| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUGHES, JAMES 0500 (AR16-20630) DEFENDANT DID TRAFFIC OR ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN STOLEN PROPERTY, OR PROPERTY SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO BE STOLEN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE, 812.019(1). Any person who knowingly gives false verification of ownership or who gives a false or altered identification and who receives money or other consideration from a secondary metals recycler, in return for regulated metals, AND THE value of the money or other consideration received is less than $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 538.23(3)(A). ON 081516, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS, A GRAND THEFT WAS REPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IN REFERENCE TO NUMEROUS MARINE ENGINES AND PARTS BEING TAKEN FROM 1643 WEST CARDINAL STREET IN LECANTO. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE STORES NUMEROUS MARINE ENGINES AND MARINE ENGINE PARTS IN A SHED AND STACKED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SHED AT THE REAR OF HIS PROPERTY. HE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING IN THAT AREA, HE OBSERVED SOME OF HIS PARTS TO BE MISSING AND CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. THE VICTIM INFORMED ME THAT HE CALLED AROUND LOOKING FOR SOME OF HIS PARTS, AT WHICH TIME HE MADE CONTACT WITH INTER-COUNTY RECYCLING. THEY ADVISED THE VICTIM THAT THEY HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS SCRAP SOME MARINE PARTS THAT MIGHT BELONG TO THE VICTIM. ON 081916, I RESPONDED TO INTER-COUNTY RECYCLING CENTER WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER. I THEN INQUIRED ABOUT SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD SCRAPPED SOME MARINE PARTS. AT THAT TIME, THE MANAGER PROVIDED ME WITH THE DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION, MS HEATHER MULLINS, AND PROVIDED A DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTOGRAPH AS WELL AS A RIGHT THUMB PRINT. THEY ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH NUMEROUS ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN SCRAPPED. THIS REVEALED THAT ON 080816, THE DEFENDANT HAD SCRAPPED AT 0827 AND 1002 HOURS. I RESPONDED BACK TO THE VICTIM'S ADDRESS WHERE I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCRAPPED ITEMS. THE VICTIM WAS THEN ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY NUMEROUS ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO HIM. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS WERE UNIQUE MARINE ENGINE PARTS THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD. HE FURTHER ADVISED HE HAD COLLECTED THE PARTS DURING HIS THIRTY YEARS OF BUSINESS. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH NAMES FOR EACH PART SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, AND ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THE PARTS AT APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS PAID $31.35 ON 080816 AT 0827 HOURS, AND $53.30 ON 080816 AT 1002 HOURS FOR THE PARTS SHE HAD SCRAPPED. AT THAT TIME I RESPONDED THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH HER, AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO A METAL RECYCLER. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT SHE DID SCRAP SOME ITEMS THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS INTERVIEWED. SHE PROVIDED A DIGITALLY RECORDED STATEMENT AND WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AGENCY PRE-PRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME, AND ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD SCRAPPED SOME ITEMS SHE KNEW WERE POSSIBLY STOLEN AND HAD GOTTEN FROM A FRIEND OF HERS. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN CLEANING UP HER PROPERTY AND WAS ALSO SCRAPPING OTHER ITEMS WHICH WERE JUST MIXED IN TOGETHER. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00 FOR THE CHARGE OF TRAFFIC/ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN STOLEN PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS PLACED AT $4,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR THE CHARGE OF GIVING FALSE INFORMATION TO A SECONDARY METALS RECYCLER, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $14,000.00. |
