| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MATOS, THOMAS 0675 (AR13-5668) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: 6093 WEST STOCKHOLM LANE IN DUNNELLON, LOCATED, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, MS LORI-ANN ENGLEHART, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: THEFT OF A LAPTOP COMPUTER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(B); ON 051713, DEPUTY WARD MADE CONTACT with THE VICTIM, MS LORI-ANN MARIE ENGLEHART, WHO ADVISED THAT ON TODAYâS DATE (051713) HER SON/DEFENDANT, MR EDWARD ENGLEHART, HAD GONE OVER TO HER RESIDENCE ASKING FOR MONEY. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD WHEN SHE TOLD HIM NO, HE HAD REFUSED TO LEAVE. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY TO GO OUT OF TOWN AND THAT THE VICTIM TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE POLICE IF HE DID NOT COME OUTSIDE AND LEAVE. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT THE DEFENDANT CAME OUTSIDE AND WAS ARGUING WITH HER, AT WHICH TIME, SHE GOT INTO HER CAR AND LEFT. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD APPROXIMATELY A MINUTE AFTER SHE HAD LEFT HER RESIDENCE; HER ALARM SYSTEM NOTIFIED HER THAT THE BACK DOOR to the RESIDENCE HAD BEEN OPENED. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT SHE CAME BACK TO THE RESIDENCE AND FOUND THE BACK DOOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE HAD BEEN PRIED OPEN WITH A PRY TOOL FOUND ON THE COUNTER. THE VICTIM HAD ALSO NOTICED THAT HER HEWLETT PACKARD PAVILION LAPTOP COMPUTER WAS GONE. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED HER SON/DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE COMPUTER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE VICTIM THAT IF SHE WOULD GIVE HIM $200.00, HE WOULD GIVE THE COMPUTER BACK. THE VICTIM ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT SHE TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM $200.00 AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE POLICE. THE VICTIM ALSO STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE DEFENDANTâS GIRLFRIEND, MS SURLETA MCMAHON, WHICH STATED THAT SHE DID NOT DO ANYTHING EXCEPT DRIVE THE CAR AWAY. IN THE TEXT MESSAGE SHE WAS ALSO ASKING THE VICTIM NOT TO CALL THE âCOPSâ BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT HER DAUGHTER TO BE TAKEN AWAY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THE VICTIM ALSO ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT RESIDE AT THIS RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT RESIDED THERE FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO THE RESIDENCE, SUCH AS KEYS AND THE ONLY TIME HE IS ALLOWED TO COME IN IS IF HE IS INVITED BY THE VICTIM OR HER HUSBAND. THE VICTIM PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) RECORDS DIVISION. THE VICTIM ALSO ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT HER SON/DEFENDANT HAS A SERIOUS DRUG PROBLEM AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM HER, TO PURCHASE DRUGS. DEPUTY WARD THEN MADE CONTACT WITH A WITNESS, MS ROSE FLORIO, WHO ADVISED SHE WITNESSED THE VICTIMâS SON GO BEHIND THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. THE WITNESS ALSO ADVISED DEPUTY THAT THAT SHE THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT COME WALKING OUT FAST FROM BEHIND THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE with a COMPUTER IN HIS HAND. THE WITNESS STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN GOT INTO THE BACK SEAT OF HIS GIRLFRIENDâS CAR; MS SURLETA MCMAHON. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS GIRLFRIEND DROVE OFF IN THE CAR, âLIKE A BAT OUT OF HELLâ. THE WITNESS ALSO STATED THAT THEY WERE IN A SMALL WHITE FOUR DOOR CAR. THE WITNESS ALSO ADVISED DEPUTY WARD THAT SHE PERSONALLY KNOWS THE DEFENDANT FROM BEING THE VICTIMâS NEIGHBOR FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. THE WITNESS ALSO PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE RECORDS DIVISION. ON 051713 AT APPROXIMATELY 2135 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST RAMBLER LANE AND SOUTH ALABAMA AVENUE IN REFERENCE TO A VERBAL ARGUMENT BEING HEARD IN THE AREA. UPON ARRIVAL, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS OCCURRING AT 7617 WEST RAMBLER LANE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND THE DEFENDANTâS GIRLFRIEND, MS SURLETA MCMAHON. AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS VERBAL ONLY AND HAVING BEEN ADVISED EARLIER IN THIS DEPUTYâS SHIFT THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) SEARCHED INCIDENT TO ARREST AND THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THE DEFENDANTâS REQUEST, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM VIA CELLULAR TELEPHONE; DUE TO THE DEFENDANT CLAIMING THAT THE VICTIM HAD HER PROPERTY RETURNED TO HER AND DID NOT WANT TO PURSUE CHARGES. THE VICTIM ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED HER LAPTOP COMPUTER BACK YET AND THAT SHE DID WANT TO PURSUE CHARGES. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT âS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
