| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CHENOWETH, JACOB 0708 (2012-1177AR) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: YELLOW IN COLOR HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK, 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); AND. DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: 1988 FORD BRONCO ($2,000.00), 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(6); AND. did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: FORD BRONCO, the property of THE VICTIM, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: AUTO THEFT, and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time, and THE DEFENDANT was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02(4)(B). ON 051512 AT APPROXIMATELY 1538 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 5219 WEST GLENBROOK STREET IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A RED CHEVROLET PICKUP BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER 075-TZQ WITH A WHITE FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS SAMANTHA DAMRON SEATED IN THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN OBSERVED A WHITE MALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS the DEFENDANT MR DENNIS EXLEY EMERGED FROM THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE RED CHEVROLET PICKUP. UPON EXITING MY PATROL VEHICLE, I OBSERVED ANOTHER WHITE MALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT RONALD GLOVER LYING UNDER THE RIGHT, REAR SIDE OF A FORD BRONCO. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MR GLOVER HE WAS ASKED WHAT HE WAS DOING ON THE PROPERTY. MR GLOVER ADVISED THAT ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR HE WAS RIDING HIS ATV AROUND the NEIGHBORHOOD AND OBSERVED THE GATE TO BE OPEN AT THIS LOCATION. AT THAT TIME, MR GLOVER ADVISED HE DROVE HIS ATV ONTO THE PROPERTY AND MADE CONTACT with a WHITE MALE BY THE NAME OF JOHN, UNKNOWN LAST NAME. MR GLOVER ADVISED WHILE SPEAKING WITH JOHN, JOHN ADVISED THAT THIS IS HIS DADâS PROPERTY AND THAT HIS DAD HAD JUST DIED. JOHN THEN ADVISED MR GLOVER THAT IF HE COULD REMOVE THE GRAY IN COLOR FORD BRONCO AND OLD BOAT TRAILER THAT MR GLOVER COULD HAVE THEM. MR GLOVER THEN ADVISED THAT JOHN SAID HE DID NOT HAVE A TITLE FOR EITHER THE FORD BRONCO OR THE TRAILER. MR GLOVER THEN ADVISED HE RETURNED ON 051112 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS AND HAD TO PUT ALL FOUR TIRES ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRONCO WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND AND DID NOT HAVE ANY TIRES BOLTED TO the VEHICLE. MR GLOVER ADVISED HE THEN RETURNED TO THE ADDRESS ON TODAYâS DATE TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO because THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED UP. MR GLOVER THEN STATED HE ENTERED the VEHICLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE in the NEUTRAL POSITION. HE ALSO STATED HE ALSO PUT A REESE HITCH ON THE VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON and HAD ALSO HAD A TOW STRAP HOOKED TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SO HE COULD PULL THE VEHICLE BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. I THEN ASKED MR GLOVER WHO THE OTHER PEOPLE WITH HIM WERE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAD ASKED MR DENNIS EXLEY TO HELP REMOVE THE VEHICLE AND the TRAILER AND TO DRIVE HIS TRUCK BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVERâS LICENSE. MR GLOVER THEN ADVISED THAT SAMANTHA WAS JUST A FRIEND AND DID NOT WANT TO STAY AT HOME BY HERSELF SO SHE CAME ALONG. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR DENNIS EXLEY, WHO ADVISED THAT MR GLOVER HAD ASKED HIM TO HELP GET A TRUCK OFF OF THIS PROPERTY AND TOW IT TO MR GLOVERâS RESIDENCE. MR EXLEY ADVISED THAT HE HAD nothing ELSE TO DO AT THE TIME SO HE WENT TO HELP. MR EXLEY ADVISED HE HAD HELPED MR GLOVER PREPARE the TRUCK TO BE TOWED OFF THE PROPERTY. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH SAMANTHA DAMRON, WHO ADVISED SHE DID NOT WANT TO STAY AT THE RESIDENCE BY HERSELF BEING THE HOUSE was not HER HOME SO SHE DECIDED TO GO WITH MR GLOVER AND MR EXLEY. I THEN made CONTACT WITH the OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, VICTIM MR WILLIAM GOULD VIA TELEPHONE AND ADVISED HIM WE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THREE SUBJECTS ON HIS PROPERTY. THE VICTIM ADVISED THERE IS TO BE NO ONE ON HIS PROPERTY AND HAD NOT GIVEN PERMISSION FOR ANYONE TO BE ON HIS PROPERTY. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED HE WAS EN ROUTE TO the RESIDENCE. DEPUTY PERUCHE AND I STOOD BY WITH THE THREE SUBJECTS UNTIL THE VICTIM COULD ARRIVE ON SCENE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS AT the PROPERTY ON 051012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS AND UPON ENTERING THE PROPERTY HAD NOTICED the ENTRY GATE TO BE WIDE OPEN. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE RESIDENCE IS COMPLETELY FENCED IN WITH A âNO TRESPASSINGâ SIGN LOCATED ON the CENTER OF THE ENTRY GATE. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED UP TO the RESIDENCE THE BRONCO HAD BOTH FRONT TIRES REMOVED AND the RIGHT, REAR TIRE WAS ALSO REMOVED. THE RIGHT, REAR SIDE OF THE AXLE ON the BRONCO HAD A YELLOW IN COLOR FLOOR JACK UNDER IT KEEPING THE VEHICLE LEVEL SINCE the ONLY TIRE ON the VEHICLE WAS THE LEFT, REAR. THE VICTIM THEN BEGAN LOOKING OVER THE BRONCO AND NOTICED the IGNITION TO BE EXTREMELY DAMAGED AND IT HAD NOT BEEN LIKE THAT WHEN HE HAD LEFT ON 051012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS. THE VICTIM THEN STATED THAT WHEN HE LEFT the RESIDENCE HE CLOSED THE GATE AND HAD USED A CHAIN TO SECURE IT; HOWEVER, DID NOT HAVE A LOCK TO PLACE ON THE GATE AT THAT TIME. WHILE LOOKING AROUND the BRONCO I OBSERVED A PAIR OF BLACK GLOVES LOCATED AT the REAR OF THE BRONCO. I ALSO OBSERVED A SILVER IN COLOR 4-WAY TIRE IRON LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET FROM the DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND A BLUE IN COLOR TOW STRIP LOCATED AT THE FRONT of the VEHICLE WITH ONE END ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. ALL ITEMS BELONGED TO MR GLOVER. THE VICTIM THEN LOOKED in the BED OF The RED CHEVROLET PICKUP TO INSURE NO ITEMS IN the TRUCK BELONGED TO HIM. THE VICTIM THEN STATED HIS YELLOW FLOOR JACK THAT WAS UNDER THE FORD BRONCO WAS in the BED OF THE DEFENDANTâS TRUCK. MR GLOVER REPLIED THAT THE FLOOR JACK BELONGED TO HIM and THAT THE HANDLE OF THE FLOOR JACK HAD BEEN STOLEN OUT OF THE back OF HIS TRUCK. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY PERUCHE READ BOTH DEFENDANTS THEIR MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE PRINTED AGENCY CARD. BOTH DEFENDANTS ADVISED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THERE RIGHTS. AT FIRST, BOTH DEFENDANTS ADVISED THEY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK TO ME; HOWEVER A SHORT TIME LATER MR GLOVER ADVISED HE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME. MR GLOVER CHANGED HIS STORY and ADVISED HE HAD GOTTEN THE JACK APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS AGO. MR GLOVER STATED HE WAS RETURNING HOME AND OBSERVED TWO JACK STANDS BY the ROAD AT KYLEâS RESIDENCE. MR GLOVER STOPPED AND ASKED WHY the JACK STANDS WERE OUT BY THE ROAD. MR GLOVER ADVISED THAT KYLE STATED THE JACK STANDS WERE BROKEN and HE COULD HAVE THEM IF HE WANTED. MR GLOVER THEN ASKED ABOUT A FLOOR JACK, TO WHICH KYLE REPLIED IT DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE the HANDLE WAS GONE AND GAVE THE FLOOR JACK TO MR GLOVER. MR GLOVER ADVISED HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THE TRUCK AND HAD PLACED the TIRES ON THE FORD BRONCO AND HAD PLANED TO REMOVE THE BRONCO TODAY. THE VICTIM ADVISED WHEN HE REMOVED the TIRES FROM THE FORD BRONCO LEAVING the FLOOR JACK UNDER THE RIGHT, REAR SIDE the VICTIM HAD REMOVED THE FLOOR JACK HANDLE TO HELP PREVENT SOMEONE FROM STEALING the BRONCO. THE VICTIM HAD THE FLOOR JACK HANDLE IN the BED OF HIS PERSONAL TRUCK. THE VICTIM DISPLAYED A FLOOR JACK HANDLE TO THIS DEPUTY. I OBSERVED THE HANDLE TO HAVE A SQUARE INDENTATION AT ONE END OF the HANDLE. I THEN OBSERVED THE FLOOR JACK WHERE THE HANDLE WOULD BE LOCATED AND OBSERVED A SQUARE METAL KNOB EXTRUDING FROM INSIDE THE FLOOR JACK HANDLE HOLDER. WHEN THE HANDLE WAS PLACED INSIDE THE FLOOR JACK WITH THE INDENTION ON THE HANDLE WAS MET PERFECTLY WITH the SQUARE KNOB THAT EXTRUDED FROM THE FLOOR JACK. PRIOR TO BOTH DEFENDANTâS BEING READ MIRANDA WARNINGS, BOTH DEFENDANT COMPLETED SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. DEPUTY PERUCHE PHOTOGRAPHED ALL OBSERVATIONS AND COLLECTED EVIDENCE, SEE DEPUTY PERUCHEâS CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. I MADE CONTACT WITH TAMMY GLOVER VIA TELEPHONE, WHO IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE RED CHEVROLET PICKUP AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE would NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS LOCATION TO RETRIEVE HER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO MS TAMMY GLOVER. THE VICTIM COMPLETED A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS AT A LATER TIME. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED MR DENNIS EXLEY THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY TO A CONVEYANCE, GRAND THEFT AUTO AND GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. T HE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $9,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
