| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LIOTTA, KATHLEEN 0417 (AR13-7414) IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 775.21(6)(E)(1), THE DEFENDANT A LAWFULLY CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR DID; FAIL TO RESPOND TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE WITHIN 48 HRS TO REGISTER A CHANGE IN HIS PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, OR TRANSIENT RESIDENCE. IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 775.21(6)(G)(1), THE DEFENDANT A LAWFULLY CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR DID; FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE D.H.S.M.V. AND OBTAIN A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD WITHIN 48 HOURS OF ANY CHANGE IN THE OFFENDERâS PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, OR TRANSIENT RESIDENCE. ON 091913, OUR AGENCY BECAME INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE DEFENDANT RESIDING AT AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN HIS REGISTERED ADDRESS OF 773 NORTH SONG POINT, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA. THIS DEFENDANT HAD BEEN ARRESTED ON 080113, FOR THE SAME VIOLATION BY THIS AGENCY. ON 080213, THE DEFENDANT REGISTERED A NEW PERMANENT ADDRESS OF 773 NORTH SONG POINT, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA. AT THAT TIME, HE ADVISED CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WARRANT DEPUTIES THAT HE HAS BEEN LIVING AT THAT ADDRESS SINCE 073013. PER STATE STATUTE THE DEFENDANT HAS 48 HOURS TO RESPOND TO THE D.H.S.M.V AND OBTAIN A NEW ID CARD OR DRIVES LICENSE; WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE THAT REFLECTS HIS NEW ADDRESS. AS OF 092413, THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT OBTAINED A VALID FLORIDA DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD, WHICH REFLECTS HIS CURRENT ADDRESS OF 3199 ARUNDEL TERRACE IN HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA. HIS CURRENT FLORIDA ID CARD/DRIVERâS LICENSE REFLECTS AN ADDRESS OF 986 HAWK CREST LANE, INVERNESS, FLORIDA. PER STATE STATUTE MR. NEIL HAS TO CHANGE HIS DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION EACH TIME HE MOVES. HIS MOVE TO 3199 ARUNDEL TERRACE, HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA AND FAILING TO CHANGE HIS DRIVERS LICENSE OR ID CARD TO THAT ADDRESS CONSTITUTES ANOTHER VIOLATION. ON 092413, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT 3199 ARUNDEL TERRACE, HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA. AT THAT TIME AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE DEFENDANT. HE WAS ASKED IF HE HAD OBTAINED A NEW DRIVERS LICENSE OR ID CARD YET, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE HAD NOT. INITIALLY HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS NOT LIVING AT THE 3199 ARUNDEL TERRACE ADDRESS AND THAT HE WAS JUST VISITING. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD BEEN CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION SINCE THEY HAD MOVED IN AND TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS NOT BEING TRUTHFUL. I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT I HAD BEEN CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON THE RESIDENCE AND KNEW HE HAS BEEN LIVING THERE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED THAT HE HAS BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE THEY MOVED IN ON 091213. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS BEEN OUT OF WORK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. HE SAID THAT HE HAD GOTTEN HIS LAST CHECK AT THAT TIME. I ASKED ABOUT HIS GIRLFRIENDâS INCOME (WHO HE RESIDES WITH AT THIS ADDRESS) AND HE TOLD ME THAT SHE GETS A CHECK EVERY MONTH ON THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH. I ASKED HIM WHY HE DID NOT BORROW THE MONEY FROM HER TO OBTAIN HIS ID CARD OR DRIVERâS LICENSE WITH THE NEW ADDRESS. HE TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO ASK HER FOR THE MONEY. THE ABOVE STATEMENTS WERE OBTAINED POST MIRANDA. THE DEFENDANT WAS THE SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL FOR BOOKING ON ONE COUNT OF FAILING TO OBTAIN A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE OR ID CARD FLORIDA REFLECTING HIS CURRENT ADDRESS STATE STATUTE 775.21 (6)(G)(1), A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE AND FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF HIS ADDRESS CHANGE. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $40,000.00. THIS DETECTIVEâS INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT REVEALS THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD MOVED INTO THE 3199 ARUNDEL TERRACE ADDRESS IN HOMOSASSA ON 091213, AND HAS BEEN RESIDING THERE SINCE. THIS DETECTIVE HAS WITNESS TESTIMONY THAT SUPPORTS THIS INFORMATION. I NEXT INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANTâS LIVE IN GIRLFRIEND WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFENDANT LIVES THERE WITH HER AND HE HAS SINCE THEY MOVED IN. SHE INITIALLY BEGAN TO DENY THIS INFORMATION, BUT AS WE SPOKE FURTHER, SHE BECAME TRUTHFUL. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS BEEN TELLING HIM TO GET THE ADDRESS CHANGED ON HIS ID CARD/LICENSE, BUT HE HAS NOT DONE SO. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WOULD HAVE LENT HIM THE MONEY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. I TOLD HER THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT HAVE LENT IT TO HIM, I KNEW THAT HE HAS FAMILY THAT MAY HAVE HELPED HIM. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS SEXUAL PREDATOR STATUS AND PICKING ON HER TEENAGE SON. I TOLD HER THAT IF SHE AND THE DEFENDANT WERE TO REMAIN LIVING TOGETHER, IT WAS A SITUATION THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I EDUCATED HER ON THE STATE LAW REGARDING SEXUAL PREDATOR REGISTRATION. |
