| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LOVULLO, SARAH 0723 (12-2065AR) (0394) THE DEFENDANT, MR EDWARD STODDARD, WAS PLACED ON FELONY PROBATION FOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. HIS PROBATION COMMENCED ON 101309 AND EXPIRES ON 050214. THE DEFENDANT DID VIOLATE THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 948.06, TO WIT: BY NOT LIVING BY AND OBEYING THE LAWS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN CONVEYANCE, TO-WIT: THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID REMOVE THE VICTIMâS CAR KEY VALUED AT $150.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(D). DID UNLAWFULLY COMMIT BATTERY UPON THE VICTIM BY ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCHING OR STRIKING SAID PERSON AGAINST SAID PERSON'S WILL, OR BY INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID PUSH THE VICTIMâS ARMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 072012 AT 1436 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS. WHILE EN ROUTE I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT DEPUTY RAMOS WOULD BE RESPONDING TO ASSIST. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR JASON OKEN, WHO ADVISED HE IS THE OWNER OF A REPOSSESSION COMPANY BY THE NAME OF AR RECOVERY. HE ADVISED THAT ON TODAYâS DATE OF 072012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS HE WENT TO THE PATTIS SHED COMPANY LOCATED AT 2636 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE IN HERNANDO, FLORIDA. HE ADVISED THAT HE WENT THERE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR EDWARD STODDARD, IN ORDER TO REPOSSESS TWO VEHICLES. THE VICTIM ADVISED UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE LOCATED ONE OF THE VEHICLES, A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, AND HE BEGAN HOOKING THE TRUCK UP TO HIS LIFT TO REPOSSESS THE TRUCK. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT WHILE DOING SO, THE DEFENDANT RAN OUT TO THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN YELLING HIM AND ASKING HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS THERE TO REPOSSESS THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT BECAME EXTREMELY ANGRY AND BEGAN YELLING AT HIM. THE DEFENDANT THEN TOLD THE VICTIM THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO REPOSSESS THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE THEN TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT THE BANK WHO OWNS THE VEHICLE HAD ADVISED HIM THAT THE DEFENDANT COULD PAY THE FULL AMOUNT DUE FOR THE VEHICLES AND THEY WOULD NOT BE REPOSSESSED. THE VICTIM FURTHER STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HIM THAT HE WOULD PAY ALL THE MONEY DUE ON THE VEHICLES AND ASKED THE VICTIM TO PLEASE RELEASE THE TRUCK OFF OF THE LIFT. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM UNHOOKED THE TRUCK AND ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WOULD FOLLOW HIM TO THE BANK. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT WHILE FOLLOWING THE DEFENDANT TO THE BANK, THE DEFENDANT PULLED OVER AFTER PASSING THE BANK ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM ALSO PULLED UP BEHIND THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED HIS TRUCK, WALKED OVER TO THE VICTIMâS TRUCK BEARING FLORIDA TAG 043INB, WHERE THE DEFENDANT ASKED THE VICTIM TO PLEASE WAIT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE HE WENT TO THE BANK, GOT THE MONEY AND THEN HE WOULD RETURN TO THE VICTIMâS LOCATION. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT REACHED INTO THE VICTIMâS WINDOW, PULLED THE LOCK AND UNLOCKED THE VICTIMâS DOOR. BEFORE HE KNEW IT, THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD OPENED HIS DRIVERâS SIDE DOOR WHERE THE DEFENDANT THEN REACHED INTO HIS VEHICLE AND GRABBED THE KEY FROM HIS IGNITION VALUED AT $150.00. THE VICTIM TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO STOP AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT PUSHED THE VICTIMâS ARMS AWAY, RAN TO HIS TRUCK AND DROVE AWAY. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM STATED HE CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM I OBSERVED HIM TO BE EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND SHAKING WITH HIS OUTER FOREARMS BEING RED. I ASKED THE VICTIM IF HE REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AT WHICH TIME HE STATED THAT HE WAS JUST A LITTLE SHAKEN AND COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE DEFENDANT HAD JUST DONE TO HIM. I THEN ASKED THE VICTIM IF HE KNEW WHERE THE DEFENDANT COULD BE LOCATED AND HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE DEFENDANTâS HOME ADDRESS OF 4855 EAST FORDHAM PLACE IN HERNANDO. I ADVISED THE VICTIM THAT I WOULD BE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND PROVIDED THE VICTIM WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH HE COMPLETED AND SIGNED. I ASKED THE VICTIM TO RAISE HIS RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY ON HIS SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS TRUE, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED, YES, AND SIGNED THE STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. DEPUTY RAMOS ARRIVED ON SCENE WHERE WE THEN RESPONDED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT AT HIS RESIDENCE AT 4855 EAST FORDHAM PLACE IN HERNANDO. THIS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. DISPATCH THEN CONTACTED ME BY RADIO AND ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS CALLING IN TO THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE AND WANTED TO SPEAK WITH A DEPUTY. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT (352) 419- 2783 WHERE HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHO THE VICTIM WAS AND HAD ONE OF HIS WORKERS FROM THE SHED COMPANY CONTACT THIS AGENCY BEFORE LEAVING IN HIS TRUCK. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO MEET ME AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE WAS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION AND DID NOT WANT TO GO TO JAIL. I THEN ADVISED HIM THAT I NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH HIM IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT WHERE HE ADVISED HE WOULD MEET ME IN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES. UPON THE DEFENDANTâS ARRIVAL I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED BETWEEN HIM AND THE VICTIM. HE STATED THAT THE VICTIM DID NOT INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND JUST BACKED UP TO HIS TRUCK AND BEGAN PUTTING HIS TRUCK ON THE REPO LIFT. AT THAT TIME HE TOLD THE VICTIM NO AND GOT INTO HIS TRUCK AND DROVE AWAY. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE DID NOT KNOW WHO THE VICTIM WAS WHY HE DID NOT WAIT FOR A DEPUTY TO RESPOND TO HELP HIM. HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT SURE WHO THE VICTIM WAS SO HE RETURNED TO HIS RESIDENCE, LOADED UP THE OTHER VEHICLES TO BE REPOSSESSED AND LEFT FOR A FRIENDS RESIDENCE IN THE CITRUS SPRINGS AREA AND DROPPED BOTH VEHICLES OFF. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRADA WARNING VIA PREPRINTED CARD AND ASKED HIM IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. HE ADVISED YES, HE DID WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME. I AGAIN ASKED THE DEFENDANT, IF HE DID NOT KNOW WHO THE VICTIM WAS, WHY DID HE NOT WAIT FOR A DEPUTY TO RESPOND, IN REFERENCE TO WHAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. THEN THE DEFENDANT CHANGED HIS STORY AND ADVISED THE VICTIM DID SAY HE WAS WITH THE TOW COMPANY AND WAS THERE TO REPOSSESS HIS VEHICLES, AT WHICH TIME HE STATED THOSE VEHICLES WERE FOR WORK AND HE WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO TOW THEM. HE ADVISED THE PAYMENTS WERE UP TO DATE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ASKED THE VICTIM TO FOLLOW HIM TO THE BANK, WHERE HE STATED HE DID NOT. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY TO AN OCCUPIED CONVEYANCE, AND SIMPLE BATTERY AT WHICH TIME HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK AND SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I WAS THEN APPROACHED BY WITNESS BRENDAN FRYE WHO ADVISED SHE IS FRIENDS WITH THE DEFENDANT. SHE STATED THE VICTIM TRIED TO TOW THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT RAN UP TO THE VICTIM AND BEGAN YELLING AT HIM. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE COULD NOT HEAR WHAT HE WAS YELLING, AT WHICH TIME SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT GET INTO HIS TRUCK AND THE VICTIM GET INTO HIS OWN VEHICLE AND AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT DROVE AWAY AND THE VICTIM FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT NORTH ON U S HIGHWAY 41. THE WITNESS FURTHER STATED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER THE DEFENDANT CONTACTED HER BY TELEPHONE AND ADVISED HER THAT HE WAS TAKING BOTH OF HIS VEHICLES AND TRAILER TO A FRIENDâS RESIDENCE IN CITRUS SPRINGS AND SHE FURTHER ADVISED HE ASKED HER TO RESPOND TO HIS RESIDENCE TO HELP MOVE ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT NO BOND PER THE VIOLATION OF PROBATION. THE DEFENDANT âS BOND FOR BATTERY WAS SET AT $500.00 AND THE BOND FOR BURGLARY WAS SET AT $5,000.00 WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $5,500.00. I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROBATION OFFICER AT 560-6000 ANGELA PARKER MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. NO VOICEMAIL WAS LEFT DUE TO THEM NOT HAVING VOICEMAIL. I THEN CONTACTED THE EMERGENCY ACTION CENTER TO VERIFY THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION. I SPOKE TO OFFICER TAYLOR WHO ADVISED THE DEFENDANTâS PROBATION WAS CURRENTLY ACTIVE WITH EXPIRATION DATE OF 050214. |
