| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEROCKI, EDWARD 0322 (AR07100729) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, LOCATED AIR PORT PLAZA STORAGE (989 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN CRYSTAL RIVER) IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, AS OWNER OR CUSTODIAN THEREOF, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 810.02(1) 810.02(4)(A) AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO TEN BOXES OF SPORTS TRADING CARDS, EIGHT BOXES OF ASSORTED FIRST EDITION COMIC BOOKS, ONE CONSTELLATION COIN, TWENTY SIX ONE AND TWO DOLLAR BILLS RED CERTIFICATE AND ASSORTED COLLECTIBLE COINS OF THE VALUE OF TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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)(3). ON 111307, THE VICTIM REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY THAT A STORAGE SHED HE WAS RENTING HAD BEEN BROKEN IN TO AND ASSORTED COLLECTIBLE CARDS, COMICS AND COINS HAD BEEN REMOVED. THIS DETECTIVE WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEFENDANT, MR DARWIN MOUNSEY, WHO HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH A CO-DEFENDANT CHARGED IN THIS CASE AND STATED HE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS PRESENT AT THE COASTAL SUBSTATION ON 121207. HE WAS READ MIRANDA WARNING VIA A PRE PRINTED CARD AND STATED HE UNDERSTOOD AND WAS WILLING TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR OTHERS HAD ON OR ABOUT 111307, TRAVELED IN HIS VEHICLE TO THE AIR PORT PLAZA STORAGE AND PARKED BEHIND A NO LONGER USED CEMENT FACTORY NEXT DOOR. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT THE OTHER SUSPECTS HAD CLIMBED A WALL WITH A PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS AND A SHORT TIME LATER BEGAN PASSING BOXES TO HIM, WHICH HE PLACED IN THE TRUNK OF HIS VEHICLE. HE FURTHER STATED HE HAD BEEN INFORMED HE WOULD RECEIVE $1,000.00 FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS CRIME. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF REMOVING THE PROPERTY, HE AND THE OTHERS TRAVELED TO A COLLECTIBLE STORE, KNOWN WAS COLISEUM COMICS, WHERE TWO OTHER SUSPECTS SOLD TWO BOXES OF THE COMICS FOR APPROXIMATELY $50.00. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HIS ONLY COMPENSATION WAS APPROXIMATELY $20.00 WORTH OF GASOLINE AND SOME MARIJUANA, WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED WITH THE PROCEEDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND IS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
