| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CHENOWETH, JACOB 0708 (15-85069) (AR15-15556) did unlawfully and knowingly obtain, use or endeavor to obtain or use the property of THE VICTIM, to-wit: 2014 GMC YUKON, 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 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 Statute 812.014(2)(c)(6). ON 062915, I WAS CONTACTED BY MR SCOTT SCHILLER JR, WHO ADVISED ME THAT A SUBJECT WAS AT HIS BUSINESS, SCOTT'S QUALITY WELDING, LOCATED AT 8162 WEST GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD, IN HOMOSASSA, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO SELL HIM WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE A STOLEN FIREARM. I RESPONDED TO SCOTT'S QUALITY WELDING WHERE I OBSERVED A WHITE IN COLOR 2014 GMC YUKON, PARKED IN FRONT OF the BUSINESS WITH THE REAR HATCH OPEN. INSIDE THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE SEVERAL FIREARMS, ELECTRONICS, TOOLS, AND OTHER SUSPICIOUS ITEMS THAT WERE IN DISARRAY. AS I EXITED MY VEHICLE, THE SUBJECT MR SCHILLER WAS SPEAKING WITH BECAME VERY NERVOUS AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO PLACE ITEMS BACK IN THE VEHICLE. THE SUBJECT THEN CLOSED THE REAR HATCH OF the VEHICLE WHERE I OBSERVED A GEORGIA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER PKV4872. I RAN THE VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE THROUGH TELETYPE AS THE VEHICLE DROVE OFF. TELETYPE ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN OUT OF TENNESSEE. THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST ROSEDALE DRIVE AND SOUTH ALABAMA AVENUE. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED WHICH REVEALED the DRIVER TO BE MR DANIEL ROBERT CLARK AND THE PASSENGER TO BE MS CRISTINA KUNZ. MR CLARK WAS THE SAME SUBJECT THAT I OBSERVED WITH THE ITEMS AT SCOTT'S QUALITY WELDING. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE DETAINED AT THIS TIME. I CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH MR CLARK WHERE HE WAS READ 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. DURING THE INTERVIEW, MR CLARK ADVISED THAT HE HAD RENTED THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO AND CHOSE NOT TO RETURN IT BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE DID NOT WORK. ACCORDING TO MR CLARK, THE RENTAL AGREEMENT WAS FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS. MR CLARK WAS QUESTIONED IN REFERENCE TO THE FIREARM HE HAD JUST SOLD AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE. MR CLARK ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO MR STEVEN TOUCHTON'S RESIDENCE ON EVANS DRIVE IN INVERNESS AND STEALING ITEMS. I ASKED MR CLARK HOW HE KNEW THE VICTIM'S NAME, TO WHICH HE STATED THE REASON HE BROKE IN AND STOLE TWO FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, ELECTRONICS, TOOLS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WAS BECAUSE THREE YEARS AGO, MR TOUCHTON STOLE $8,000.00 FROM HIM. I ASKED MR CLARK IF THE FIREARM HE SOLD TO MR SCHILLER WAS FROM MR TOUCHTON'S RESIDENCE, TO which HE STATED YES. MR CLARK ADVISED THAT HE IS A CONVICTED FELON AND DOES NOT HAVE HIS RIGHTS RESTORED. I ASKED MR CLARK IF HE USED THE GMC YUKON IN THE COMMISSION OF the ARMED BURGLARY, TO WHICH HE ADVISED YES. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC 0701 ARRIVED ON SCENE AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF the VEHICLE. DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED HIS K-9 HAD ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEARCHED BY DEPUTY HRYC, SEE HIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR TOUCHTON WHERE HE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. MR TOUCHTON VIEWED the ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY MOST OF HIS PROPERTY THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE ON 062615. MR TOUCHTON FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY $10,000.00 WORTH OF HIS PROPERTY AND ADVISED THAT APPROXIMATELY $10,000.00 IN ITEMS ARE STILL MISSING. SEE CASE NUMBER 15-83891 FOR FURTHER. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT MOTOR VEHICLE, SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY AGUILERA'S PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I REQUEST THE DEFENDANT'S BOND BE SET AT DUE TO HIM BEING HOMELESS WITH NO MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, A CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER OR ANY TIES TO THIS COUNTY. |
