| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON , ADAM 0505 (AR07100609) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, AS OWNER OR CUSTODIAN THEREOF, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 810.02(1) AND 810.02(3). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: TWO JEWELRY BOXES WITH TWO GOLD NECKLACES, A HEART AND DIAMOND CHARM, TWO CRUCIFIX CROSS CHARMS, THREE SILVER BRACELETS, FOUR SILVER RINGS, ONE GOLD RING AND TWO SILVER NECKLACES, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00) 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 SAID 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)1; ON 112907, I RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE LOCATED ON NORTH AMPHIBIAN POINT IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY THAT ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM ONE AND VICTIM TWO. THE VICTIMS ADVISED THAT THEY HAD LEFT THEIR RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS ON 112907, AND RETURNED AT APPROXIMATELY 2213 HOURS. AT THAT TIME, THEY DISCOVERED THAT UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S) HAD GAINED ENTRY THROUGH A WINDOW LOCATED JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRONT DOOR. THEY WERE UNSURE IF THE WINDOW WAS LOCKED. AFTER THE WINDOW WAS OPENED, THE SCREEN WAS FORCIBLY PUSHED IN, CAUSING THE SCREEN TO BREAK. ONCE INSIDE, THE SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS REMOVED TWO JEWELRY BOXES CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY $300.00 WORTH OF JEWELRY WHICH WERE LOCATED IN THE BATHROOM, CONTAINING THE LISTED ARTICLES. THE VICTIMS FURTHER ADVISED BOTH OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAD SEEN A DARK COLORED PICKUP TRUCK PULL UP TO THE RESIDENCE AND, AT ONE TIME, PARKED BY THE STREET. THE VICTIMS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE POSSIBLY BELONGED TO A SUBJECT BY THE NAME OF MR CHRISTOPHER CHANDLER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO WERE AT THE RESIDENCE THE DAY PRIOR. THE VICTIMS WERE ASKED IF AT ANY TIME THE SUSPECTS HAD BEEN NEAR THE POINT OF ENTRY OR IF THEY WOULD HAVE HAD ANY REASON TO TOUCH THE GLASS IN THE WINDOW, TO WHICH THE VICTIMS STATED NO. CONTACT WAS made WITH WITNESS ONE WHO ADVISED AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS, HE OBSERVED A SMALLER, DARK COLORED PICKUP TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY'S FENCE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES PRIOR TO LEAVING THE AREA IN A HURRY. I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAD SEEN A VEHICLE COME TO THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE ON THREE DIFFERENT TIMES ON 112907. SHE ADVISED SHE RECOGNIZED the VEHICLE AS THE SAME TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN AT THE RESIDENCE ON 112807. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, THE VEHICLE CAME INSIDE THE GATE, PARKED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AND TWO PEOPLE EXITED THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, WITNESS TWO STATED SHE BELIEVED SHE HEARD SOMEONE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE. SHE ADVISED THE THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO THE RESIDENCE, IT PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE GATE, HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO IT AND COULD NOT ADVISE IF ANYONE CAME OR WENT FROM THE VEHICLE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH BOTH SUSPECT ONE MR CHANDLER, AND SUSPECT TWO IN THE RACE TRAC GAS STATION PARKING LOT AFTER I SPOTTED THE VEHICLE LEAVING THE SUSPECTS' RESIDENCE. SUSPECT TWO WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SPOKE WITH THIS DEPUTY FIRST. SHE STATED THEY HAD GONE TO THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE TWICE ON 112907, BOTH TIMES PULLING INTO THE YARD, EXITING THE VEHICLE AND KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. SHE STATED SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING EARLIER IN THE DAY AND COULD NOT SAY FOR SURE AT WHAT TIMES THEY HAD BEEN TO THE RESIDENCE. HOWEVER, SHE WAS POSITIVE SHE HAD ONLY GONE TO THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE TWO TIMES. I MADE CONTACT WITH MR CHANDLER WHO STATED HE AND SUSPECT TWO HAD GONE TO THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE THREE TIMES AND THAT THE LAST TIME THEY WERE THERE, THEY HAD PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE GATE SO THEY COULD SWITCH DRIVERS. HE ADVISED THAT AT NO TIME ON 112907 OR PRIOR HAD HE OPENED THE WINDOW AND THAT HIS FINGERPRINTS WOULD NOT BE ON THE WINDOW. SUSPECT TWO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD AND ADAMANTLY STATED THAT SHE HAD ONLY BEEN TO THE VICTIMS' RESIDENCE TWICE. HOWEVER, SHE STATED MR CHANDLER HAD LEFT HER AT A FRIEND'S RESIDENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TO THIRTY MINUTES. SHE STATED THAT MR CHANDLER "IS A SNEAKY BASTARD" AND THAT SHE BELIEVED HE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ON 113007, CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) CANNADAY COMPARED LATENT FINGERPRINTS TAKEN FROM THE POINT OF ENTRY WHICH WAS THE SLIDING WINDOW JUST TO THE RIGHT OFF THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. HE COMPARED THOSE PRINTS WITH THAT OF THE DEFENDANT'S AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE PRINTS AS THE DEFENDANT'S. AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF CST CANNADAY'S FINDINGS, I RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE I LOCATED THE DEFENDANT AT THE INTERACTION OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND WEST FORT ISLAND TRAIL. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA VIA CARD, AND STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. WHEN ASKED WHY HIS FINGERS WERE ON THE WINDOW, HE STATED THAT HE HAS OPENED THE WINDOW ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN ORDER TO LET SMOKE OUT OF THE RESIDENCE. HOWEVER THIS CONTRADICTS THE DEFENDANT'S FIRST STATEMENT WHICH WAS TAKEN ON 113007, IN WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER TOUCHED THE WINDOW. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A DWELLING AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. BOND SET AT PER DEPUTY DISCRETION DUE TO THE DEFENDANT CURRENTLY BEING OUT ON BOND FOR HOME INVASION OUT OF PINELLAS COUNTY AND CONTINUING TO COMMIT CRIMES. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
