| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TAYLOR, SHELLEY 0401 (AR09108708) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 3440 EAST POET LANE, IN HERNANDO THE COUNTY OF CITRUS AND STATE OF FLORIDA, THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: BURGLARY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(3)(B); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THREE PIT PULL PUPPIES, AT A 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 FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014. ON 041209, THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT THREE PIT BULL PUPPIES HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE IN CASE NUMBER 09040424. THE VICTIM FURTHER STATED THE PUPPIES HAD BEEN LOCATED IN A CAGE IN HIS KITCHEN. THE VICTIM ALSO NOTICED THAT THE APPARENT POINT OF ENTRY WAS A DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE AND THAT THE FRONT PORCH LIGHT BULB HAD BEEN PARTIALLY UNSCREWED. ON 041409, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN INFORMED OF A POSSIBLE LOCATION OF THE PUPPIES AND PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION. ON 041709, THIS DETECTIVE SPOKE WITH WITNESS TWO, WHO HAD SPOKEN WITH THE DEFENDANT (MR GREG CLARK) AND WHO HAD ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE HAD POSSESSION OF THE PUPPIES. ON 042009, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS THREE, WHO PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE DEFENDANT HAD BORROWED HER CAR AND RETURNED TO HER HOME WITH THREE PIT BULL PUPPIES. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO HER THAT HE HAD TAKEN THEM FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE PUPPIES HAD BEEN STOLEN; HOWEVER, WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PETS IN HER APARTMENT AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO REMOVE THEM. LATER THAT EVENING THE DEFENDANT RETURNED WITHOUT THE PUPPIES. ALSO ON THIS DATE THIS DETECTIVE WAS CONTACTED BY THE ID AND EVIDENCE UNIT THAT A LATENT FOUND ON THE LIGHT BULB OF THE FRONT PORCH WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE THE DEFENDANT'S. ON 042209, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE ARREST LOCATION WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE AND ONE COUNT GRAND THEFT. SUBJECT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $7,000.00. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
