| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: CLARK, SHELLEY 0401 (AR12-3828) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: JEWELRY, COINS, AND A BRIEF CASE, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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 FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014; AND did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: JEWELRY, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); AND KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF JEWELRY AND/OR GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.00, FROM THE BEVERLY HILLS GOLD BOOM PAWNBROKER, FOR JEWELRY VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 539.001. ON 112812, VICTIM ONE, MS DOROTHY HUFF, AND HER SON/VICTIM TWO, MR BRADFORD MARSHALL, ADVISED THAT SEVERAL PIECES OF JEWELRY, COINS, AND A BRIEF CASE WERE STOLEN FROM THEIR RESIDENCE AS REPORTED IN CASE 2012-310071. THE VICTIMS STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR GENE RAMISTELLA, WAS RENTING A ROOM IN THEIR HOME AND HAD MOVED OUT ON 112512. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE VICTIMS DISCOVERED THE MISSING ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT DID NOT HAVE REGULAR OR NORMAL ACCESS TO ANY OTHER BEDROOMS IN THE RESIDENCE. I CONDUCTED A SEARCH IN PAWN FINDER AND DISCOVERED THAT ON 092712, THE DEFENDANT SOLD A PAIR OF PEARL EARRINGS TO BEVERLY HILLS GOLD BOOM (TRANSACTION NUMBER 382). THE DEFENDANT WAS PAID $35.00. THESE EARRINGS MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIM AS JEWELRY THAT SHE HAD REPORTED STOLEN. IT WAS ALSO discovered THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD SOLD A GOLD HERRINGBONE CHAIN ON 102412, TO FAMILY JEWELRY AND PAWN (TRANSACTION NUMBER 6141). THE DEFENDANT WAS PAID $400.00. THIS CHAIN MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIM AS ONE OF THE PIECES OF JEWELRY THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HER RESIDENCE. I MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH BUSINESSES WHO ADVISED THAT THE JEWELRY HAD ALREADY BEEN MELTED, THEREFORE, THE VICTIM WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE JEWELRY. THESE TRANSACTIONS occurred WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS LIVING WITH THE VICTIM. ON 120612, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE BEVERLY HILLS PLAZA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE JEWELRY AND ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM HAD MADE THIS REPORT. THE DEFENDANT DENIED STEALING ANYTHING FROM THE VICTIMS AND STATED THAT THE JEWELRY HAD BELONGED TO HIM. ON 120712, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM BEVERLY HILLS GOLD BOOM THAT VICTIM HUFF HAD INQUIRED ABOUT THE DEFENDANTâS TRANSACTIONS AND BELIEVED THAT A SILVER BRACELET THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SOLD MAY BELONG TO HER. ON 121212, I MET WITH AN EMPLOYEE FROM BEVERLY HILLS GOLD BOOM WHO PROVIDED THE BRACELET. ON 121312, THE BRACELET WAS PRESENTED TO VICTIM HUFF, WHO POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE BRACELET AS HERS. VICTIM HUFF STATED THAT THE BRACELET HAD BEEN LOCATED IN A JEWELRY BOX ON A DRESSER IN HER BEDROOM. THE DEFENDANT SOLD THE BRACELET TO BEVERLY HILLS GOLD BOOM ON 112812, TRANSACTION NUMBER 503, AND WAS PAID $4.00. ON 121412, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE STATE PROBATION OFFICE AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY BYRDâS PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH GRAND THEFT, TRAFFICKING IN STOLE PROPERTY, and FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWN BROKER. BOND WAS SET AT $8,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
