| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCINTYRE, JERICHO 1435 (AR17-22908) DID THEN AND THERE UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY UTTER AND PUBLISH AS TRUE CERTAIN FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY, TO BANK OF AMERICA, TO WIT: TWENTY-EIGHT CHECKS WITH THE VICTIMâS NAME AND THE DEFENDANT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CASHING ALL CHECKS TO HERSELF USING THE VICTIMâS NAME, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SAID WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY WERE FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED, SAID CHECKS BEING PASSED WITH THE INTENT THEN AND THERE TO INJURE AND DEFRAUD THE VICTIM, AND DIVERSE OTHER PERSONS TO THE STATE ATTORNEY UNKNOWN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 831.02. THE DEFENDANT DID FORGE THE VICTIMâS NAME ON TWENTY-EIGHT DIFFERENT CHECKS THAT THE DEFENDANT WROTE TO HERSELF AND WAS successful IN CASHING ALL TWENTY-EIGHT CHECKS; IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 831.01. THE DEFENDANT DID IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 825.103(3)C EXPLOIT AN ELDERLY OR DISABLED ADULT BY KNOWINGLY OBTAINING OR USING THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON'S FUNDS, ASSETS, OR PROPERTY WITH the INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON OF THE USE, BENEFIT, OR POSSESSION OF THE FUNDS. THE DEFENDANT DID STAND IN A POSITION OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WITH the ELDERLY OR DISABLED ADULT, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WORKED FOR AND LIVED WITH THE VICTIM, THE VICTIM DID TRUST THE DEFENDANT WHILE HE WAS NOT AT THE RESIDENCE, THE DEFENDANT FORGED THE VICTIMâS NAME FOR TWENTY-EIGHT FRAUDULENT CHECKS WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $6,421.87. DID UNLAWFULLY, KNOWINGLY, AND FELONIOUSLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN CASHING TWENTY-EIGHT FORGED CHECKS, TOTALING $6,421.87 FROM THE VICTIM, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $6,421.87, 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/HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY STOLEN WAS VALUED AT $5,000.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $10,000.00; IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)(2). ON 030617, I RESPONDED TO THE BANK OF AMERICA LOCATED AT 1007 NORTH U.S. HIGHWAY 41, IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A PAST FRAUD AND FORGERY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR CASSIUS LANOUE, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT, WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL, HE LOST HIS WALLET. UPON THE VICTIMâS DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL, HE WENT TO BANK OF AMERICA TO GET A NEW DEBIT CARD. WHILE AT BANK OF AMERICA, THE TELLER REALIZED SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO THE VICTIMâS ACCOUNT WHICH INCLUDED 28 DIFFERENT CHECKS WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $6,421.87. WHEN THE TELLER ASKED THE VICTIM IF SAID CHECKS WERE CORRECT, HE ADVISED NO AND THAT HE NEVER WROTE SUCH CHECKS FROM THE ACCOUNT because HE NORMALLY DOES NOT USE THE ACCOUNT. THE VICTIM ADVISED that HE ASKED TO WHOM THE CHECKS WERE WRITTEN. HE STATED THAT THE TELLER ADVISED HIM THAT THE CHECKS WERE MADE TO THE DEFENDANT, MS DIANE GLADUE. WHEN THE VICTIM WAS SHOWN COPIES OF THE CHECKS, HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT HIS SIGNATURE ON THE CHECKS. I THEN ASKED THE VICTIM HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEFENDANT, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT THE DEFENDANT TAKES CARE OF HIS HOUSE AND, IN RETURN, HE PAYS FOR HER PROBATION. THE VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT LIVES WITH HIM AT 4011 NORTH ROSCOE ROAD, IN HERNANDO. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE IS 78 YEARS OLD AND NEEDED HELP TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS WHY HE MADE SAID AGREEMENT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I THEN ASKED THE VICTIM IF HE EVER GAVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO USE HIS CHECKBOOK, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE ALLOWED HER TO FILL OUT ONE CHECK, IN THE PAST, WHICH THE VICTIM SIGNED. THE VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE NEVER GAVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO SIGN HIS NAME ON ANY CHECKS. THE VICTIM ALSO NEVER GAVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO WRITE ANY OF THE 28 CHECKS THAT WERE CASHED THROUGH BANK OF AMERICA. I THEN RESPONDED TO 4011 NORTH ROSCOE ROAD AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD EVER HAD PERMISSION TO USE THE VICTIMâS CHECKS AND SIGN THE VICTIMâS NAME, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT REPLIED NO. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD EVER WRITTEN CHECKS TO HERSELF USING THE VICTIMâS CHECKS, TO which SHE REPLIED YES. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THE BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR UTTER AND PUBLISH A FORGED INSTRUMENT, $2,000.00 FOR FORGERY WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD, $2,000.00 FOR EXPLOITATION OF ELDERLY, AND $2,000.00 FOR GRAND THEFT, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $8,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ON PROBATION AND WILL VIOLATED. |
