| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (AR16-18702)\t\t0430 DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CARTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT OF THE VICTIMS GO-CART VALUED AT $500.00, IN VIOLATION OF F.S.S. 810.02(4)(A), AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THE VICTIMS NERFDOG GO-CART, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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 OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF F.S.S. 812.014(2)(C)(1), AND DID UNLAWFULLY TRAFFIC IN, OR ENDEAVORS TO TRAFFIC IN, PROPERTY THAT HE OR SHE KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW WAS STOLEN TO-WIT: THE VICTIMS GO-CART, IN VIOLATION OF F.S.S. 812.019(1), AND DID KNOWINGLY GIVE A FALSE STATEMENT AND INFORMATION TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CONCERNING A CRIME TO-WIT: PROVIDE FALSE WITNESS/SUSPECT INFORMATION, IN VIOLATION OF F.S.S. 837.05(1). ON 111615, AT APPROXIMATELY 1734 HOURS, DEPUTY GOODMAN RESPONDED TO 3200 EAST DOVE COURT IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED TO AN ATTACHED CARPORT AND THE GRAND THEFT OF A GO-KART. UPON ARRIVAL, HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR. JOSHUA CHUNN, WHO STATED HIS MOTHER/VICTIM; MS GWENDOLYN STROMQUIST'S YELLOW âYERFDOGâ GO-KART WAS STOLEN FROM THE PROPERTY. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER STATED THAT HIS NEIGHBOR/WITNESS, MR. GARRETT COMBS, OBSERVED A BLACK JEEP WRANGLER PULLING A SMALL UTILITY TRAILER IN THEIR DRIVEWAY EARLIER TODAY AND SAW TWO UNKNOWN WHITE MALES PUT THE GO-KART INTO THE TRAILER AND LEAVE THE PROPERTY. COMPLAINANT CHUNN STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE TWO SUBJECTS IN THE JEEP MAY HAVE BEEN HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND'S FATHER, AND HIS SON. COMPLAINANT CHUNN SAID THAT THIS GIRLFRIENDS FATHER OWNS A BLACK IN COLOR JEEP WRANGLER AND A SMALL UTILITY TRAILER WHICH MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION THE NEIGHBOR/WITNESS SAW IN THE VICTIM'S YARD. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JEEP AND WHEN HE SHOWED IT TO WITNESS COMBS, HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS A POSSIBLE MATCH OF THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE. DEPUTY GOODMAN THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBOR/WITNESS, MR. GARRETT COMBS, WHO STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS A BLACK JEEP WRANGLER WITH A SOFT CONVERTIBLE TOP PULLED INTO THE VICTIM'S DRIVEWAY AND AT THAT TIME TWO UNKNOWN WHITE MALES GOT OUT OF THE JEEP, WENT TO THE CARPORT AND PICKED UP THE VICTIM'S GO-KART AND PLACED IT IN THE HOMEMADE UTILITY TRAILER, WHICH WAS BEING PULLED BY THE JEEP. WITNESS COMBS PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO SUSPECTS ALONG WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. AFTER DEPUTY GOODMAN COMPLETED THIS REPORT, THIS DETECTIVE WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. ON 111915, THIS DETECTIVE COMPOSED A PHOTO LINEUP OF THE POSSIBLE SUSPECTS AND SHOWED WITNESS GARRETT COMBS. WITNESS COMBS WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT IN THE LINE UP. THIS DETECTIVE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE LISTED SUSPECTS AND INTERVIEWED HIM AT HIS RESIDENCE. AFTER THE INTERVIEW THERE WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST OF EITHER LISTED SUSPECT AT THIS TIME. ON 031316 AT 1649 HOURS, DEPUTY WATTS WAS DISPATCHED TO 1519 SOUTH BEA AVENUE IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A RECOVERED YELLOW GO-CART. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY WATTS MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS HORST, WHO ADVISED THAT ON 031316, HE SAW A TRUCK TRAVELING DOWN HIS ROAD WITH A YELLOW GO-KART IN THE BED, WHICH RESEMBLED THE ONE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THE VICTIM, WHO IS A FRIEND OF HIS. WITNESS HORST ADVISED THAT HE FOLLOWED THE SUBJECT TO HIS RESIDENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIM. WITNESS HORST MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, WHO IS WITNESS MORTON. WITNESS HORST ADVISED THAT WITNESS MORTON ALLOWED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GO-KART TO SEE IF THE GO-CART MATCHED THE VICTIMS. WITNESS HORST ADVISED THAT HE DID IDENTIFY THE GO-KART TO BE THE VICTIMS AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED HER. WITNESS HORST ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM ALSO IDENTIFIED THE CART AS HERS AND IT WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO THE VICTIM BY WITNESS MORTON. AFTER DEPUTY WATTS SPOKE TO WITNESS HORST, HE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS MORTON WHO ADVISED THAT GARRETT COMBS ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO BUY A GO-KART. WITNESS MORTON ADVISED THAT HE AND GARRETT MET UP AND HE PURCHASED THE YELLOW YERFDOG GOKART FOR $60.00. WITNESS MORTON SAID THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS BUYING STOLEN PROPERTY. DEPUTY WATTS OBTAINED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THESE WITNESSES ALONG WITH THREE OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT WITNESSED SUSPECT COMBS IN PROCESSION OF THE CART WHICH WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. ON 031816 AT 1200 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO 3071 EAST DOVE COURT IN INVERNESS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT MR. GARRETT COMBS. UPON SPEAKING TO SUSPECT COMBS, I ADVISED HIM I OBTAINED NEW INFORMATION IN THIS CASE. I THEN ADVISED THE SUSPECT OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AND REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH HIM. THE SUSPECT STATED THE HE UNDERSTOOD HIM RIGHTS BUT DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME WITH OUT HIS ATTORNEY. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED SUSPECT COMBS THAT HE WAS UNDER ARREST THE BURGLARY AND THEFT OF THE VICTIMS PROPERTY. HE WAS THEN HAND CUFFED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JAIL WHERE HE WAS BOOKED IN FOR 1COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, 1 COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00, ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00 AND 1 COUNT OF I FALSE INFORMATION TO L.E.O. WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00. TYPED BY DET. GREATREX/0287 |
