| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEFFERN, JOHNATHAN SR, 0100 (AR14-11590) THE DEFENDANT DID, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 825.103(2)(B), EXPLOIT AN ELDERLY OR DISABLED ADULT BY KNOWINGLY OBTAINING OR USING THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON'S FUNDS, ASSETS, OR PROPERTY WITH THE INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON OF THE USE, BENEFIT, OR POSSESSION OF THE FUNDS. THE DEFENDANT DID STAND IN A POSITION OF TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WITH THE ELDERLY OR DISABLED ADULT, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT USED HIS MOTHERâS MONTHLY SOCIAL SECURITY AND WIDOWâS BENEFIT MONIES TO PAY FOR HIS OWN MEDICAL AND DAILY NEEDS COSTS. ON 072914, THIS AFFIANT RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNIT STATING THE VICTIM IS AN ABANDONED, VULNERABLE ADULT OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE, SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA AND CURRENTLY RESIDING IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. AFFIANTâS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VICTIMâS SON, MR HAROLD HAGGARD, HAS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE VICTIM. HOWEVER; MR HAGGARD HAS FAILED TO DO SO BY FAILING TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO ENSURE THE VICTIMâS HEALTH AND WELL BEING. THE VICTIMâS ACCOUNT BALANCE IS APPROXIMATELY $16,600.00 AS A RESULT OF MR HAGGARDâS NON PAYMENT. ON 080714, I MADE CONTACT WITH MR HAGGARD AT THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME I CONDUCTED A NON-CUSTODIAL, SWORN, DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH HIM. DURING THE INTERVIEW, MR HAGGARD STATED THAT HE HAS NOT HELD A JOB IN THE LAST TWELVE YEARS AND HE HAS BEEN LIVING OFF OF HIS MOTHERâS INCOME HERE IN FLORIDA. HE STATED THAT HIS MOTHER IS AN INBRED IDIOT, AND HE FEELS HE IS OWED HER MONEY FOR STAYING WITH HER. MR HAGGARD STATED THAT HE RECENTLY INJURED HIS LEG AND HAS NO INSURANCE. HE STATED THAT HE USED HIS MOTHERâS MONEY TO PAY HIS OWN MEDICAL BILLS, (APPROXIMATELY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS) INSTEAD OF HIS MOTHERS MEDICAL BILLS. HE STATED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE THAT BITCH (REFERRING TO THE VICTIM) AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAST THING HE EVER DID. MR HAGGARD RELAYED THAT OTHER THAN A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR A MONTH MORTGAGE PAYMENT WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCTED, HE USES THE VICTIMâS TWENTY THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR A MONTH SOCIAL SECURITY AND WIDOWS BENEFIT INCOME TO PAY FOR HIS OWN MEDICAL TREATMENT, FOOD, ELECTRIC, SATELLITE TELEVISION, CIGARETTE TOBACCO AND HIS OTHER DAILY NEEDS. MR HAGGARD RELAYED THAT HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN A JOB BUT JUST DIDNâT. I THEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE AND THE INTERVIEW WAS THE ENDED. ON 081314 AFTER REVIEWING THIS CASE, CONTACT WAS AGAIN MADE WITH MR HAGGARD AT THE LISTED ADDRESS. AT THAT TIME HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF EXPLOITATION OF THE ELDERLY, A 2ND DEGREE FELONY AS THE AMOUNT OF LOSS TO THE VICTIM IS OVER $20,000.00. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND IS SET AT , AS THE DEFENDANT STATED IF HE RECEIVED BOND HE WOULD BLOW THIS PLACE UP AS HE SHOULD HAVE DONE YEARS AGO. |
