Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, WILLIAM 0358 (AR12-634) Any person who knowingly gives false verification of ownership or who gives a false or altered identification and who receives money or other consideration from a secondary metals recycler, in return for regulated metals, AND THE value of the money or other consideration received is less than $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 538.23(3)(A). A TRANE AIR-CONDITIONER AT A CHURCH IN CRYSTAL RIVER WAS REPORTED STOLEN. THE UNIT WAS AN OLDER FIVE TON UNIT AND THE COILS IN THE UNIT ARE ALUMINUM. IT WAS DISCOVERED SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, MS DIANE LATIF, HAD TURNED IN ALUMINUM AIR-CONDITIONING COILS ON 022812. THE COILS WERE CONSISTENT WITH COILS FROM A FIVE TON AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT. ON 030112, I RESPONDED TO THE ADDRESS MS LATIF LISTED FOR HER ON THE FLORIDA SECONDARY METALS RECYCLER PURCHASE TRANSACTION FORM (NUMBER 202795). UPON ARRIVAL, I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE MS LATIF AT 1259 SOUTH PALM AVENUE IN HOMOSASSA. THE NEIGHBOR ADVISED MS LATIF HAS NOT LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. ON 030812, I LOCATED MS LATIF AT 927 NE 7TH AVENUE, APARTMENT C, IN CRYSTAL RIVER. I ADVISED HER WHO I WAS AND WHY I WAS THERE. I ASKED MS LATIF WHERE SHE GOT THE AIR-CONDITIONING COILS SHE TURNED IN ON 022812 AND SHE ADVISED SHE DID NOT WANT TO GET HER âFRIENDâ IN TROUBLE. I ASKED HER WHY HER FRIEND WOULD BE IN TROUBLE AND SHE JUST SHRUGGED. I ADVISED HER SHE HAD COMMITTED A CRIME BY NOT PUTTING HER CORRECT ADDRESS ON THE TRANSACTION FORM. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT THINK IT WAS THAT BIG OF A DEAL TO PUT HER CURRENT ADDRESS DOWN. I ASKED MS LATIF HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD TURNED IN ITEMS FOR HER âFRIENDâ AND SHE ADVISED ONLY A FEW TIMES. I PROVIDED MS LATIF WITH MY AGENCY CARD AND ADVISED HER TO CALL ME WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HER âFRIENDâ. AS I WAS LEAVING MS LATIFâS RESIDENCE TO RESPOND TO THE RECYCLERS, I NOTICED AN AIR-CONDITIONER DISMANTLED IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT DOOR TO MS LATIF. I INSPECTED THE APARTMENTS AND DISCOVERED ALL THE AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS COPPER PIPES AND WIRE FROM INSIDE THE APARTMENTS HAD BEEN STRIPPED. THE COMPLEX IS CURRENTLY IN FORECLOSURE AND THERE IS ONLY ONE OCCUPANT IN ONE OF THE RESIDENCES. I RETURNED TO MS LATIFâS RESIDENCE AND ASKED HER ABOUT THE COMPLEX NEXT TO HER BUILDING. SHE STATED SHE KNEW IT WAS EMPTY AND I ASKED HER IF HER FRIEND HAD POSSIBLY GOTTEN THE SCRAP METAL THAT SHE TURNED IN FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. SHE STATED SHE WAS NOT SURE. I ASKED MS LATIF TO DEFINE HER DEFINITION OF A âFEW TIMESâ AND SHE STATED ABOUT FOUR. ON 030912, I RESPONDED TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER METAL RECYCLERS AND ASKED TO SEE ALL OF MS LATIFâS TRANSACTIONS. IT WAS DISCOVERED MS LATIF HAD COMPLETED 11 TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN 012412 AND 030712. ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONSISTED OF COPPER PIPES, WIRE, AND AIR-CONDITIONER COILS. I ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MS LATIF AFTER 030912 WHICH WERE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. TRANSACTION ONE, FORM NUMBER 201037, ON 012412 FOR $27.75 TRANSACTION TWO, FORM NUMBER 201499, ON 020112 FOR $41.70 TRANSACTION THREE, FORM NUMBER 201567, ON 020212 FOR $22.80 TRANSACTION FOUR, FORM NUMBER 201814, ON 020812 FOR $38.76 TRANSACTION FIVE, FORM NUMBER 202444, ON 022112 FOR $75.20 TRANSACTION SIX, FORM NUMBER 202507, ON 022212 FOR $67.20 TRANSACTION SEVEN, FORM NUMBER 202522, ON 02212 FOR $52.80 TRANSACTION EIGHT, FORM NUMBER 202564, ON 022312 FOR $39.90 TRANSACTION NINE, FORM NUMBER 2026720, ON 022712 FOR $54.00 TRANSACTION TEN, FORM NUMBER 202792, ON 022812 FOR $48.00 TRANSACTION ELEVEN, FORM NUMBER 203169, ON 030712 FOR $76.00 ON 040612, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MS LATIF BY DEPUTY ALEXANDER (0561). I ADVISED DEPUTY ALEXANDER TO ARREST MS LATIF AND TRANSPORT HER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. MS LATIF WAS CHARGED WITH 11 COUNTS OF PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A METAL RECYCLER AND BOND WAS SET AT $22,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |