| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (AR09110821) DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF OWNER, TO-WIT: DAMAGED MAILBOX, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(A) AND 806.13(1)(B)1; AND CONDITIONS EXISTING BY AN INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE PROPERTY WHO IS MAINTAINING NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH CONDITIONS; TO WIT: IMPROPERLY TREATED HUMAN WASTE, GARBAGE, DANGEROUS WASTE MATERIAL WHICH IS HARMFUL TO HUMAN LIFE, AIR POLLUTANTS OR NOISOME ODORS WHICH IS HARMFUL TO HUMAN LIFE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 386.041 SECOND DEGREE. ON 090309 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHO ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECT (MR CHRISTOPHER LEONARD/DEFENDANT) HAD A LARGE PARTY AT HIS RESIDENCE ON 082909 (SATURDAY), WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3751 NORTH WEBB POINT, HERNANDO. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT THE LARGE PARTY GOT VERY LOUD AND ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN REFERENCE TO LOUD NOISES, SPEEDING VEHICLES AND DISTURBANCES. THE COMPLAINANT STATED AT ONE POINT DURING THE NIGHT THE SUSPECT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS, WERE WALKING DOWN THE ROAD AT AROUND 0230 HOURS AND AT THAT TIME THEY HEARD A CRASHING SOUND COMING FROM THE ADDRESS OF 3818 NORTH WEBB POINT. COMPLAINANT STATED THE FOLLOWING DAY ON 083009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HOURS HE HAD NOTICED THE LOUD CRASHING NOISE HE HAD HEARD FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE WAS THE CRASHING OF THE VICTIM'S MAILBOX, WHO IS MR FRANK INNIS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED MR INNIS AT THIS TIME IS LIVING AT HIS SUMMER HOME IN JEW JERSEY. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE DID CONTACT MR INNIS WHO ADVISED HIM TO MAKE A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT BECAUSE THE MAILBOX WOULD COST HIM APPROXIMATELY $20.00 TO REPAIR. THE COMPLAINANT STATED AFTER REPORTING INCIDENT HE THEN SPOKE TO THE SUSPECT, ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS NEIGHBORS, WHO WERE BOTH WITNESSES. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE SUSPECT WAS WALKING BY THEIR RESIDENCE. HE STATED TO THE SUSPECT THAT THE VICTIM IS NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID TO HIS MAILBOX. THE SUSPECT STATED TO THE COMPLAINANT, ALONG WITH THE TWO WITNESSES, THAT HE BROKE THE MAILBOX ON THE NIGHT OF HIS PARTY. AFTER THE COMPLAINANT NOTIFIED ME OF THIS INFORMATION, I ADVISED HIM I WOULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN REFERENCE TO THE MAILBOX BEING DAMAGED. ON 090409 AT 1130 HOURS, I THEN RESPONDED TO 3751 NORTH WEBB POINT AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT. WHILE AT THE RESIDENCE I COULD SMELL A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE FRONT DOOR AREA WHERE I OBSERVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE AND FLIES WERE FLYING AROUND THE GARBAGE. I ALSO OBSERVED MAGGOTS CRAWLING AROUND ON THE PLASTIC BAG WHICH WAS HOLDING THE GARBAGE. AFTER NO RESPONSE TO THE FRONT DOOR I THEN RESPONDED TO THE BACK DOOR. ON THE EAST SIDE OF RESIDENCE CARPORT AREA I ONCE AGAIN SMELLED A FOUL ODOR OF GARBAGE AND AGAIN OBSERVED MORE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE UNDER THE CARPORT AREA ALONG WITH A BOWL OF SPAGHETTI THAT WAS IN THE OPEN TO LOOK LIKE IT HAD BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AFTER RESPONDING TO THE BACK DOOR, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE FROM ANYONE INSIDE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT AT 3732 NORTH WEBB POINT, WHICH IS HIS FATHER'S HOUSE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, I ADVISED HIM OF THE REASON I WAS THERE, WHICH WAS DUE TO THE LARGE PARTY HE HAD AT HIS RESIDENCE ON SATURDAY (082909). THE SUSPECT STATED THAT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY AND HE DID HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER. THE SUSPECT STATED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD RESPONDED TO HIS HOUSE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY WERE JUST HAVING A GET TOGETHER. I THEN INQUIRED IN REFERENCE TO THE MAILBOX AT THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, AT WHICH TIME, HE STATED HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE MAILBOX GOT BROKEN. I THEN ADVISED HIM THERE WERE SEVERAL WITNESSES WHO STATED THAT HE HAD BUSTED THE MAILBOX DOWN . THE SUSPECT STATED THAT HE SAID HE WAS PLANNING ON FIXING THE MAILBOX. I ADVISED THE SUSPECT THAT HE HAD ALL WEEK TO FIX THE MAILBOX AND IF HE WAS GOING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE HE WOULD HAVE DONE SO BY NOW. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND ONE COUNT OF NUISANCE TO INJURIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE AND TRASH WHICH IS LOCATED AT HIS HOUSE. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY WARNED ABOUT HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE AT HIS RESIDENCE AND FOUL ODORS, SEE CASE NUMBER 09061031 DATED 062909. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
