| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR15-14552) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: DIAMOND RIDGE PAWN, LOCATED AT 6894 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, CRYSTAL RIVER, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF DIAMOND RIDGE PAWN, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: PETIT THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(4)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: DIAMOND RIDGE PAWN, OF THE VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OR MORE BUT LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00), TO WIT: ONE MONGOOSE BICYCLE, 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)(E). ON 040615, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY AT DIAMOND RIDGE PAWN, LOCATED AT 6894 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN CRYSTAL RIVER. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT AN UNKNOWN PERSON(S) HAD MADE UNLAWFUL ENTRY TO THE OUTSIDE GATED AREA OF HIS BUSINESS BY CUTTING A HOLE IN THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. ONCE INSIDE, THE PERSON(S) REMOVED A BLUE MONGOOSE MOUNTAIN BIKE, SERIAL NUMBER SNFSD12JV096S. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT THE AREA WHERE THE BICYCLE WAS LOCATED WAS UNDER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. THE VIDEO SHOWED THAT ON 040615 AT 0233 HOURS, A WHITE MALE WEARING DARK COLORED SHORTS, A GREEN SHORT SLEEVE POLO SHIRT, AND A WATCH ON HIS LEFT ARM REMOVED THE ABOVE LISTED BICYCLE FROM THE FENCED AREA OF THE PAWN SHOP. THE VIDEO WAS COLLECTED AND DISPERSED VIA INTERNET TO THE PATROL DIVISION. ON 041015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19, NEAR THE RACE TRAC, WHEN I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE RIDING ON A BLUE MONGOOSE BICYCLE. THE BICYCLE AND THE WHITE MALE RIDING THE BICYCLE MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT SEEN ON THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH THE WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR CLAYTON STE MARIE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I NOTICED THAT HE WAS STILL WEARING THE SAME CLOTHING OF THE SUSPECT WHO WAS CAPTURED ON THE VIDEO STEALING THE BICYCLE. I CHECKED THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE BICYCLE, WHICH MATCHED THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE MONGOOSE BICYCLE THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM DIAMOND RIDGE PAWN. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE HAD ACQUIRED THE BICYCLE. AT FIRST HE CLAIMED HE PURCHASED IT FROM A THRIFT STORE, BUT LATER ADMITTED THAT HE STOLE IT FROM THE PAWN SHOP. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE AND ONE COUNT OF PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $6,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
