFORMED MR WILLIAMS THAT AS PER MS RONCHETTO, IF HER JEWELRY WERE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED SHE WOULD NOT PROSECUTE. MR WILLIAMS CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT AND THE DEFENDANT RETURNED THE STOLEN JEWELRY TO MR WILLIAMS WHO EVENTUALLY RETURNED THE JEWELRY TO THE VICTIM, HOWEVER, TWO PIECES OF THE STOLEN JEWELRY WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE NOW WISHED TO PROSECUTE THE DEFENDANT. THIS DETECTIVE DID OBTAIN A SWORN WRITTEN statement FROM MR WILLIAMS ON HOW HE OBTAINED THE JEWELRY. ON 081811, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF HE KNEW WHY I WISHED TO SPEAK WITH HIM. THE DEFENDANT RESPONDED BY STATING THAT HE DID AND IT WAS ABOUT "TAKING THE JEWELRY FROM THE OLD PEOPLE." THE DEFENDANT WAS STOPPED FROM SPEAKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND EVENTUALLY READ MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD AND THE DEFENDANT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO STEALING THE VICTIM'S JEWELRY FROM HER JEWELRY BOX UPON USING THE BATHROOM AND ALSO THAT HE HAD RETURNED THE STOLEN JEWELRY TO MR WILLIAMS, HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT WENT ON TO STATE THAT HE DID NOT DAMAGE THE JEWELRY AND RETURNED IT INTACT TO MR WILLIAMS. THE DEFENDANT EXPRESSED REMORSE FOR his CRIME AND HIS STATEMENT WAS DIGITALLY RECORDED. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND IS TO BE SET AT $2,000.00 AS 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* |
