| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (13-39588) (AR13-5071) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: GUNS AND SPORTING EQUIPMENT 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). DID TRAFFIC IN, OR ENDEAVORS TO TRAFFIC IN, PROPERTY THAT HE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS STOLEN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 812.019(1). KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A FIREARM AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $220.00 FROM HUNTERS HIDEOUT PAWNBROKER FOR A FIREARM, $75.00 FROM PATS PAWN PAWNBROKER FOR FIREARMS AND SPORTING EQUIPMENT, AND $60.00 FROM GOLDRUSH PAWN PAWNBROKER FOR A FOR TELEVISION VALUED AT A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8). ON 040413, I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN ORDER TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN. UPON ARRIVAL, I HAD THE DEFENDANT BROUGHT DOWN TO AN INTERVIEW ROOM WHERE I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WHY I WAS HERE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED YES. HE ADVISED THAT HIS BROTHER/VICTIM HAD CONTACTED HIM AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY ABOUT THE GUNS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT HE HAD PAWNED. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE BEGGED HIS BROTHER NOT TO PURSUE CHARGES BECAUSE OF HIS DRUG PROBLEM. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD REMOVED THE ITEMS FROM HIS BROTHERâS RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW HE HAD MADE ENTRY INTO HIS BROTHERâS ROOM, TO WHICH HE ADVISED âTHROUGH THE DOORâ. I ASKED HIM IF HIS BROTHER HAD THE ROOM PADLOCKED, TO WHICH HE STATED âYES, BUT IT WAS NOT LOCKEDâ. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE CLOSET WAS UNLOCKED AND THAT THE GUN SAFE HAD A PADLOCK ON IT, BUT THE PADLOCK WAS OPEN. HE ADVISED THAT HE RE-SECURED ALL THE LOCKS AFTER REMOVING THE VICTIMâS PROPERTY. I ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD PAWNED THE ITEMS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD A DRUG PROBLEM AND WAS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT KIND OF AGREEMENT WAS MADE BETWEEN HIM AND THE SALES ASSOCIATE AT HUNTERS HIDEOUT WHEN HE PAWNED THE BUSHMASTER .223 RIFLE, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF HE SHOULD SPEAK WITHOUT HIS LAWYER PRESENT. I TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT WAS COMPLETELY UP TO HIM. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED BY SAYING THAT HE HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PAWN SHOP THAT HE WAS TO PAWN THE RIFLE FOR $220.00. WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE PAWN SHOP TO PICK THE RIFLE UP, THE EMPLOYEE, A BALD WHITE MALE, OFFERED THE DEFENDANT AN EXTRA $80.00 TO SELL HIM THE RIFLE, IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT ACCEPTED THE OFFER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF ANY OF THE PAWN PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETED IN REFERENCE TO THE SALE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO. HE STATED HE ONLY SIGNED THE TOP OF A SHEET OF PAPER. I SHOWED THE DEFENDANT A COPY OF THE FLORIDA PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION FORM, WHICH HE HAD INITIALLY SIGNED FOR THE PAWN OF THE RIFLE. HE ADVISED THAT WAS THE FORM HE HAD SIGNED FOR THE PAWN, BUT NOT THE FORM HE SIGNED UPON AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF THE NEW CHARGES OF GRAND THEFT, DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY, AND FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP TO A PAWN BROKER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD FULL INTENTIONS OF RECOVERING THE PROPERTY BEFORE HIS BROTHERâS RETURN, BUT ADVISED THAT HE WAS ARRESTED BEFORE HE COULD GET THE PROPERTY BACK TO HIS BROTHER. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $23,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
