Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLES, DAVE 0146 (AR07004483) DID COMMIT SIX COUNTS OF BURGLARY TO CONVEYANCES WHILE UNARMED AND UNOCCUPIED, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 810.02(4)B AND GRAND THEFT, VALUE GREATER THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)1 AND GRAND THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)6 ON 081407, WHILE CONDUCTING A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 07070241 AND 07070244, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THIS DEFENDANT, A KNOWN BLACK MALE JUVENILE (DARRELL COLON). THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED AS AN ADULT AND THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN VERIFIED WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (ASA SMITH), AS WELL AS THE COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME, AT WHICH TIME, HE ADVISED HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND ADVISING HIM OF THE NATURE OF MY INVESTIGATION, HE ADVISED THAT HE KNEW WHY I WAS THERE AND DID WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REFERENCE THE CRIMES THAT HAD BEEN COMMITTED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE BURGLARIES HE MET UP WITH SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS, WHICH WAS WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BREAK IN TO VEHICLES. THE DEFENDANT STATED THEY RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF CITRUS HILLS AND KENSINGTON ESTATES, AS WELL AS A NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED FOX RUN. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE COULD NOR PROVIDE EXACT ADDRESSES FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT THEY ENTERED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT AFTER THEY MET UP, THEY FIRST BROKE IN TO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE AND TWO OF THE SUBJECTS WERE IN ONE VEHICLE, WHILE TWO OTHER SUBJECTS WERE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, THEY BEGAN DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ENTERING UNLOCKED VEHICLES AND REMOVING ITEMS OF VALUE. SIX VEHICLES WERE ENTERED AT FOUR SEPARATE LOCATIONS, FIVE OF THE VEHICLES WERE LISTED IN CASE NUMBER 07070241 AND 07070244 AS BURGLARIZED. THE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE WAS REPORTED IN CASE NUMBER 07070239, BY A DIFFERENT VICTIM. INFORMATION REFERENCE THIS CASE WAS DETERMINED WHILE INTERVIEWING THIS DEFENDANT. EACH VICTIM IN THE THREE CASES WERE CONTACTED BY MYSELF AND STATEMENTS WERE PROVIDED BY EACH VICTIM ADVISING THAT THEY DID NOT GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION TO ENTER THEIR VEHICLES, NOR DID THEY GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION FOR ANY OF THE ARTICLES IN THEIR VEHICLES TO BE REMOVED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE STOLEN ARTICLES FROM EACH VEHICLE WERE BROUGHT TO THE VAN THAT THEY WERE DRIVING IN, WHICH BELONGED TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHILE THE OTHER SUBJECTS WOULD GET OUT AND BURGLARIZE VEHICLES. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT WHILE BURGLARIZING THE VEHICLES ON ONE STREET, SOME OF THE CO-DEFENDANTS RETURNED TO THE VAN, STATING THAT THEY FOUND KEYS INSIDE ONE OF THE VEHICLES AND WERE DISCUSSING WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD STEAL THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT EVEN THOUGH HE ADVISED IT WAS A BAD DECISION, ONE OF THE OTHER DEFENDANTS BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL VENTICINQUE, ADVISED HE WOULD STEAL THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING, MR VENTICINQUE ADVISED THAT IF A VEHICLE WAS LOCATED WITH KEYS INSIDE OF IT, HE WAS GOING TO STEAL THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WAITED INSIDE THE VAN, PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, IN FRONT OF THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WHILE MR VENTICINQUE STOLE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT DESCRIBED THE VEHICLE AS A RED FOUR BY FOUR SPORT UTILITY STYLE (SUV) STYLE VEHICLE, THE STOLEN ARTICLES WERE PLACED INSIDE OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MR VENTICINQUE BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS WRONG, AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASON WHY HE WAS INVOLVED, OTHER THEN HE WAS ACTING WITH HIS FRIENDS. THE DEFENDANT PARTICIPATED IN A SWORN TAPED STATEMENT AFTER BEING READ MIRANDA WARNING FROM A PRE PRINTED CARD AND ADVISED THAT EH DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND DID WANT TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME. AFTER OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN THE FRONT SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD FURTHER INFORMATION HE WANTED TO PROVIDE TO THIS DETECTIVE. AT THAT TIME AN ADDITIONAL, SWORN TAPED STATEMENT WAS CONDUCTED AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS RE READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED INFORMATION REFERENCE THE ADDITIONAL CASE (07070239) WHERE A PURSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF A VEHICLE IN CITRUS HILLS/FOX WOOD AREA AND THAT AFTER THE PURSE WAS SEARCHED, THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY SHOULD GET RIDE OF THE PURSE. THEY THEN DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE ROAD AND THREW IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN TO THE WOODED AREA ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION AS TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PURSE, WHICH WAS DARK BROWN, SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE, MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PURSE IN THIS CASE NUMBER. THE DEFENDANT WAS SHOWN A GRID STYLE MAP BOOK AND SHOWN AN APPROXIMATE VICINITY OF WHERE THE CRIME HAD BEEN REPORTED, TO WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM. THE DEFENDANT ALSO PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL SWORN STATEMENT. AFTER THIS STATEMENT WAS COMPLETED, ADVISING THAT WHILE HE AND HIS FRIENDS WERE BREAKING IN TO VEHICLES IN THE CITRUS HILLS AREA, THEY ENTERED APPROXIMATELY TEN TO FIFTEEN VEHICLES, REMOVING MULTIPLE ARTICLES INDUCING SEVERAL KNIVES, A DUFFEL BAG, SEVERAL PURSES, APPROXIMATELY $110.00 WORTH OF CHANGE AND MONEY AND A REVOLVER STYLE FIREARM FROM A PICKUP TRUCK SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF OLYMPIA AND MASSACHUSETTS STREETS. AFTER THE INTERVIEW WAS COMPLETED, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED IN REFERENCE SIX COUNTS OF BURGLARY TO CONVEYANCES, WHILE UNARMED AND UNOCCUPIED, ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT, VALUE GREATER THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT REFERENCE A MOTOR VEHICLE AND HELD WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $34,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |